Modern Frasier in Seattle plots would revolve around (eg.) wanting to eat at some trendy new restaurant but every time they try there's some crazy homeless guy screaming at a lamp-post in front of the entrance and banging on it with a bike lock*, everyone is too scared of the guy to go inside, and the police refuse to deal with him.
The episode ends with the restaurant going out of business due to a lack of customers.
* A scene I witnessed once near the Convention Center.
There's an office building near there, and I worked at several conventions. It's actually fun to see what convention is happening by how people are dressed near the CC.
Back in the day you honestly didn't know what the social status was for anyone you walked by. We had so many tech rich and grunge, hipster, emo were an actual thing.
Modern Frasier in Seattle plots would revolve around (eg.) wanting to eat at some trendy new restaurant but every time they try there's some crazy homeless guy screaming at a lamp-post in front of the entrance and banging on it with a bike lock*, everyone is too scared of the guy to go inside, and the police refuse to deal with him.
The episode ends with the restaurant going out of business due to a lack of customers.
* A scene I witnessed once near the Convention Center.
Wait, which one? My office used to be near there.
WA State. This was a few years back: I was attending a trade show there, ducked out for lunch, and witnessed the spectacle.
SPD did stop and talk to the guy, but I didn't stick around to see if they actually did anything.
There's an office building near there, and I worked at several conventions. It's actually fun to see what convention is happening by how people are dressed near the CC.
Back in the day you honestly didn't know what the social status was for anyone you walked by. We had so many tech rich and grunge, hipster, emo were an actual thing.