The people of Seattle elected those who will destroy their own city, which will soon become the “Detroit of the Northwest.”
Cue Seinfeld saying “that’s a shame.”
The on-going story of man, with few exceptions, America being one of them, is he is seemingly hell-bent to self destruction. Seattle, the new NY and California, gets big, and goes hard left to socialism which kills the goose (business) that laid the golden egg.
And around and around it goes. The astonishing of man’s history through the present is his astonishing propensity for his own self destruction.
Jesus is coming soon to fix all of that - forever.
Bezos is brilliant but Bill Gates was smart enough to build Microsoft in Redmond and Bellevue.
Seattle desperately trying to catch up to Los Angeles, Good Luck, we beat you big time with the Homeless fiasco.
This happened to Flint and Detroit....Puttsburg in automotive and heavy industry. How much is a company responsible for a community that builds up and becomes dependent upon it for survival?
They came for profit and they leave for profit. Somewhere along the way, many are left holding the inflated property and new jobless community. Social contract was the key phrase for Flint and Detroit, but poor management caused those jobs to die. Life is hard. Accept the cheese moved and make changes.
Every employer demands loyalty...until they decide you need to be let go. Every employee pledges loyalty....until they see their best interest is elsewhere. The social contract is bs spewed by folks that feel bad for the losers, who are in a world of hurt.
They need to move FURTHER AWAY from Seattle, as in to another state - a state that is FRIENDLY to job creators, not leaches.
...but I guess it is a start.
Seattle is slowly circling the liberal (D) drain; people will vote in conservatives and the defeated libs will then blame them for Seattle going down.
Bezos feels guilty for being a white capitalist pig.
He'll go off the deep end someday.
Seattle is suffering from Left Coast syndrome.
Good
There is a video on youtube called “Seattle Is Dying”. I believe they may be onto something.
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Seattle was one of my favorite places to go visit, not anymore.
I lived in Bellevue / Issaquah from 96-2015 its night and day compared to Seattle. Go across lake Washington and your in a very cool city. Seattle is a cesspool
Empty building? Hey, why not high-rise housing for the "homeless"? Pack that baby to the roof! Always room for more; help solve L.A.'s homeless problem too! Come on up!
Seattle is already past the point of no return.
Seattle is becoming the new Detroit.
These cities ratchet up their cost of living off the back of a handful of major companies. When the companies move, you can’t support the support workforce. It’s exactly what happened in Detroit. Suddenly that barista earning $15 an hour sees the coffee orders dry up. The landlords see their service industry tenants struggle to pay bills. The market can’t adjust quick enough because they put artificial floors in place with rent control, minimum wage, and other social programs.
So rather than the economy adjusting downwards, it simply crashes
Jobless in Seattle
Detroit on the Sound.