The homeless in Seattle are extremely aggressive. There’s an entirely separate bike-mounted police force to protect the citizens from the homeless.
I was in Seattle several years ago with the news on in the hotel. A woman who looked like a rich old hippie wailed, “We give them free medical, food and shelter. WHY is there still a homeless problem?!” I turned to see if the newsman laughed or flamed her. Nope, he nodded, agreeing that the problem was certainly unexpected.
Seattle has a growing homeless problem because they’re stupid. It’s the old story of putting out free birdseed, then complaining there are too many birds defecating on the sidewalk.
On one of my trips to Seattle, we walked all around town, when got to one section of town, we ran into a circus of crazies.
Later when we were talking to friends, who lived there, we found that we had wandered into the rehab section of town.
Last trip to Seattle, we found many of those had moved to the new low income housing area near Pike Place.