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Startups and people are moving from Seattle to Bellevue. The eastside is amazing. No crime problems, clean, best schools, etc. Amazon has 16 high rise buildin

Startups and people are moving from Seattle to Bellevue. The eastside is amazing. No crime problems, clean, best schools, etc. Amazon has 16 high rise buildings under construction in Bellevue. Facebook has a massive campus in Bellevue. Microsoft is on the edge of Bellevue. Google's Kirkland campus is up the road 2.2 miles north from Bellevue. Tons of tech companies of all size there. Amazing downtown.

vkou 5y ago
It's easy for Bellevue to be clean when its solution to dealing with homeless people is arresting them, and releasing them in Seattle.
- seaourfreed 5y ago
  Homeless people prefer Seattle. After they are arrested for violent crimes, Seattle releases them back to being free within ~3 hours. The homeless love Seattle. Just measure by listening and counting to how many gunshots you hear. People subscribe and watch how many fall dead, because this twitter account shows the murders. See in real time. https://twitter.com/HomicideSeattle https://twitter.com/HomicideSeattle
  - vkou 5y ago
    Of course they prefer Seattle, unless they are hanging out in Magnolia, they aren't going to be arrested with the explicit purpose of getting dumped somewhere else. It pulls double-duty, through shelters and services because NIMBY's in the suburbs are happy to export all their problems to it. And most homeless don't regularly get arrested for violent crimes, but it's incredibly telling that you immediately turn the conversation to the most problematic minority, and ignore how your suburb shits on the other 90% of them. Just because you're homeless doesn't make you a violent criminal. (Just like how if you're from the Eastside doesn't immediately make you a lot of other unsavory things.) There are ~11,000 homeless people in King County. Most of them aren't violent criminals. How many does Bellevue house? Your fair share is ~700, are you meeting it? Seattle's fair share is ~3,400 - or it would be, if you weren't shirking yours.
  - techsupporter 5y ago
    > After they are arrested for violent crimes, Seattle releases them back to being free within ~3 hours. Considering the City of Seattle lacks the legal authority to prosecute "violent crimes" (anything beyond a simple misdemeanor is handled by the King County Prosecutor) and the jail is operated by the county, please explain how it is that "Seattle" releases them within three hours?
sharkweek 5y ago
As a counterpoint, I grew up in the Kirkland/Bellevue area and find the whole area incredibly bland. Way less personality, and even though I'm in my late 30s and don't "go out" much anymore, would 100x prefer a night out in one of Seattle's neighborhoods to one on the Eastside. Or even a lunch break in Downtown Seattle to one in Bellevue for when I'm in the office. To make sure I'm being perfectly clear here though: to each their own! I prefer Seattle, but totally get why someone might prefer Bellevue too.

vkou 5y ago

It's easy for Bellevue to be clean when its solution to dealing with homeless people is arresting them, and releasing them in Seattle.

seaourfreed 5y ago
Homeless people prefer Seattle. After they are arrested for violent crimes, Seattle releases them back to being free within ~3 hours. The homeless love Seattle. Just measure by listening and counting to how many gunshots you hear. People subscribe and watch how many fall dead, because this twitter account shows the murders. See in real time. https://twitter.com/HomicideSeattle https://twitter.com/HomicideSeattle
- vkou 5y ago
  Of course they prefer Seattle, unless they are hanging out in Magnolia, they aren't going to be arrested with the explicit purpose of getting dumped somewhere else. It pulls double-duty, through shelters and services because NIMBY's in the suburbs are happy to export all their problems to it. And most homeless don't regularly get arrested for violent crimes, but it's incredibly telling that you immediately turn the conversation to the most problematic minority, and ignore how your suburb shits on the other 90% of them. Just because you're homeless doesn't make you a violent criminal. (Just like how if you're from the Eastside doesn't immediately make you a lot of other unsavory things.) There are ~11,000 homeless people in King County. Most of them aren't violent criminals. How many does Bellevue house? Your fair share is ~700, are you meeting it? Seattle's fair share is ~3,400 - or it would be, if you weren't shirking yours.
- techsupporter 5y ago
  > After they are arrested for violent crimes, Seattle releases them back to being free within ~3 hours. Considering the City of Seattle lacks the legal authority to prosecute "violent crimes" (anything beyond a simple misdemeanor is handled by the King County Prosecutor) and the jail is operated by the county, please explain how it is that "Seattle" releases them within three hours?

sharkweek 5y ago

As a counterpoint, I grew up in the Kirkland/Bellevue area and find the whole area incredibly bland. Way less personality, and even though I'm in my late 30s and don't "go out" much anymore, would 100x prefer a night out in one of Seattle's neighborhoods to one on the Eastside. Or even a lunch break in Downtown Seattle to one in Bellevue for when I'm in the office. To make sure I'm being perfectly clear here though: to each their own! I prefer Seattle, but totally get why someone might prefer Bellevue too.