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The homelessness problem won't be addressed. As someone who grew up in Chicago and saw firsthand the failure of public housing, spending money on the problem isn't the answer. Chicago did this for decades and the urban blight never went away. A reporter for the Seattle Times some years ago went to one of these homeless encampments and found many people weren't even from Seattle, they had simply heard that "Freeattle" was a great place to be homeless. I recall getting off of I-5 once and seeing a homeless encampment where people were dancing around fire they had going in a barrel. They looked pretty "able bodied" to me. What you then learn is many people are addicts and such individuals have to decide for themselves that they need to get out of their situation. "Spending money" to allow them to maintain their addict lifestyle is not the answer.
Couldn’t agree more. Everybody that’s homeless must be suffering, whether on drugs or not. It’s horrible for people that are left with no other choice. But my experience in Portland, Oregon was pretty similar. I entered College as a super progressive kid looking to make social change in my filmmaking program at Portland State University. I kid you not, the first extracurricular project I took on at the school was editing interviews together that the crew went and got from homeless in the city. What I found while editing all of the raw footage was a majority of the people they interviewed had similar stories of just not being passionate about being in the workforce, finding it easier to live in the park and just get by, supported by all of the kindness of strangers. This is obviously way different from a single mother with three kids, whose husband dies suddenly and throws them out on the street, or some catastrophic 2008 style recession. These were just able-bodied human beings that didn’t want to live within the system. I am like, buddy, I completely understand. After all, we’re animals. If you want to check out, that’s fine. (One of my favorite documentaries is happy people: life on the taiga, about these Siberian trappers that live off grid and they are very proud of that existence, as the title suggests. The issue comes for me when you have people not aiming to live without the system, but trying to live within the system, but put no work in. Unfortunately, I still haven’t made up my mind and it is a pretty visceral topic for me, since for most of my life, the narrative was that the majority of homeless people in the US are down on the luck. It actually seems to me that the majority of homeless in the US are addicted to drugs, victims of their addictions, victims of progressive policies that enable their lifestyle. The policy has t leaving people on the street who need help is literally killing people.
I left the N. Seattle area 10 years ago. The relief from traffic stress was the best part. It took me 45 minutes to drive each way to & from work, 17 miles away. Back in the 70-80s there was hardly any traffic. And there were no tolls or express lanes. One needs to have a 2000+ sqft house to keep from getting cabin fever, unless one likes being out in the rain.
I used to drive to Seattle from Pierce County for shift work for 20 years. Yes, the traffic is horrible. When I first started to commute to Seattle there were no express busses or trains. I had the opportunity to experience and see the growth of the entire region. I want to leave, but I don't know where to move.
@ just remember the coastal areas are the heavily populated Blue areas. But Idaho is my choice for the summer months. And the South Pacific in the winters. 🌴🧉
To add about SAD: You also have to contend with the much shorter days during the fall/winter season. I've lived here all my life, and it used to be difficult dealing with it being dark hitting the commute going to and coming home from work.
I grew up in Seattle and lived there for 45 years. It is a nice place to live but my work brought me to a Northern Arizona and Colorado. When I retired I thought to going back but the gloom discouraged me as well as WOKE mind set made it a deal breaker. If you have the money don't mind the gloom in the winter and lean liberal you would do fine. It is a very beautiful area. Oh, yes homeless is a real issue right now.
The west is simply too expensive. Rent is 1.5k a month on the low end, we hold some of the highest gasoline, sales taxes, and grocery prices. With more policies implementing high minimum wages, businesses are not surviving... It's simply not possible to survive in this state if you make 25/hr or lower and have a car. The insurances, phone bill, and utilities will gobble it up.
I have noticed that many people are renting rooms in people's houses or finding a roommate or two to share apartments. Now, that I am closer to retirement, I am considering renting out one of my rooms in my house to help with upkeep expenses.
I rented an apartment in the Puget Park neighborhood in Everett, Washington, home of Boeing, for two years. Loved it. North Creek, huge green space, dog park, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, fireplace, which I never used, but I liked the mantel for displaying collectables, covered parking, covered patio, long, wide covered breezeway leading up 3 steps from car ports to the front door, small backyard (Woo Hoo!) with a variety of wildlife including raccoons, squirrels, birds, a few cats, opossums, full size washer and dryer, friendly, helpful neighbors, and friendly staff in the leasing office and maintenance crew. What more could one ask for. Rent started at more than $1,,400/month + utilities in the summer of 2021. When I moved back to Sacramento just before Thanksgiving in 2023, rent increased to more than s $1,700 + utilities . Compared to central California, to me it was Heaven on Earth. A whole lotta people commuted from Everett to Seattle.
