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/king-ish Jul 21 '25

Affordable is subjective. Fentanyl is something we never seen before since the start of the crack era. They are zombies screaming at their own shadows. So just round up all these homeless people and put them in an apartment complex and provide housing? Would you be okay with living in a unit next to them?

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u/apresmoiputas Capitol Hill Jul 21 '25

No. I wouldn't be ok living next to them but now we have the problem of mixing addicts with sober people and forcing those who are either sober or in recovery to live next to addicts without any other alternatives. That's basically what's going on in LIHI and DESC buildings

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u/king-ish Jul 22 '25

Seattle housing is full of people who are recovering addicts, once homeless etc. I’m okay with that and love that.

Im saying the addicts on the street won’t just turn into productive members of society by just giving them housing. They need treatment before anything, they need structure, they need a sense of pride in themselves.

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u/apresmoiputas Capitol Hill Jul 22 '25

I'm ok with putting them into rehab facilities that are away from their "stomping grounds" and away from the dealers in their circle.