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*Welcome to the Empty, High-Cost, City of Seattle. Parking downtown? Think again!

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, Economics, government, Law and Justice, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Washington State Politics8 Comments

The Empty part is downtown, which as of now has a 38.5% office vacancy rate. Yes, that's 38.5%!!! Office buildings for sale have sold for 20-30% of their assessed value; restaurants are closing every day; entire chains of stores have been closed due to high theft and vandalism risks. That "high-cost" part? Well, on January …

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Clueless!! Seattle CITY COUNCILMAN complaining about police response in the Chinatown district of the city

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Culture, DEI, Drugs and Addiction, Economics, government, immigration, Law and Justice, Media bias, Mental health, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media, Washington State Politics2 Comments

Anyone familiar with Seattle is aware that the Chinatown area on the southern end of downtown is an open-air drug market, where junkies and dealers clog the sidewalks, along with numerous homeless tents and other temporary structures. Thousands of low-income elderly live in the many local apartment buildings, and they have been complaining for years …

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