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I’m not as plugged into local politics as you seem to be, but I’ve lived in Redmond and now live in Seattle. I have never felt unsafe, or like things were “very
by cmckn 4y ago
I’m not as plugged into local politics as you seem to be, but I’ve lived in Redmond and now live in Seattle. I have never felt unsafe, or like things were “very bad.” There seems to be a lot of pearl clutching because some homeless people exist in a large city. A city that has grown significantly in the last decade (and the decade before that). I’d like for those folks to be thrown a ladder as much as anyone.
Credit where credit is due, the east side has way nicer roads. Money helps, I suppose.
- yeahbutiguess 4y agoEastside also buses homeless folks out (or at least used to). They very much care about the facade of cleanliness on the Eastside but not about people nearly as much. And yeah, agree with you and the parent poster - the issue isn't unique to Seattle, local areas aren't doing enough, and housing has not met demand.
- whateveracct 4y agoThe Eastside just externalizes its homelessness to Seattle by way of King County jail
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoIf only. KC judges and prosecutors are loathe to put people in jail these days. They were even talking about releasing that guy who bashed in the head of an Amazon worker in beltown.
- whateveracct 4y agoDoesn't matter - if they get bussed there and released, they're now in Seattle and no longer Redmond and Bellevue's problem.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoIn Seattle you can throw up a tent and you might have to remove it a few weeks later. In Bellevue, you lay down on a bench and swat is out in 5 minutes (even if you won’t go to jail, the police will harass you enough that you’ll leave). Bellevue makes it annoying to do illegal things, Seattle makes it convenient, so of course they are going to head to Seattle, it’s simply the path of least resistance.
- whateveracct 4y agoSo basically, the Bellevue homelessness policy is Not In My Back Yard.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoIt’s basically enforce laws aggressively, and make the problem go to the more permissive city. It wouldn’t work if Seattle police started enforcing laws, Bellevue would be screwed at that point.
- roguecoder 4y agoIt is illegal to ban camping unless free housing is available: https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/october-2022/new-9th-circuit-ruling-on-anti-camping-ordinances https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/october-2022/new... It's Bellevue that is violating the law by enforcing an unconstitutional ordinance, rather than the people sleeping on benches.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThey don’t bus anymore. They just enforce laws really strict so Seattle looks appealing (where laws are more loosely enforced), and then metro won’t stop you from boarding if you can’t pay the fare.
- darknavi 4y ago> the east side has way nicer roads Someone have never driven down Avondale or West Lake Sammamish.
- roguecoder 4y agoCrime is at half the rate it was back in the 80s, but it kinda seems like wealthy folks hate seeing poverty more than they hated actual crimes.