I get you what I don't get is people voting for this stupid liberals, what is going on. seattle needs to be a republic for it to be saved period, if it continues blue that is it say good bye to a good city.
It makes no sense to me. These are criminals openly committing crimes! I though we lived in a civilized country. 20 years ago this would not be tolerated at all. There is a place for people who commit crimes and it’s not your front lawn or you local park. Give an inch, and they take a mile. What is the goal? For these people to OD and die rather than go though the court system? I genuinely don’t understand why they allow this.
@@LukaDonesnitch "I usually prefer, to compliment..... the two Bloody Marys.... I had for breakfast...... with a nice three Martini lunch...........'er, ....burp".
The entire west coast is now in the toilet. Just moved to Nevada from San Diego. If you decide to leave those states, remember who and why you left! Don’t bring that insane view of the world along with you.
I agree. As a person that has lived in the middle of the country his whole life, it amazes me when I meet someone that moved from a place like Seattle, and continues to hold the beliefs that made where ever they came from a shit hole. They just can't believe their beliefs are the problem.
Sterling Marshel Just because it’s the same party doesn’t mean it’s the same people. We don’t have gun laws like California does etc. it’s more conservative. Vote for who you agree and shares views with not just because you like a certain party. Don’t be a sheep.
Been in Northern Nevada my whole life. The Californians (liberal ones) are moving in like fire ants on a pile of sugar. They are destroying this place and outvoting us folks who have been here for 40 years. They destroyed Cali, and now they're invading us.
Tonight, I was shopping in a Safeway in Capitol Hill and had to use the restroom. I stood in line behind two obvious addicts. I say obvious because of their track marks and all the other obvious traits of drug addiction. Long story short, they each were basically escorted to the restroom by an employee and I was told that the restrooms were closed and was not allowed to use one. I was a shopper and am not an addict. It was such a disgusting experience. I was born and raised here but I truly hate the city now. And I will move when I can get out of the financial hijacking the social system puts you in. It's a real sickening experience to watch a once beautiful city turn into hotspot for egomaniacs, narcissistic, selfish, and clueless people. There's no integrity. They're shallow and superficial. Nil substance. Other than substance abuse!
Thank you Colion. I live in Seattle, and as I'm sure you know, things have gotten even worse here since... Keep up your amazing work. Loved this documentary!
I'm a diabetic and after they started giving away needles I got a restriction on how many I was allowed. Had to reuse em, they'd break, and I would pick em out with tweezers while they preached how clean the streets became. Lies. Thank you for making a video on this
I grew up south of Seattle. I went to school there. As a kid, it was a magical place; art, culture, kind people. As I grew, the cracks progressively began to show. I assume that's a mix of an increase of disastrous policies as I aged, and also learning that things were not always perfect. As a kid, my grandparents and I would always go to downtown Seattle. We'd go see the sights, get some lunch, and it was a big deal. It was fun, and it was like being transported to a better, newer world. Some part of me always dreamt that I would one day live in those beautiful towers, waking every morning to see the Sound and the Space Needle. Then over time it just got worse, it wasn't just suddenly seeing the homeless everywhere, it was seeing all sorts of rapid degeneration. It was those wonderful trips on the train into the city, and the beautiful subway stations suddenly not being filled with peacoat-clad families with scarves and beanies, it was heavily intoxicated homeless and crust punks. I never had a worry in the world when I went to Seattle as a kid, but now there's this air that you *must* carry, or you'll end up getting shot or stabbed. A few years back, I decided to give Seattle another chance, and I met a friend I hadn't seen in years there. I thought perhaps Seattle was improving because it was an awesome experience; the Sun was shining, the skies were clear, we ate at the Met. We decided to end the day hanging out at the pier, like we used to do when we were younger. Whilst there, the tables around us became rapidly populated by the homeless. These weren't "Down on their luck" homeless, these were genuinely terrifying people. It wasn't a moment of tragedy, seeing the downtrodden, it was a moment of caution and fear. One of the homeless apparently affronted another homeless man, and they started shouting at each other, because apparently one of the homeless had agreed to not be on those tables again. The sun was starting its long descent beneath the horizon, and the aggressor homeless man decided to make his position on the issue clear by removing a heavy chain with a padlock on it from his bag, and he slammed it on the table, threatening to kill the other homeless man. Almost instantaneously, all the homeless started removing makeshift weapons from their bags, and they began to smash them on the tables, as if a major brawl were about to start. There were bike locks, tire irons, hammers, chains, bicycle chains. It was like a prison riot in the free world, just waiting to kick off. That was the moment I decided I would not go back to Seattle unless it was absolutely, positively necessary for some reason. Over the next few years, the homeless issue got worse and worse, and camps such as Nickelsville opened up. Now when you drive into the city, all you see as you enter are haphazard camps, crust punks, and discarded needles. What was once a beacon of hope, and success for me, as a child; has quickly devolved into a convoluted hellscape. A purgatory from which you must emerge, or you will be swallowed whole, doomed to what seems to be an eternity of torment.
