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You’re being downvoted, but this is an entirely accurate view of Seattle. I just left that hellhole after 22 years. The last five years have been consistently

You’re being downvoted, but this is an entirely accurate view of Seattle. I just left that hellhole after 22 years. The last five years have been consistently hell. Nobody wanted to do anything that will actually help people in the city; just things that allow them to humble brag on Facebook. Seattle is dead.

tjr225 5y ago
If it is dead then why can’t I afford a condo there?
- neidne 5y ago
  The better question is, “why would you want to?” Greed and money are always the answers to these pseudo-righteous questions. Greed and money.
  - tjr225 5y ago
    I already know the answer to your question: It is a great city with a lot to offer. I'm happy to own a house nearby for the time being. Also happy when people like the GP leave this place altogether. Moreover; whether youre talking about Detroit, London, NY, Baltimore, SF, Seattle, Dubai - _whatever_ - claiming a place where millions of real people live their lives is "dead" or a "shithole" or whatever, is an entirely graceless act. Nobody is forcing you to live here, move on with your life, or I'm going to assume you have some sort of weird insecurity that causes you to do behave this way. Presumably that is why the GP created an account just to make this claim; they didn't want it associated with their other internet identities.
    - shdjjj 5y ago
      You know millions of people don’t live in Seattle right? In fact, not even a single million people live there. Unless you count all the posers that claim they are from Seattle. I bet you do. Since you love the city so much, but can’t be bothered to live there.
      - tjr225 5y ago
        The Seattle metro contains over 4 million people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area When people refer to cities it tends to include the immediately surrounding suburbs and exurbs, but honestly I shouldn’t have to explain this to you. Just because you don’t live in shoreline or Renton or whatever doesn’t make you special at all. Have a nice life.
seanmcdirmid 5y ago
> Seattle is dead. Would the last person to leave Seattle please turn out the lights?
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  Really surprised no one got this.
- eatonphil 5y ago
  > Billboard reading "Will the Last Person Leaving SEATTLE — Turn Out the Lights" appears near Sea-Tac International Airport on April 16, 1971. https://www.historylink.org/file/1287 https://www.historylink.org/file/1287 I heard of it.
  - seanmcdirmid 5y ago
    Ya, Seattle has died before and came back (and we are actually still growing right now because of the hot economy, as opposed to back then which was a full out recession).

tjr225 5y ago

If it is dead then why can’t I afford a condo there?

neidne 5y ago
The better question is, “why would you want to?” Greed and money are always the answers to these pseudo-righteous questions. Greed and money.
- tjr225 5y ago
  I already know the answer to your question: It is a great city with a lot to offer. I'm happy to own a house nearby for the time being. Also happy when people like the GP leave this place altogether. Moreover; whether youre talking about Detroit, London, NY, Baltimore, SF, Seattle, Dubai - _whatever_ - claiming a place where millions of real people live their lives is "dead" or a "shithole" or whatever, is an entirely graceless act. Nobody is forcing you to live here, move on with your life, or I'm going to assume you have some sort of weird insecurity that causes you to do behave this way. Presumably that is why the GP created an account just to make this claim; they didn't want it associated with their other internet identities.
  - shdjjj 5y ago
    You know millions of people don’t live in Seattle right? In fact, not even a single million people live there. Unless you count all the posers that claim they are from Seattle. I bet you do. Since you love the city so much, but can’t be bothered to live there.
    - tjr225 5y ago
      The Seattle metro contains over 4 million people. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area When people refer to cities it tends to include the immediately surrounding suburbs and exurbs, but honestly I shouldn’t have to explain this to you. Just because you don’t live in shoreline or Renton or whatever doesn’t make you special at all. Have a nice life.

seanmcdirmid 5y ago

> Seattle is dead. Would the last person to leave Seattle please turn out the lights?

seanmcdirmid 5y ago
Really surprised no one got this.
eatonphil 5y ago
> Billboard reading "Will the Last Person Leaving SEATTLE — Turn Out the Lights" appears near Sea-Tac International Airport on April 16, 1971. https://www.historylink.org/file/1287 https://www.historylink.org/file/1287 I heard of it.
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  Ya, Seattle has died before and came back (and we are actually still growing right now because of the hot economy, as opposed to back then which was a full out recession).