I've never really liked Seattle and I've been here for years. Like a lot of places it's had its moments of of worthiness, just not very many of them. And the climate is dismal.
But the core of downtown Seattle is now a complete third world shithole. The state lockdowns and city tolerance of criminality have removed the economic base and emptied nearly every retail business leaving the downtown core a wasteland of deserted destitution, urban filth, and vagrant zombies.
There ain't no kind of V shaped recovery gonna happen there, no fucking way.
When I moved there back in the day I was surprised at how dirty and full of graffiti even the "nice" parts of the city were. 3rd Ave was always a shithole: all the busses run through there, so it's always full of unsavory people. Back when I lived in the city I always used to hate waiting for a bus there late at night. I can't imagine what it's like now after the lockdowns and race riots.
Seattle is the only city I've ever been shouted at and called a nigger (I'm white) by a homeless(?) drunk. Just trying to wait for a bus to get back to my airbnb after TI8.
Been to a lot of cities, but Seattle was far and away the worst for vagrants, surprisingly beating out NYC
I remember I was visiting my dad up in Seattle back in 2004, and the thing that stands out to me the most about the city was just how many homeless people were zonked out in the gutters, shuffling around, or just sitting around. So many homeless. Things of course looked worse when I visited again in 2017 lol
The only time I've been to NYC was at the height of the Giuliani revival of the city right before 9/11, and I STILL got yelled at by homeless people in Times Square. I don't even want to imagine how bad it is now.
They'll probably raise corporate taxes, do fuck all with them as usual, and see said large, highly woke, pandering mega-businesses bleed out into the rest of the state or country.
Between that, defunding the police, and recent attempts at decriminalizing large swarths of crime, there's no way but to go up!
I'd visit Seattle once every 5 years or so, because a big chunk of my extended family on my dad's side lives there. As nice as it is seeing members of my family, I always thought the city itself sucked balls. Its just a rainier, more addict-filled, all around shittier version of Austin, and that's saying something given the overall worthlessness of Austin.
I've never really liked Seattle and I've been here for years. Like a lot of places it's had its moments of of worthiness, just not very many of them. And the climate is dismal.
But the core of downtown Seattle is now a complete third world shithole. The state lockdowns and city tolerance of criminality have removed the economic base and emptied nearly every retail business leaving the downtown core a wasteland of deserted destitution, urban filth, and vagrant zombies.
There ain't no kind of V shaped recovery gonna happen there, no fucking way.
When I moved there back in the day I was surprised at how dirty and full of graffiti even the "nice" parts of the city were. 3rd Ave was always a shithole: all the busses run through there, so it's always full of unsavory people. Back when I lived in the city I always used to hate waiting for a bus there late at night. I can't imagine what it's like now after the lockdowns and race riots.
Seattle is the only city I've ever been shouted at and called a nigger (I'm white) by a homeless(?) drunk. Just trying to wait for a bus to get back to my airbnb after TI8.
Been to a lot of cities, but Seattle was far and away the worst for vagrants, surprisingly beating out NYC
I remember I was visiting my dad up in Seattle back in 2004, and the thing that stands out to me the most about the city was just how many homeless people were zonked out in the gutters, shuffling around, or just sitting around. So many homeless. Things of course looked worse when I visited again in 2017 lol
The only time I've been to NYC was at the height of the Giuliani revival of the city right before 9/11, and I STILL got yelled at by homeless people in Times Square. I don't even want to imagine how bad it is now.
They'll probably raise corporate taxes, do fuck all with them as usual, and see said large, highly woke, pandering mega-businesses bleed out into the rest of the state or country.
Between that, defunding the police, and recent attempts at decriminalizing large swarths of crime, there's no way but to go up!
I'd visit Seattle once every 5 years or so, because a big chunk of my extended family on my dad's side lives there. As nice as it is seeing members of my family, I always thought the city itself sucked balls. Its just a rainier, more addict-filled, all around shittier version of Austin, and that's saying something given the overall worthlessness of Austin.