Well said. I too used to love Seattle. I rode the bubbleator, I was a patches Pal, I played in the Fun Forest, I took dates to Lasarium, and saw dozens of concerts there. Now I won't go there at all. It's just sad what liberal politics have done to a once great city.
I'm a Construction Superintendent for a large contractor and I have spent the last 25 years working from Pioneer square to the downtown core, to Aurora Ave. I've found dead overdose victims in our portable toilets, witnessed dozens of Prostitution and drug deals and have had numerous confrontations. The last site I just finished one block north of Pike St. Market was the worst next to pioneer sq. 25 years ago. Every single overpass is congested with tent cities. They clear them out and the next day 20 take their place. I tried to raise my family in Magnolia and left for a rural area instead after witnessing a car load of addicts inject right in front of my home....and that was 20 years ago..... Whatever they are doing is not working....
@@mrjones4249 And you don't? Just allow them to turn into deeper cesspools? I believe the goal should certainly be to NOT encourage it to get this level, that is obvious to anyone. Better than what? My 2 acre parcel in a rural area or better than NYC, LA, trailer park heroin hillbilly south or better than where, exactly? The poor will always be with us but to encourage the growth of these cesspools through policy is reckless -That's why I say its not working- I've walked through it for decades and gone toe to toe with all kinds in these areas...Including white collar junkies....
My wife and I visited Seattle early in November. We have lived in major cities all over the country. For years we have never been robbed until.... Seattle. We paid $14 an hour to park in a “safe” lot near Pikes Market. In less than an hour our car was broken in to. The police did nothing. Saw the perp on video. The building manager told us that he knew the guy. He said that the police will never go anything to stop him. Horrible city full of junkies and stoned homeless. DO NOT GO TO SEATTLE!! B
Between this video, and another documentary called "Seattle is Dying", and the comments I've read from Seattle natives, I'm pretty sure that's the last place I'd want to go.
When I was a young teen like 14-15, back when I first started becoming “politically-minded”, you would definitely have called me a liberal. I was all for things like open borders, stupid-high minimum wages, redistribution of wealth, lax’d drug laws. I thought the worst thing you could be was a “republican” lol I would shudder at the utterance of the word. But as I got older, I started to recognize that a lot of those leftist concepts seem better on paper than they actually end up being in practice... you need ORDER. You need ACCOUNTABILITY. You need HARD WORK. You need to be... CONSERVATIVE. Because if you don’t have those things, THIS is the end-result. SEATTLE is the end result. Or San Francisco. Or Chicago. I’m not saying I’m a “republican”, but I am a conservative. I think the old saying goes something like, “a young man who is not a liberal had no heart, and an old man who is not conservative has no brain.” Or something like that.....
Wel just so ya know there's never been an open border policy ever, either party. What an uneducated conservative you've become. And being an American doesn't require labeling yourself as a liberal or a conservative Wake the fuck up and be an American with free will of choice, not some stupid party liner. Derp
I can't believe that areas like San Francisco and Seattle can remain so "progressive," when you can clearly see what those policies are doing to their communities.
Every point that Colion made in this video, as well as a few others, is why after 42 years of living in Seattle I took my family and moved to rural Texas. I don't miss Washington one bit.
While living in Seattle you might have got in a habit of voting Democratic Party. Because that is what a large majority of folks did. So did my grandfather, but the party you and grandfather voted for is not the Democratic Party of today. Today they are run by the enemies of are country socialist and communist. They are no longer the liberal party they were So welcome to Texas I hope to see you voting for the conservative candidate.
Now the drug of choice is fentanyl rather than heroin, but still the same issues… more homeless and drug use in 2023. More taxes going into the “system” without results, just bigger pockets.
