Ouch; the truth. Glad someone is saying it because it sure needs to be heard. A lot of this about Hollywood/ L.A. in general has been true for a very long time. In 1980 Ben Stein told me what was wrong with L.A. for young hopefuls. He said L.A. ignores you to death. This was not so long after he published his book "California Dreams" which ironically exposed what a disgusting place it is and made him famous so that L.A. was no longer ignoring him. Funny how that works. I would guess that 1% of people who move to or stay in Calif to grab the brass ring ever even get close enough to make a lunge for it. When fam went back to Calif to see others, only a few years ago, the 'old neighborhood' was unrecognizable. What you could even see of it through the homeless tents. WTF. Frightening decay is happening everywhere and will until affected cities are under white hat leadership.