Apparently, Stephan Whitaker, policy economist at The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland did a research paper about migration patterns, pre and post pandemic.. He says there are four types of metros: high cost, affordable, mid-size, and small. We are high cost. People were moving here from all metro types pre-pandemic. Post pandemic, only people from other high cost metro areas, like San Francisco and NYC, are moving here. There is a net loss in migration from other metro types. Not surprising. We've become fancy britches...
Yeah, not to mention those from Seattle, Snohomish, Snohomish, Bellview, etc are Swarming the ONCE NICE Lil Homey burgs & turning them into King, Snohomish, etc NIGHTMARES of Yuppyvilles!! 🤔🫣🥴😭
I lived in Tacoma area as a child in the 50s, went to NC for 7 years, & when I found out my Dad was sending me back to this HE..Hole in the mid 60s, I was trying everything I could to NOT COME BACK!! Unfortunately, as a child i had no choice. Then, after graduation, got married, had kids*grandkids , etc. Still, over the last few Decades IF I had the means; I'd be outta here soooooo FAST!!! SEATAC area has been reported to have the Highest Suicide rates curtesy of the GRAY, GLOOMY weather causing Depression. Add that to the Drugs that are Legally & Illegally pushed on many, makes for perfect recipe to eliminate population!!
Seattle has been undergoing a population boom over the last decade and, according to recent Census data, it had the 14th largest population increase in the … January 2024
$200 a month for utilities are you kidding me that might pay your garbage bill bro did you make this video for people who don’t live here? Housing cost being driven by wages. I don’t think so. Everybody knows it’s driven by algorithms and big business and small conglomerates Buying family homes and renting them out
Yes, you are right. I live in the Southsound and I'm paying $200+ for gas and electric, garbage $20, water $60, sewer $55. Let's not even mention property tax, sales tax, insurance.
Seattle is filled with people who work in Seattle, but can no longer afford to rent here anymore. They buy vans , clean up at gyms and sleep in their vehicles all week while going to work. They live at least 100 miles away where renting is still reasonable. If you aren't making at least $60 per hour - you will Suffer in Seattle and end up having to only go home on the weekends. Los Angeles prices have taken over. Its very harsh. The water bill was 200/ month for 3 people. The electric bill will make you stop using your hair dryer and microwave. Seattle traffic is bad, and the skies are grey everyday 7 months out of the year. Half of Seattle can't cope without smoking pot daily, and that's not cheap either. Alcohol has an 80% tax on it so even drinking is pricey. There is a sugar tax too. Come only if you are a techie or willing to sleep in a van and rent far away.
I live here and definitely don't move here. Ppl are rude and everything is expensive. To many people and stupid drivers. My wife drives 90 min to wr at 5am and anywhere from 2 to 3 hrs to get home whether she drives or takes the ferry. Its great to visit but not live..
We are in North Seattle and this area is good for us retired great walking areas reasonably priced grocery stores good when we want to eat out (not very often due to our monthly budget) Friendly Neighbors 😀😉😋😊🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍😄😃😀💘💞💕💘
I lived in Seattle almost 30 years but still didn't get used about weather this is reason why I think about leaving Seattle if you are outdoor person don't come here believe me other than that people in Seattle are friendly strong economy
I’m a boomer and just moved here - without a car - great walking or bus/train everywhere almost every day !! Happily rent an apartment, no car expense, no home repair expense, no A/C bill !! Cook more - eat out less. The daily walking is so much healthier for me.
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Lived and worked in Seattle in the 70s-90s, the golden years. Now, if you like distopian horror movies, you can live in one in Seatte.
True statement. I've lived here since I was in high school, and I can't wait to leave.
Grocery prices seems to be higher, specifically when your buying source of protein. Gas is also high, only behind California.
The homelessness problem won't be addressed. As someone who grew up in Chicago and saw firsthand the failure of public housing, spending money on the problem isn't the answer. Chicago did this for decades and the urban blight never went away.
A reporter for the Seattle Times some years ago went to one of these homeless encampments and found many people weren't even from Seattle, they had simply heard that "Freeattle" was a great place to be homeless. I recall getting off of I-5 once and seeing a homeless encampment where people were dancing around fire they had going in a barrel. They looked pretty "able bodied" to me. What you then learn is many people are addicts and such individuals have to decide for themselves that they need to get out of their situation. "Spending money" to allow them to maintain their addict lifestyle is not the answer.
Couldn’t agree more. Everybody that’s homeless must be suffering, whether on drugs or not. It’s horrible for people that are left with no other choice. But my experience in Portland, Oregon was pretty similar. I entered College as a super progressive kid looking to make social change in my filmmaking program at Portland State University. I kid you not, the first extracurricular project I took on at the school was editing interviews together that the crew went and got from homeless in the city.
What I found while editing all of the raw footage was a majority of the people they interviewed had similar stories of just not being passionate about being in the workforce, finding it easier to live in the park and just get by, supported by all of the kindness of strangers.
