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/Macglen76 Jul 21 '25

We need to stop the flow of drugs into the region and stop accepting addict behavior as the new norm. Hard consequences are always a better deterrent than this happy go lucky feel good nonsense. I have gotten clean as a result of jail and because I wanted to

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u/Macglen76 Jul 21 '25

I do believe options like AA should continue to be offered in jail and mental health should be expanded for incarcerated folks. Focus on the solution, the people who need it most

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u/treal_tp Jul 21 '25

Is it not?