The same thing could be said for Detroit, Michigan. In 1955, it had a population just under 2 million, and was considered to be one of the most desirable places to move to after World War II. If you look at pictures of Detroit just after World War II , you can see why people considered it such a desirable place to live and raise a family . Under Republicans, Detroit flourished. The first Democrat was elected as mayor in 1962, and now it's only been Democrats from then on. Detroit is now a "shell" of what it used to be. It has two parts- the very poor parts of Detroit, and the very rich parts of Detroit. The middle class is gone. I'm 58 years old, and when you tell younger people about Michigan in the 1960s, it's like you're talking about a Fairytale Land that never existed. But it did - the Democrats just threw most of it into the trash.
Jim Knight - No, it’s not BS. After WW2, we sent management specialists to Japan to help them rebuild their country. Japan became masters of Kaizen (small improvements over a long period of time) and LEAN manufacturing. Toyota now measures improvements in 1/6 of a second increments. What does this have to do with Detroit ??? In the 70’s, the American auto companies ignored the growing improvements in Japanese manufacturing. In America, unions became linked with Democrats to the point where union s openly said “We elect our own bosses.” 98% of all union money donations go to Democrats and their causes. The unions did help out with some working condition improvements, but overall unions overburdened auto manufactures with labor contracts that had such “benefits” as workers must have the 5th of July off, as a paid holiday. Why ? So when 4th of July falls on a Thursday or Monday, they get a 4 day weekend. They also received a specific amount of “free” legal services paid for by the auto company. For a number of auto workers the auto company paid for part of the cost for their divorce lawyer. That’s not an exaggeration. The cost of those benefits was added to the PRICE of an American automobile. At the same time, unions made it harder to fire a bad worker. The TV show '60 Minutes," which is not in any way conservative in their reporting, did a story about American auto companies, and they admitted that unions protected bad workers which in turn hurt the quality (and the manufacturing of) American cars. It is the worst kept secret that in the 70’s some of the quality of American cars was getting markedly worse, while Japan was improving continuously. The major American auto manufacturers made a choice to leave Michigan to go to states/countries that were cost effective and set up auto plants there. The unions/democrats were not the only reason American auto companies left Michigan, but they were a large part of the problems that continue onto today. My family still lives in Michigan - they are union to the bone. When I go home on vacation, they sit around and tell you story after story of how the unions have covered up/protected bad workers, to the point that even the workers who want to do a good job get discouraged at the prospect of having to work with “non-productive” employees.
Jim Knight - Detroit itself was mismanaged by Mayor Coleman Young from 1974 - 1994. Detroit’s population shrunk by 400,000 people during his term as mayor. But to be fair, when the Jerome Cavanagh (Democrat) was elected mayor in 1962, he was also oversaw a Detroit whose population was shrinking. Roman Gibbs (Democrat) served one term as Detroit’s mayor before Coleman Young. Yes, Young was mayor during our first “oil” crisis in the 1970’s and he did accomplish a few positive things that he is remembered for. But his list of failures is long: murders reached a high of 714 homicides in 1974 (a record which still stands today), drug gangs expanded during this time period. Young, and the 2 previous Democrat mayors had let Detroit’s infrastructure crumble - there were massive problems with garbage pickup, demolishing abandoned building, poor EMS services, the mayor’s office using eminent domain to “kick out” large neighborhoods for business projects. But the main thing that stands out is Coleman Young’s ATTITUDE. He had secretive city hall meetings. This is before cable news, the internet, etc. Even Detroit’s 2 major newspapers had trouble getting current information from Young. He cursed like drunken sailor on shore leave. He proudly wore a badge with MFIC on it. That’s right, the mayor of Detroit walked around with a badge that said “Mother F**ker In Charge.” Remember, this is the 1970’s which was much more conservative that today. What was the result ? People couldn’t leave Detroit fast enough. At one time white people used to be the majority in Detroit. “White Flight” - white people leaving Detroit became commonplace. This eliminated a large part of the tax base. DETROIT TODAY - roughly 10% of the population is white, 50% of the population of Detroit is functionally illiterate, 47% of Detroit citizens don’t pay their property taxes, and in a latest survey 80% of Detroit homes are assessed incorrectly (it is not uncommon for a house that was sold/bought for $24,000 to be listed as being valued at $50,000 - and the owner is supposed to pay that amount in taxes). I said it once, and I’ll say it again --- DEMOCRATS TURNED A PROSPEROUS CITY INTO A NIGHTMARE.