This is obviously way different from a single mother with three kids, whose husband dies suddenly and throws them out on the street, or some catastrophic 2008 style recession. These were just able-bodied human beings that didn’t want to live within the system.
I am like, buddy, I completely understand. After all, we’re animals. If you want to check out, that’s fine. (One of my favorite documentaries is happy people: life on the taiga, about these Siberian trappers that live off grid and they are very proud of that existence, as the title suggests.
The issue comes for me when you have people not aiming to live without the system, but trying to live within the system, but put no work in. Unfortunately, I still haven’t made up my mind and it is a pretty visceral topic for me, since for most of my life, the narrative was that the majority of homeless people in the US are down on the luck.
It actually seems to me that the majority of homeless in the US are addicted to drugs, victims of their addictions, victims of progressive policies that enable their lifestyle. The policy has t leaving people on the street who need help is literally killing people.
Well tell the cia to stop the war on drugs because they keep creating drug epidemics 🎉🎉🎉
I left the N. Seattle area 10 years ago. The relief from traffic stress was the best part. It took me 45 minutes to drive each way to & from work, 17 miles away. Back in the 70-80s there was hardly any traffic. And there were no tolls or express lanes. One needs to have a 2000+ sqft house to keep from getting cabin fever, unless one likes being out in the rain.
I used to drive to Seattle from Pierce County for shift work for 20 years. Yes, the traffic is horrible. When I first started to commute to Seattle there were no express busses or trains. I had the opportunity to experience and see the growth of the entire region. I want to leave, but I don't know where to move.
Thank you for this information 🙏 Which state is the best and safe to move out from Seattle?
@ just remember the coastal areas are the heavily populated Blue areas. But Idaho is my choice for the summer months. And the South Pacific in the winters. 🌴🧉
. Yeah, & which has 4 REAL Seasons over just the Cold, Gray, Rainy seasons with a Brief Sunny season??!!!
Seattle's population increased by 2.4% from 2021 to 2022, the fastest rate of growth among the 50 largest US cities.
Seattle needs to repent and turn to Jesus.❤
Amen x3 😇💕🙏
Amen 🙏 ✝️
To add about SAD: You also have to contend with the much shorter days during the fall/winter season. I've lived here all my life, and it used to be difficult dealing with it being dark hitting the commute going to and coming home from work.
I grew up in Seattle and lived there for 45 years. It is a nice place to live but my work brought me to a Northern Arizona and Colorado. When I retired I thought to going back but the gloom discouraged me as well as WOKE mind set made it a deal breaker. If you have the money don't mind the gloom in the winter and lean liberal you would do fine. It is a very beautiful area. Oh, yes homeless is a real issue right now.
The west is simply too expensive. Rent is 1.5k a month on the low end, we hold some of the highest gasoline, sales taxes, and grocery prices. With more policies implementing high minimum wages, businesses are not surviving...
It's simply not possible to survive in this state if you make 25/hr or lower and have a car. The insurances, phone bill, and utilities will gobble it up.
I have noticed that many people are renting rooms in people's houses or finding a roommate or two to share apartments. Now, that I am closer to retirement, I am considering renting out one of my rooms in my house to help with upkeep expenses.
I rented an apartment in the Puget Park neighborhood in Everett, Washington, home of Boeing, for two years. Loved it. North Creek, huge green space, dog park, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, fireplace, which I never used, but I liked the mantel for displaying collectables, covered parking, covered patio, long, wide covered breezeway leading up 3 steps from car ports to the front door, small backyard (Woo Hoo!) with a variety of wildlife including raccoons, squirrels, birds, a few cats, opossums, full size washer and dryer, friendly, helpful neighbors, and friendly staff in the leasing office and maintenance crew. What more could one ask for. Rent started at more than $1,,400/month + utilities in the summer of 2021. When I moved back to Sacramento just before Thanksgiving in 2023, rent increased to more than s $1,700 + utilities . Compared to central California, to me it was Heaven on Earth. A whole lotta people commuted from Everett to Seattle.
Thank you for sharing!
That definitely beats paying $2300 per month to rent a one bedroom condo in Capitol Hill. This includes one indoor parking space with secured entry.
Apparently, Stephan Whitaker, policy economist at The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland did a research paper about migration patterns, pre and post pandemic..
He says there are four types of metros: high cost, affordable, mid-size, and small. We are high cost.
People were moving here from all metro types pre-pandemic.
Post pandemic, only people from other high cost metro areas, like San Francisco and NYC, are moving here.
There is a net loss in migration from other metro types.
Not surprising. We've become fancy britches...
Yeah, not to mention those from Seattle, Snohomish, Snohomish, Bellview, etc are Swarming the ONCE NICE Lil Homey burgs & turning them into King, Snohomish, etc NIGHTMARES of Yuppyvilles!!
