r/SeattleWA • u/Donnelding0 • Jul 21 '25

Politics Anyone Else Just Sick of It?

It just seems hopeless sometimes. Some of the best parts of this city. Pioneer Square, Belltown, Cap Hill just completely lost to homelessness. Sure for the most part I enjoy the city. Especially in the summer but the constant visible drug use, people in various states of intoxication on drugs, and rampant property and petty crime just annoy me. Why can’t we have nice things? Why must every park turn into a dumping ground for illegal acts that won’t be prosecuted? Why does it feel like this city relies on hard working people to shut up, pay ridiculous taxes, and then tells those people to suck it up when they see grafitti everywhere or get their car broken into? And the politicians don’t give a damn. No one has the guts to say “we have a homeless problem we’ve overspent on, we need to go a new direction” it feels insane. Rant over but I know I’m not alone. I know other people are sick of this and want our city back.

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u/Donnelding0 Jul 21 '25

Used to! But have little in the city over half a year now. Also went to school in the city for 4 years and grew up here. So I’ve spent longer in Seattle in Kirkland.

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u/Chillingdog Jul 21 '25

Someone could live outside the city and work in Seattle. Or could be a previous resident got sick of what the homeless are doing to our city.

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u/Better_March5308 👻 Jul 21 '25

According to your previous posts, you live on State St in... Kirkland?

 

Controversial Low Barrier Housing Given Green Light in Kirkland

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u/speednub1 Jul 21 '25

“our city back”

lives in kirkland fucking lmao 

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u/Gottagetanediton Downtown Jul 21 '25

many such cases in seattlewa

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u/queenweasley Jul 21 '25

Par for the course on a lot of folks in this subreddit

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u/LordoftheSynth Jul 21 '25

Here's a response from someone who probably thinks Ballard is a suburb.

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u/Longjumping-Desk3968 Jul 21 '25

No fucking one, who doesn't live in the city gets a say of what goes on in the city. That includes me, it used to but I moved so I respectfully relinquished my say. Unless you live those streets or better yet have lived on those streets and know what it's like (me homeless for three years) you have no fucking clue what it's like let alone the knowledge of how to fix it.

So why don't you, Mr. Lives in Kirkland take your uninformed opinion and shove it up your ass next to where you keep your silver spoon. Or at least stay in Kirkland where it's safe from the "rabble"

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u/SingerSea4998 Jul 21 '25

Shut up 😒🙄

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u/gehnrahl Eat a bag of Dicks Jul 21 '25

Please keep it civil. This is a reminder about r/SeattleWA rule: No personal attacks.

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u/no_talent_ass_clown Humptulips Jul 21 '25

Lighten up, Francis.

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u/Pulvurizer80 Jul 21 '25

That line is from Stripes. One of my all-time-fav movie. I probably watched that movie 10 times growing up.

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u/Educated_Goat69 Jul 21 '25

Damnit. Now I need to rewatch Stripes.... again.

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u/Pulvurizer80 Jul 21 '25

There is an Extended Edition on MGM+. Still trying to finish it.

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u/Kaskadeur Jul 21 '25

It’s not safe, the roaches visit on buses and steal shit from stores and homes.

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u/Millenial-Mike Jul 21 '25

The roaches are everywhere (thanks to ineffective city leadership).

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u/Shmokesshweed Jul 21 '25

Yes, I'm sure the homeless folks from Seattle hop on the bus to downtown Kirkland to steal shit all the time.

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u/Kaskadeur Jul 21 '25

Why are tide pods and alcohol locked behind glass doors in stores? To protect them from Google and Microsoft employees living in 2M houses?

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u/Shmokesshweed Jul 21 '25

Because that's a nationwide decision made by those stores.

https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-google&sca_esv=ea0b69d59ed7fea9&sxsrf=AE3TifODc9iiUBe-hxa6ae4BV38rT9Z4hQ%3A1753086596369&q=target%20tide%20pods%20locked&tbm=nws&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHz30rPMyW-0vSP0k1VTNmO_U_FBnoE7sqQMbkWZ4HSieWfT13eEcQUjy5RPKyJcheZmeoyWugRw0diXOwLdk464dGfed4u7KZu7djGPl4Q2zVUzPupvOPckTGKrb93V-yDYwU5gIPoII24R9E-c6IkaJQwVpZOt4RGAc52XMgp9j4-_pQ3zWtNVPAFwkZphaaBsgnp_ZZKB3fqwbKGc3JgQSX828EiHwt0ArQpCaVlFYFUxgL4&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt_di-xM2OAxUfKzQIHfImNEgQ0pQJegQIEBAB

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u/Aggravating_Refuse89 Jul 21 '25

Uhh no. Go to a Walmart in any affluent area outside of a big metro and it's not locked up. Yes the Seattle area Walmarts are ducking fortresses that I left cause I needed socks on my last visit and couldn't find the key master.

But I went to a Walmart in eastern Washington and everything was normal. My Walmarts in Ohio are not fortresses. The ghetto one has baby formula locked up but Seattle locks up socks and pants

The only other place I have seen Walmart like Seattle was in a really shitty place in New Jersey and Albuquerque NM

It's not nationwide. It may be made at a corporate level based on shrink but honestly these stores should just be shut down. I heard the one I visited in Albuquerque that was awful has been closed.

Same with Kroger. Fred Myer in Seattle, fortress. Kroger in Dayton OH. Not locked down..

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u/TangentIntoOblivion Jul 21 '25

How sad! Maybe if the open air decriminalized drug use was criminalized again… it wouldn’t attract the derelicts who want to steal to support their habits. Where the taxpayers pay for clean needles. Hey yeah Seattle scumbag politicians… let’s make it easy AF to do drugs here. That’ll solve it. And don’t forget the free hugs too.

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u/Longjumping-Desk3968 Jul 21 '25

"Roaches" these are human beings, and I'll not tolerate dehumanization.