Seattle socialists get a quick dose of reality

[CaptainObvious]

Most Americans on here would be lucky to live in a city like Seattle with a booming economy and businesses likely in the right sectors moving forward. Go ahead and pretend the "socialists" are ruining the city by trying to take care of all it's citizens not just the ones making professional salaries. Growth as a problem is a nice problem to have. Reminds me of Toronto right now.

The last thing Americans should be griping about is Seattle. Maybe ask yourself why Amazon and Microsoft like that area. Maybe ask yourself why Toronto is so popular with the IT giants lately.

Okay, whatever you say.
https://seattle.curbed.com/2017/7/14/15974712/high-poverty-neighborhood-density-report
Another week, another statistic that shows what many already know too well: People are struggling all over Seattle...
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...les-homeless-crisis-the-worst-in-the-country/
Is Seattle’s homeless crisis the worst in the country? Maybe. It depends on how you count — but Seattle is definitely worse per capita than New York or L.A.
King County has the third-largest population of homeless people in the country
If all this was too long, and you skipped to the end, here are our conclusions:

1. Counting people experiencing homelessness is messy and everyone does it differently.
2. Seattle’s homelessness crisis is, by scale, worse than New York City or Los Angeles’.
3. However you count it, Seattle, King County and Washington are all in the top 10 when it comes to homelessness.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Most Americans on here would be lucky to live in a city like Seattle with a booming economy and businesses likely in the right sectors moving forward. Go ahead and pretend the "socialists" are ruining the city by trying to take care of all it's citizens not just the ones making professional salaries. Growth as a problem is a nice problem to have. Reminds me of Toronto right now.

The last thing Americans should be griping about is Seattle. Maybe ask yourself why Amazon and Microsoft like that area. Maybe ask yourself why Toronto is so popular with the IT giants lately.

What a bunch of horseshit. I wouldn't move to Seattle if some company offered to double my salary.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Okay, whatever you say.
https://seattle.curbed.com/2017/7/14/15974712/high-poverty-neighborhood-density-report
Another week, another statistic that shows what many already know too well: People are struggling all over Seattle...
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...les-homeless-crisis-the-worst-in-the-country/
Is Seattle’s homeless crisis the worst in the country? Maybe. It depends on how you count — but Seattle is definitely worse per capita than New York or L.A.
King County has the third-largest population of homeless people in the country
If all this was too long, and you skipped to the end, here are our conclusions:

1. Counting people experiencing homelessness is messy and everyone does it differently.
2. Seattle’s homelessness crisis is, by scale, worse than New York City or Los Angeles’.
3. However you count it, Seattle, King County and Washington are all in the top 10 when it comes to homelessness.

I wonder why the problem is so bad there? Seriously, is it a bad economy for all but the chosen few or is it something they are doing that encourages homelessness? It is foolish to treat the symptom, homelessness, without understanding what is driving it.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

The last thing Americans should be griping about is Seattle. Maybe ask yourself why Amazon and Microsoft like that area. Maybe ask yourself why Toronto is so popular with the IT giants lately.

Yeah but the point is, if you moved those microsoft and amazon jobs to another city, say in the South, wouldn't the same thing happen? it would be very pleasant for a while with high salaries and low cost of living, lot of money sloshing around, people opening all sorts of cool places. Then it gets more expensive and a lot of legacy people really can't afford it any more. So they have no where to go, and the new rich people don't want their views spoiled by low income housing, so they make it very difficult to build.

 

[CaptainObvious]

I wonder why the problem is so bad there? Seriously, is it a bad economy for all but the chosen few or is it something they are doing that encourages homelessness? It is foolish to treat the symptom, homelessness, without understanding what is driving it.

One huge problem is denying the reality that there are many more people who are willing to live the life of a freeloader than well intentioned people are lead to believe.

 

[Clubber Lang]

Maybe ask yourself why Amazon and Microsoft like that area. Maybe ask yourself why Toronto is so popular with the IT giants lately.

Maybe ask yourself why nobody likes you

 

[Cuddles]

I've talked with a couple young bucks who worked at a local Chicago area fulfillment center. Not an easy job for the typical laid back millennial. Very fast paced, not much tolerance for errors, and mind numbing repetitiveness. Let the robots have it all.

Yeah, I figured all the bitching was mostly from dope head hipsters

 

[Bill.C.]

I feel a little guilty, but I kind of wish this dumpster fire of a tax would've passed just to see what happens. Then again it'd probably end with the City Council blaming corporations for it in some way or another anyway like they seem to be doing now.

 

[gwb-trading]

Most Americans on here would be lucky to live in a city like Seattle with a booming economy and businesses likely in the right sectors moving forward. Go ahead and pretend the "socialists" are ruining the city by trying to take care of all it's citizens not just the ones making professional salaries. Growth as a problem is a nice problem to have. Reminds me of Toronto right now.

The last thing Americans should be griping about is Seattle. Maybe ask yourself why Amazon and Microsoft like that area. Maybe ask yourself why Toronto is so popular with the IT giants lately.

Tell us how the housing market is doing in Toronto since 2017. Oh wait - housing prices crashed 30% in a mere 6 months according to The Globe and Mail last week in Wednesday’s edition.

Are you enjoying Doug Ford’s huge win in Ontario last week?

Nothing says FU more boldly to the Liberal Party in Canada, Kathryn Wynne, and Trudeau than Doug Ford’s overwhelming victory in Ontario. The Liberals lost so many seats that now they are under the 8 necessary to even be legally considered a party.

 

[TreeFrogTrader]

Tell us how the housing market is doing in Toronto since 2017. Oh wait - housing prices crashed 30% in a mere 6 months according to The Globe and Mail last week in Wednesday’s edition.

Are you enjoying Doug Ford’s huge win in Ontario last week?

Nothing says FU more boldly to the Liberal Party in Canada, Kathryn Wynne, and Trudeau than Doug Ford’s overwhelming victory in Ontario. The Liberals lost so many seats that now they are under the 8 necessary to even be legally considered a party.