On Tuesday in Los Angeles, California, it took former child actor turned professional racing driver Frankie Muniz just 23 minutes to figure out what the heck was going on…

“Hell hole.”

Just after lunch on Tuesday (presumably local time), Muniz, a former star of “Malcolm in the Middle,” landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) or one of the smaller airports primarily used by private jets. According to Either way, he soon disembarked and headed to the City of Angels, where he likely realized what a huge mistake it was to go there.

“Just landed in LA 23 minutes ago and I'm already sick of this hellish situation,” Muniz told his followers.

Yeah, it was like that for a while.

I just landed in Los Angeles 23 minutes ago and I'm already sick of this hellish place.

— Frankie Muniz (@frankiemuniz) September 10, 2024

Muniz never went into detail about what it was about Los Angeles that disgusted him so much, but we can make a few guesses. First, he hated seeing America's mentally ill and criminally insane living on its sidewalks. In California, we call this a “homeless epidemic.” Logical people call it a massive health crisis that requires desperate intervention. (RELATED: 'Let's see how bad it gets': 50 Cent says no-bail policy means Los Angeles is 'done')

Politicians call it the “homeless industrial complex.” Whatever term you use, they all describe the same thing: a nightmare of human decline. I don't think it's unfair to say that Los Angeles is probably the closest place to hell in the Western world.

Los Angeles, CA – March 8, 2020: A homeless person sleeps as runners jog during the Los Angeles Marathon. The Los Angeles Marathon was allowed to go ahead by health officials despite fears of spreading COVID-19. Los Angeles County health officials recommended that anyone who is sick, including runners, stay home and that runners avoid shaking hands. With more than 25,000 participants from all 50 states and 78 countries, the marathon is one of the largest in the United States. Runners with addresses in China, Hong Kong, Italy, Taiwan, Iran and South Korea have been postponed until next year's race. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Los Angeles, California – February 6, 2024: A person drives a cart through the rain near a homeless camp on Skid Row as a powerful, long-lasting atmospheric storm continues to impact Southern California for the second time in less than a week, in Los Angeles, California. The storm dumped more than seven inches of rain on Downtown Los Angeles, half the annual average. The storm caused widespread flooding, landslides, power outages and dumped heavy rain and snow across the region. Skid Row is home to thousands of people who are homeless on the streets or living in shelters. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Aside from the crime, filth, and general decay that seeps out of every crevice of the streets, locals tell me that Los Angeles is becoming less and less friendly by the day. When I first moved there a long time ago, I could walk a block and make new (normal) friends, and the place had a certain glitz that felt like paradise on earth (as long as you didn't tell people you were conservative or go to parties with Democrats).

Like anywhere, Los Angeles seems to have always had a dark underside, one that seems to ripple out closer to the surface like the next big San Andreas earthquake. (Related: Survey finds Santa Monica one of California's least safe cities)

Muniz's assessment is not self-serving: Many who make a career in Hollywood have left it without ever looking back, and just like in DC, it seems that only the toughest, meanest, and most narcissistic survive in Hollywood today.

It begs the question: Does America really want its entertainment and politics coming from these places?