They DESERVE access to clean needles? Wtf is that? They don't *deserve* a goddamn thing. I'm all for treatment programs etc but this entitlement complex pisses me off. Nobody *deserves* anything just for existing. You have to either earn it or someone chooses to give it to you out of kindness amd generosity. In this case treatment services are being offered out of generosity of many people who work at these centers and voted for the government to allot funds to such programs. This doesn't mean anyone DESERVES those services.
It's meant to say that people deserve a chance and more options than prison or death .. a lofty assertion .. not deserve-deserve, but morally ethically, like saying a person dying if thirst deserves a drink of water or the one time radical lofty assertion that Man deserves a God given right to life liberty and pursuit of happiness. Used to be that nobody but Royalty deserved anything, that commoners are all shit.
Stoney ya Blazed Homie no. You EARN your chances at life. No one deserves anything in the US but the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. As long as the state isn’t depriving you of those three things, we the people owe you nothing more.
@@patrickmcglonejr8163 They all have the same chances we all do. That they choose drugs and not working is their choice. Those who choose to work and be responsible do much better than living on the street, stealing and using drugs. Obviously sometimes people fall on hard time due to circumstances out of their control, but this is not that common / prevalent; Seattle and San Francisco has numbers that preclude external circumstances - this is how those people choose to live - so yes, everyone deserves a chance for a better life - they had their chance. "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." Handouts and government welfare are not cures - they are enabling and making the problems worse.
That's right Robert Stone, the politicians in Seattle, have Law enforcement and great big beautiful WALL'S. Plus the politicians love flooding the area with illegal's now.
I just moved back home to Houston from Seattle a week ago. I already have a better job and a nicer place for less money. Fixed it. I'm from Texas, i'm red. relax.
Welcome to Texas, Cale! Beware, the big cities in Texas have the same type of politicians (mayor, City Council, County Commissioners) that believe the same way Seattle politicians do - so stay informed. Again, welcome!
Right on, my man! Welcome to Houston. There's more opportunities down here. But I also want to mention we can't sit with our arms crossed just because we're much better than other states. We still have to fight to keep our rights here in Texas. We have to always be alert and fight these vipers called politicians who are trying to take the 2nd amend away.
Lived near Seattle most my life (born and raised). I saw the increasing disconnect between politicians and the realities a decade ago. The worse part was that the west side has enough citizen to control the elections (eastern WA is mostly conservative). I took action. I moved to Texas and haven’t looked back. I thank God every day for his guidance to make the move- it’s been a blessing in every way.
Is that good action though? Instead of us face the problems with our homes we are fleeing. Instead of the US looking purple across the board the country is getting more ideologically divided because of geographic division between people of different viewpoints.
Google is not the only channel. Yahoo erases many conservative comments. A person can twerk, swear, and present all types of immorality but you better not dare have moral ideas or bring forth correction.
I guess if you blame it on stigma then no one has to take responsibility for their choices or actions. And thinking like that will perpetuate the problem for eternity. What a crock of shit.
She has a point, but is too broad in its application. Initially people stay off of drugs, homeless, and homeless behavior because of societal constraints. ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE who don't have the experience to understand the consequences of their behavior. Once people hit bottom, ruined-lives, ruined-health, criminal record, homeless, there is a different perscription to keep them alive. Governments, no matter the intention, can't tell the difference. A government's best intentions results in human sewers.
This is one of the examples of the danger of victim-culture, you can deflect anything you want away from yourself and your poor choices. When you continue to do that, you never have to look in the mirror to confront your mistakes and make Improvements, you end up circling the drain to the bottom; which is usually a casket.
You hit the nail on the head good Sir. I am a Seattle native. I grew up in a Democrat voting household, because we were pro-union, not because we were liberal. Seattle isn't Democrat leaning anymore, it is Socialist. That is Sawant. The high points were all addressed in this video; police don't have prosecutorial backing, politicians make laws that remove deterrence and the community that benefits the most from it is the community putting everyone, including themselves, at risk. All the families that are able to are leaving for the wealthy suburbs, the middle class of Seattle is in an economic and social vice that's being tightened everyday. The socialist party doesn't get votes by addressing the drug epidemic or housing crisis, rather they just talk about increasing the minimum wage and student loan forgiveness, and they have an anti-police rhetoric, which resonates with the "Occupy movement" and Antifa. Which is really funny, because the 'fascists', or 'white right' in the Nothwest don't live anywhere near Seattle. But I guarantee even those 'crazy fascists' know what a broken system looks like when they see it.
