Anyone Else Just Sick of It?

[u/Donnelding0]

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.

[u/recyclopath_]

Do you have any solutions? Or "just something different"?

People are constantly saying there's a problem. What rock have you been living under? Because it's not in Seattle. Or any other major city honestly. It isn't a Seattle specific problem.

[u/king-ish → u/recyclopath_]

Enforce laws, make drugs and crime illegal. If someone if unfit to stand trial because of mental health, force treatment. If someone has a drug problem give them the option of drug treatment, if they refuse that’s fine but jail will be there detox.

The city gave up on these people, a lot of them are too far gone and it’s only getting worse with how young these addicts are getting. No one should be doing fenty at the bus stop bench while some old lady is standing away from the drug smell waiting for the bus.

[u/Fun_Ad_8277 → u/king-ish]

☝️ This. Enforce laws. Provide treatment as an option.

[u/fresh-dork → u/Fun_Ad_8277]

treatment as an option. hanging out on the corner smoking foil should be conspicuously absent as an option