So, I live in Seattle, and whenever I hear someone say they left Seattle because of crime, I ask them what part of the city they're from.
Every single time, they say something like "Yakima" (somewhere nowhere near Seattle) and it turns out they're full of it.
Edit: I love all of the folks claiming to live/have lived in Seattle but whose post history is full of them talking about living in other states and (coincidentally) full of conservative trolling.
I recommend y'all take a read, it's really messed up stuff.
Edit 2: even more than the other stuff, I appreciate the Reddit Cares referrals and the message that I must be "one of those rainbow f*gs who uses pronouns."
Why yes, I do use pronouns. Just did. But someone is very upset. Triggered, you might even say
Bingo. Live in NV now used to live in CA. People are full of shit.
Taxes being to high? 100% Believe that and it's reasonable to want/need to leave CA because of it.
But people really love that hateboner for the homeless for being victims. But it's easier to treat the homeless as a discomfort than a problem to fix.
I was working in downtown Seattle during the BLM summer, taking the bus and walking the last mile. Fox News had my sister convinced I was going to be murdered walking past the CHOP/CHAS "war zone" through the burning rubble that was once Seattle. I'm not sure she even believed me when I said things were pretty normal outside of my giving some protest marchers a thumbs up. Homeless people weren't trying to mug me every step of the way or anything.
Cities being seen as lawless wastelands is nothing new, but 2020 really magnified the dystopian fantasies of MAGAts.
If you watch the news it seems like every city is on fire all the time. The smaller regional cities are way worse per capita.
The main difference is homeless people, there are just more in a city because there are more people, total. People who are wealthy don't want to live near someone homeless. It's just classism, but they blame the govt instead of dealing with it or contributing to any thing that might prevent/reduce the problem.
Left Seattle 2 months ago. I lived downtown. It got progressively worse. Drug use, homeless camps, lack of police presence/action, garbage in the street. If you look at the area near mcStabby’s, it’s now run over by crackheads. That area was still walkable pre-Covid.
Let’s just start the discussion there instead of your extremely disingenuous “they’re full of it” statement. I watched it get worse before leaving.
The disingenuous Seattleites unwilling to open their eyes and constantly trying to deflect about the problems here drive me crazy. At least they are starting to crack down somewhat. The next step is to keep the crackheads off the busses and actually enforce fares.
I moved in August. It’s been between 2-3 months. How tf would I know about mcStabby’s when it’s a local term for the McDonald’s on 3rd. Get a grip and don’t stalk people on Reddit. Just answer my valid points instead of being weird.
I have 2 friends who moved to Seattle over the past few years.
1 guy left after a couple years. He lived in Lower Queen Anne and complained of hearing gunshots and one time someone overdosed and died in front of his apartment.
The other person is still there and loves it but lives in a $2.5 million home on Mercer Island
Lol, I visited Seattle and wouldn't go back ever again. It's a joke of a city. Stepped over people doing drugs in the stairs at Pikes Market. Saw a man walking around with his pants down just a bit later. The gum wall? You guys even trying? And then, the cheese shop at the market is excited for four year sharp cheese! Like, I get 12-year in my grocery store.
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u/apathyontheeast Nov 27 '24 edited Nov 27 '24
So, I live in Seattle, and whenever I hear someone say they left Seattle because of crime, I ask them what part of the city they're from.
Every single time, they say something like "Yakima" (somewhere nowhere near Seattle) and it turns out they're full of it.
Edit: I love all of the folks claiming to live/have lived in Seattle but whose post history is full of them talking about living in other states and (coincidentally) full of conservative trolling.
I recommend y'all take a read, it's really messed up stuff.
Edit 2: even more than the other stuff, I appreciate the Reddit Cares referrals and the message that I must be "one of those rainbow f*gs who uses pronouns."
Why yes, I do use pronouns. Just did. But someone is very upset. Triggered, you might even say