Why is Seattle such a shithole?

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  1. Ten Lubak

    Ten Lubak Salty Dog

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    There's also this apparently:



    Just like any other major city. Good parts and bad parts :shrug:
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  2. MikeH92467

    MikeH92467 RadioNinja

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    I don't have any great affection for Seattle. It's beautiful and I've enjoyed my visits, but it's not my kind of place. It's truly a Big City and I'm not a Big City kind of guy. (No offense @Ancalagon) That said, it's not the dystopian hell hole the right wing echo chamber is so desperate to portray it as.
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  3. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Wait, FF used to be a singing hobo, and we haven't abused him with this for 3 years?
    What, your trust hadn't kicked in yet, Federal Hobo Clown?
    :chris:
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  4. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Yep.
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  5. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Also yep.
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  6. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    And that is definitely a rough part. 3rd Ave as a whole is bad (it was closed for the trenching of the bus tunnel and street retail never really recovered). And the section around Pike and Pine is the roughest. Notice that once the (Turning Points USA - right wing think tank - employee) person turns the corner on Pine everything is clean and clear so they turn around to double up on the bad part?

    The Stabdonalds on the corner is notorious:



    :lol:
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    Do you know how hard it is to be homeless and forced to sleep in your BMW parked in front of your dad's mansion? :bailey:
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  8. MikeH92467

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    It's interesting to note that the waterfront area where the stadiums and ferry terminals are has been completely revitalized by the elimination of the Alaska Viaduct. That thing was a multi deck eyesore that was as bad as anything in the country, or at least Tacoma. Anyway, it took a lot of time and a lot of money, but jeez what a difference!
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  9. Bickendan

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    Ah, another future Kowloon Walled City resident!
  10. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Whoa. Weird timing.

  11. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    dang, we have one of those, but at Queen and Spadina.
    seriously, there's subreddits and everything about the place.
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  12. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Sadly, I haven't visited Seattle since the early 1980s. It was quite nice at the time.
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  13. Dr. Krieg

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    Seattle is a dump. It full of bums, and smells like piss.
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  14. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    You're a bum full of piss.
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  15. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    don't kink shame!
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  16. tafkats

    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    Technically, that's not panhandling, it's busking.
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  17. T.R

    T.R Don't Care

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    San Francisco was a nice place at one time too. Then shit happened...

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  18. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    it's also not a service.
    quite the contrary, buskers can be a nuisance.
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  19. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Who said anything about it being a service?
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  20. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Yeah, you.
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  21. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    You did, ya ninny!
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    Quincunx anti-anti Staff Member Administrator

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  23. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Quote it.
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    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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  25. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    wow... you edited it out not once, but twice despite the original evidence still being available for all to see?

    you're a special type of stupid, ain't ya?


    Now shaddup and play Freebird!
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  26. Chaos Descending

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    Here ya go.

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  27. tafkats

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    You forgot to include the next post and FF’s failure to respond to the question.

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  29. Batboy

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    Batboy does not like Seattle. Batboy was hoping Seattle would name Seattle’s hockey team after Batboy. But Seattle didn’t. Seattle named Seattle’s hockey team after a fictional monster. Batboy does not approve of this. Batboy knows plenty of real monsters that Seattle could have named Seattle’s hockey team after.
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  30. Steal Your Face

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