You will be cussed at but they seldom will physically confront you. Under no circumstances give money to anyone. In Gaslamp, don’t be by yourself, know which areas are safe or not, pay for secured parking, and consider carrying defensive devices (pepper spray, stun gun, etc.). Covid hammered them but the thousands of transients (over 6,000 in this small area per the UT San Diego) and resulting crime are causing many to leave. Add to that the crazies and druggies who roam at will and downtown has reverted to a cesspool.įeel bad for all but especially downtown businesses.
A great rebirth occurred but drove many out of low rent buildings onto the streets. Local efforts to assist these people are often just triage.ĭowntown San Diego was a mess in the 70’s and 80’s. Many are obviously deranged and many are openly injecting or smoking. Corner after corner after corner occupied mostly by transients. We ended up leaving our ice cream on the table and left the Gaslamp Quarter all the while noticing homeless people sleeping/passed out on the sidewalk in front of businesses as we made our way down 5th Ave to the trolley station. There was a homeless person sitting right as you walk out of the ice cream shop in plain view of the employees, asking people if they had bought him any food and then another homeless person came into the fenced in area begging for spare change and then went through the garbage can. We stopped in at an ice cream shop to get sundaes and went to sit outside in their fenced in area to eat them and watch people walk by. And yes, I realize marijuana is legal in California however I didn't expect to see people openly smoking it walking down the sidewalk. Every few steps you either got a strong smell of what smelled like a pit toilet or an in-your-face smell of marijuana.
#GASLIGHT DISTRICT CRACK#
There were people sitting in front of businesses openly smoking crack out of their little glass pipes with their push rods and lighters just sitting there on the sidewalk. There were several unsavory people walking around with open containers of liquor harassing people and we had to walk faster to get away from one guy that was yelling at passing people all the while drinking out of his bottle. We felt unsafe and there was no police presence on foot that we saw for the couple of hours that we were there eating and checking out this area. We visited one evening and wished we wouldn't have. Navigate through Downtown San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter and experience the wide variety of services: Hotels, Shopping, Restaurants, Clubs, Bars, Events, & More. Sorry Gaslamp Quarter and San Diego, but I'm writing this review that echos other reviews to tell tourists not to go here.
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