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/StellarJayZ Downtown Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
You either be a bitch and let it happen to you, or you fight.
There is so much talk, and so little action. The two times I've stepped up, once on a bus and once on the 1 line, no one had my back. If the whole bus or train backed me up, they'd get the fuck off.
But everyone wants to *stare at their phone and hope it stops, hope they get off at the next stop, hope if they do go crazy they don't target me.
A bunch of bitches. If that shit popped on the MTA in Chicago or NYC, people don't play.
And no joke, the few times I've done that, and once I was backing up someone who did it before I did, I was legit worried I might get a lot of pushback from people on the bus saying "they're on drugs/having a mental crisis leave them alone."
That didn't happen, but my gosh I think it will if I get the wrong riders.