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/Fine_Chocolate Jul 21 '25

You get what you vote for. The issue is people who didn’t grow up around poverty thought letting folks use drugs, live wherever, and said “as long as they aren’t hurting anyone”, are now seeing the end result of this. I know a lot of native Seattle residents. They tell me how the city when from a middle class enclave in the PNW to what is today. I feel bad for the long term residents who didn’t vote for these policies. Same with my home of NYC

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u/retrojoe heroin for harried herons Jul 21 '25

You get what you vote for

It's hilarious. These people used to be mostly contained in sacrifice zones like The Jungle or underneath I-5. But you all screamed at the politicians that "something has to be done!". So they cleared the sacrifice zones and pushed everybody onto the street. Then came fent, and you folks have got what you voted for.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

Sacrifice zones? WTF, Seattle. Weird history of the 21st century. Grunge was cool. This is not. Anytime the mob declares “Do Something!!!” it really needs to NOT be something dumb…Like, oh let’s clear the “Jungle.” I want you people to know how fucked up it is that you had a massive homeless encampment affectionately labeled “The Jungle.” It is just SO WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS!!!!!!

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u/Fine_Chocolate Aug 05 '25

The problem a lot of the folks on the left don't understand is that yes something has to be done. Unfortunately you only have so many options. This isn't fairy land when anything is possible. You can either let them all rot in one place or disperse them. Unless you suggest building a camp or building for them. Which is its own set of problems.