Diego, you make some rather compelling arguments. I'm inclined to agree with most of what you say,,, Save for the socialism. This has become one of the most Expensive Cities to live in North America. That is the OPPOSITE of socialism! And it is also a significant factor in why homelessness has increased so rapidly in Seattle for the last 10 years since the housing market crash recovery. (Don't take that wrong - I'm not making excuses for those who in my opinion, choose to be homeless) But the rest of what you say is, *sigh*, pretty much spot on, sadly. (And btw, I'm a Union guy myself)
@@travishouse5988 Well that's what I can't wrap my head around. You're right about the fact that it's not socialist in actual practice. I just meant that the politicians espouse the ideas of socialism to garner support, but they never apply it. Which as you eluded to, is why homelessness is high and the overall health of the city is low. On a side note, my buddy who was a delegate for Bernie Sanders in the last election brought up I-1634, which has to do with imposed taxes by cities. This has received a lot of criticism over the so-called 'soda tax' in Seattle. But he brought up New Federalism and States rights to create different laws unique to there populous. He argues that Cities are even smaller than Counties or States, so why can't they also be self determinate in creation of taxes and laws within the framing of the Constitution? And honestly, he's right. Governance is local. If you don't like it, move one town over. It sucks, but that is why the U.S. is self-sorting. We are becoming polarized because as we become more diverse, we naturally seek others who agree with our beliefs. And we are moving to be with these people. The problem I have with this, is that America should be a place where we can disagree, but coexist. Cities can have different politics and ideas regarding governance, but the ideas are not how cities are judged; it's the quality of life that exists there. And Seattle is failing in this very important metric.
Travis House Uh, not really. If you look at socialist program countries they tend to charge high taxes which causes inflation into everything else, including the housing market, making them very expensive places to live. See Denmark, Germany, etc
This depresses me so much. As a grudge kid from the 90s, I was obsessed with the idea of Seattle. Always wanted to go there. They couldn't pay me to vacation there now.
The closest I ever got was Portland. I'm also a 90s kid. The one thing I found out was that there was a HUGE disparity between what that movement claimed and what they really were. Grunge and "alternative" became nothing more than a label someone slapped onto the same product, ideology, etc. just to make it sell. This was back before the term "basic" (as in vapid or run-of-the-mill) was coined, but it describes everyone who followed that trend perfectly. I expected to see a more conscientious population and a better underground scene, but was terribly disappointed. What they considered "alternative" was the same boring and bland pop music, samey sitcoms.....you get the idea. What we're seeing now across the West Coast is that "tolerant" ideology coming to fruition. Anymore, "tolerant" is seeing how badly they can fuck things up. "Tolerant" is castigating and ostracizing anyone even a millimeter to the right of Bernie Sanders. What they did to California is what they turned around and did to Oregon, Washington and anywhere else they went: Fucked it up, sucked it dry and moved on to the next host. Now they're eyeballing Texas and even Georgia (too close for comfort to where I live). People are finally seeing what they did to the West Coast and are putting their foot down here in the South. Thankfully, their fuckery has been confined to major cities like Austin, San Antonio and Atlanta.
Lived here for 34 years and I just can't believe the drug problem this area has, and how it is treated as a normal everyday occurrence. Somehow we are told by officials that it is our responsibility as tax payers to support these programs that only enflame the problem... Very sad...
Seattle...as someone who has lived in 6 cities, it's changing but even now most cities couldn't hold a candle to it.Seattle has the best HUMANS and the ocean and the mountains and it's actually like not even in the top 30 of suicide rates, for some reason Seattle is always misquoted as #1. It's clean and polite and conscience as F***.
Colion - your video work is nothing short of brilliant. From the camera work, to the color, to the B-roll, to the amazing editing. You are producing AMAZING and inspiring content. If I could get paid to do what you do, I’d literally stop everything and would pick up a camera tomorrow. Just awesome. Thank you for fighting in such a brilliantly artistic way. Please don’t stop!!! God bless.
