A Dangerous Skid Row Hustle — Melissa

Melissa describes a dangerous hustle she runs on Skid Row — specifics of the underground economy that keeps her alive on the street, Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024. Featuring Melissa, a woman. SWU at its best is economic journalism from below the poverty line.

Who: Melissa, a woman living on Skid Row who describes her daily survival hustle; interviewed by Mark Laita of Soft White Underbelly

What: Melissa describes a dangerous hustle she runs on Skid Row — specifics of the underground economy that keeps her alive on the street. Candid about the risks and the lack of alternatives

Where: Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA

When: 2024

Why: SWU at its best is economic journalism from below the poverty line. Melissa puts numbers and logic to a survival strategy that looks irrational from the outside.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX6bBPzAu9w

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