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I haven't lived in Seattle but close - Portland and has more similarity to Seattle than differences. > In 2017 Portland ranked third. Now it has dropped to 66t

• seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  All the west coast cities (what you mentioned + Vancouver BC) have roughly the same boom town problems, and, to be honest, have always had them. Hobos hopping trains for LA or SF in the 1920s, skid row being a term invented somewhere in either Seattle, Vancouver, or Portland circa the late 1800s as a place where the logs were skid up to the saw mill, and the muddiest ickiest place for someone (only the destitute) to live, etc... > My hope is that west coast will become better in next decade after some self-introspection. I love the west coast and it is sad to see the decline :-( The west coast is the way it is because they've always been boom towns. You could say "I hope Seattle learns it lessons!" when it has grown 25% in the last decade, there just isn't the feedback for that. And from this perspective, the west coast has been in decline since the mid 19th century. I'm actually glad it isn't perfect, or it would attract even more people!