Cecil Hotel/ Skid Row

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I've been to Skid Row, first time was 2008 and again in 2010, both times we walked past the Cecil. Skid Row seemed to me to be the most desperate place on earth. There was an abandoned police car on 7th Avenue, doors left open but no police officers in the vicinity. There were many tents and boxes set up as beds. Lots of obvious drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues. It is so terrible that people are left there to suffer, with very little support from the authorities and charities struggling to plug the gap, as it were.

I was very anxious walking through the area both times. I could hear some of the men saying inappropriate things about me and someone spat on my leg. The Cecil isn't that close to Skid Row but it isn't in the most salubrious part of town and is inhabited by people with drug and alcohol problems and people with mental health issues. I could well imagine that someone unprepared for that environment could have a mental health crisis and suffer intrusive thoughts while they were there. I think the decision of the management team to rebrand part of the hotel as The Stay on Main was very misjudged. Choosing to stay in the Cecil, and knowing what you are getting is one thing but thinking you are getting a reasonably priced budget hotel in Downtown LA and ending up in the Cecil is another thing entirely.

I was surprised at the amount of homelessness in LA, it was a lot and it was all over the city, from Hollywood to Santa Monica. Yet, you go to somewhere like Burbank and you are in another world.
 
Just watched the first three episodes last night (actually tried to watch the first one the night before, but fell asleep!) and will watch the final one tonight after The Circle. I guess no one will know 100% what happened but I am 90% convinced it was a tragic accident. However those water tanks are massive, she must have been okay with heights. Such a shame she didn't go with a friend, could have made all the difference. Also I keep googling the theories (don't know why I do it to myself!) and keep thinking 'oh I didn't think of that.' If anyone is going to believe the murder route, the only way it could have happened imo is if she was pushed in. Also in HTGAWM in S1 someone was murdered and put into a water tank if my memory is correct.
 
FoksiOska said:
I loved San Francisco and felt really safe there but that may have been because I was with my male partner? I don't remember feeling unsafe anywhere but I do wonder if I would have noticed it more if I was alone or with female friends.
Having said that, a man took a tit right in the middle of the road right in front of us 🤷‍♀️🙈

Re. The Cecil Hotel (or should I say seesil) I found the documentary a bit 😐 after a while, as though it could have been condensed down to three episodes
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I’m so interested that you guys felt safe in San Francisco. I went there on my honeymoon and felt so uneasy even with my husband and our best man with me, they were both over six foot. One night I even stayed locked in the hotel room while they went out. I’m not sure what it was as I felt fine when I’ve visited other places in the US - NYC, Chicago, LA, Vegas. We didn’t stay in a particularly nice hotel though, we were in Chinatown but I didn’t feel safe anywhere. Agree with the San Diego love, we stayed with friends on Coronado Island and it was beautiful.
 
i just feel like she didn't climb in there after watching the documentary on netflix the whole thing is weird something just don't sit right with me how did no one notice she was missing and the cctv footage was messed with i think 100 percent
 
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