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Seattle's economic policies are creating bigger problems for residents
DerekJohnson
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What will be interesting is if the problems Amazon and other companies are seeking to escape will follow them across the I-90 and 520 bridges. I live on the Eastside and see more homelessness, traffic, etc. than ever before. I would think policies would have to change to compensate for the greater strain on Bellevue’s infrastructure.
Ducks, cranes....not good.
Too soon?
1. It's a good location which no amount of political fuckery can change
2. It's been developed over like 200 years and would take another hundred to really fuck up
3. People are annoyed that leftist policies are actively making things worse when they could easily be better
You would have thought SEA would have learned something when Boeing moved their HQ away. You would also have thought all these companies would have known that Seattle has been this way for a long time- look no further than the 1999 WTO riots. It's the same now as it was 20 years ago: big companies BAD! They're screwing the little people!
Most of these issues are wealth inequality problems. Seattle's instinct is ALWAYS to over-correct on the side of the poors. We all know that doesn't work long term cause OPM is never unlimited. It is also Seattle's instinct to not understand how business and economics actually work. Yeah Boeing, stop making planes cause they're bad for the environment, make electric buses! GTFOOH.
That level of policy evaluation is not the responsibility of a local government.
Those cities don't have absolute filth and feces and waste covering their sidewalks. Maybe some panhandlers here and there. But camping and tent cities and shit...fuck no. SF and Seattle are by far the worst. Not even close.