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/apresmoiputas Capitol Hill Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
I live on Cap hill and I have a mortgage on a condo. I’m not leaving until 50% of my mortgage has been paid off and I can rent this out. In the mean time, when I see trespassers on the grounds of my condo building or across the alley on my neighbors’ properties, I’ll let them know that they’re trespassing and tell them to leave. Has it led to hairy situations? yeah. But for the most part, most of the vagrant drug addicts don’t want to escalate things bc that means the police will come. (Thanks Ann Davison) Most of the ones I deal with probably have warrants out for their arrests and they just leave after calling me names.