🤔🫣🥴😭
Well the governor Inslee up and quit is moving to Idaho what does that tell you
He's moving out cuz he Knows that Fergie's gonna be a BIGGER NIGHTMARE than he*SINSlee was!!!
I lived in Tacoma area as a child in the 50s, went to NC for 7 years, & when I found out my Dad was sending me back to this HE..Hole in the mid 60s, I was trying everything I could to NOT COME BACK!! Unfortunately, as a child i had no choice. Then, after graduation, got married, had kids*grandkids , etc. Still, over the last few Decades IF I had the means; I'd be outta here soooooo FAST!!!
SEATAC area has been reported to have the Highest Suicide rates curtesy of the GRAY, GLOOMY weather causing Depression. Add that to the Drugs that are Legally & Illegally pushed on many, makes for perfect recipe to eliminate population!!
And insurance is high!!
What or why the hell would anyone want to ruin peoples lives helping move to Washington? How about helping me move OUT?
I 100% AGREE with you!!! Get me OUT of this HE..HOLE state!!!
Washington, the state had 14,860 more births than deaths and welcomed 28,919 people from outside the country.
I like the rain... I couldn't handle constant sun
Seattle has been undergoing a population boom over the last decade and, according to recent Census data, it had the 14th largest population increase in the …
January 2024
"And we're getting into it.. right now..." .... then doesn't get into it
Democrap policies.
$200 a month for utilities are you kidding me that might pay your garbage bill bro did you make this video for people who don’t live here?
Housing cost being driven by wages. I don’t think so. Everybody knows it’s driven by algorithms and big business and small conglomerates Buying family homes and renting them out
Yes, you are right. I live in the Southsound and I'm paying $200+ for gas and electric, garbage $20, water $60, sewer $55. Let's not even mention property tax, sales tax, insurance.
Try $600 minimum and we live away from Seattle
Yeah. I pay approximately every other month:
$400-$600 electric
$120 sewer
$130-$160 water
$130 garbage
$60-$200 natural Gas -monthly
I haven't been to Seattle in many years. I will not anytime soon . Democrats ruined it and its a dumpster fire.
good stuff. insightful. 🤙 kj
Glad you enjoyed!
the only thing people move to Seattle it's about the jobs market because Seattle has strong economy Seattle has a lots high tech jobs
Funny that alot of the BIG Tech jobs are LEAVING Seattle*WA, like Amazon, Boeing, etc!!!
Seattle is filled with people who work in Seattle, but can no longer afford to rent here anymore. They buy vans , clean up at gyms and sleep in their vehicles all week while going to work. They live at least 100 miles away where renting is still reasonable. If you aren't making at least $60 per hour - you will Suffer in Seattle and end up having to only go home on the weekends. Los Angeles prices have taken over. Its very harsh. The water bill was 200/ month for 3 people. The electric bill will make you stop using your hair dryer and microwave. Seattle traffic is bad, and the skies are grey everyday 7 months out of the year. Half of Seattle can't cope without smoking pot daily, and that's not cheap either. Alcohol has an 80% tax on it so even drinking is pricey. There is a sugar tax too. Come only if you are a techie or willing to sleep in a van and rent far away.
I live here and definitely don't move here. Ppl are rude and everything is expensive. To many people and stupid drivers. My wife drives 90 min to wr at 5am and anywhere from 2 to 3 hrs to get home whether she drives or takes the ferry. Its great to visit but not live..
Yes I agree the city has strayed from God and the people are in a spiritual crisis lord help the city of Seattle
Jesus still has hope for our city! I have never seen Him fail!
We are in North Seattle and this area is good for us retired great walking areas reasonably priced grocery stores good when we want to eat out (not very often due to our monthly budget) Friendly Neighbors 😀😉😋😊🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍😄😃😀💘💞💕💘
I lived in Seattle almost 30 years but still didn't get used about weather this is reason why I think about leaving Seattle if you are outdoor person don't come here believe me other than that people in Seattle are friendly strong economy
I’m a boomer and just moved here - without a car - great walking or bus/train everywhere almost every day !! Happily rent an apartment, no car expense, no home repair expense, no A/C bill !! Cook more - eat out less. The daily walking is so much healthier for me.
I bet you will change your mind after a year or two.
Enjoy stepping over the human flotsam and jetsam we call “down town”.
There is not a tax people from seattle dont like. They also keep voting for the same crap soooo.....
Funny it's gray & Raining now,, 😱😱 😱 😱
It will probably rain till July 5 th REALLY ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
but it's ........home, you get use to it. 🤔 😆😆😆 😐
A real shit hole, avoid at all costs!
Jul 1, 2024 - Seattle grew by 18500 residents in one year to a total of 797700, according to recently released state figures.