I moved last year from San Fran to middle Tennessee. Bigger home, much, much nicer neighbors, the people are friendly (people in sf are narcissistic liberals who are remarkably unfriendly), completely different and better environment. Also, my Republican vote will count for the first time in decades.
I spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and during that time, I've either lived in or visited just about every State in the nation. So, I came across many different types of people. You are right, the South is the best place to live.....but not for non-whites. I am Asian and I came across quite a few incidences where I was rejected, from renting homes to eating in restaurants. As an adult, I can handle it but not my kids because they are still developing their self concept and being rejected based on who you are can be devastating to them. If I was white, I would settle in the South in a heartbeat but I am not so I now live in California. Sure, there are weirdos in certain areas but I live in Conservative Orange County and I never felt unaccepted here.
I really hope you don't take those insults to heart. Im a two time drug felon and used to absolutely despise the police because of my criminal record and that chip on my shoulder grew larger when I went to Seattle University and was surrounded by those with similar views. I've now watched the city i fell in love with (Seattle) and my home (Portland) degrade into a state of chaos due to the lack of accountability, and I now realize police were that ultimate equalizer. And I couldn't be more ashamed... Thank you for your service.
Andrew Smith there are cool people from everywhere. Im sure you would meet people you can get a long with there unless you really believe that then you probably can’t get a long with anyone. second Seattle is not that different from anywhere else in the country. And any differences that are there are something interesting that you should learn about.
I stopped in Seattle on a way to an Alaskan Cruise. We got to the hotel late at night around 930ish and everyone in my party was hungry. I checked Google and saw an "open" McDonalds. I left hotel and walked 4 blocks towards the famous waterfront.. What I saw was unreal. I didn't even think I was in America. There were women fighting in the street. Everyone was smoking weed and drunk. They closed the McD's early because of the fighting going on outside. With no other option and two hungry kids at the hotel, I walked into the corner Walgreens. There were TWO security guards that were dressed in full KIT. They had guns, tasers, vests and were big dudes. I told them I was from the East Coast and wondered what was up. One dude said to me that if they weren't there, people would just walk in, take stuff and leave. The next morning it was around 7:30ish when went to check out the waterfront. There were still people drinking and being loud. It was not cool at all. When you have to take your kids across the street to avoid groups of drunk people before 8 am, it makes you take notice and remember. So sad to see.
I just left the Seattle area after living there for a little under a decade and i can vouch for this man's words. It is exactly that bad. During the day, it is better, but thanks to the homeless crisis and drug epidemic, you'll often walk into mentally unstable individuals who will follow you around and shout at you. Please, if you plan on visiting the Seattle area, do not go out at night. If you do, please do not go alone.
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Seattle and Portland had the California influx started in late '80s . Austin has always been the liberal/ hippie , within the context of Texas . ( But being left wing by Texas standards , still compared favorably with East Coast and West Coast standards .)
I've been considering doing the same. I live on the east side of Washington but am concerned that Seattle will drag down the whole state with no opposition and no solution to the problem. Probably better to get out now...
RandomInternet User, well you (you and pretty much everyone else in this thread) are just plain wrong... Here are the states with the most opioid drug use: 20 states with the worst drug problems: When examining the most opioid deaths per capita, WalletHub found West Virginia had 52 drug overdose deaths per 100,000 residents, which is roughly eight times more than Nebraska, which had the fewest, at approximately six overdose deaths per 100,000 residents. Here are the 20 states with worst drug problems, according to WalletHub. 1. District of Columbia 2. Missouri 3. New Hampshire 4. Michigan 5. West Virginia 6. New Mexico 7. Indiana 8. Rhode Island 9. Kentucky 10. Pennsylvania 11. Massachusetts 12. Colorado 13. Wyoming 14. Tennessee 15. Oregon 16. Delaware 17. Alaska 18. Maine 19. Arkansas 20. Maryland So this idea that this is an issue that ONLY AFFECTS Liberal/Blue/Coastal states is just abject Bullshit. Note that the very Red/Conservative State of West Virginia has by far the Most Drug Overdoses. And aren't Missouri, Michigan, Indiana Arkansas & Wyoming the "Midwest"???
@TheManzinator so instead of educating and helping addicts they give them free needles and don't arrest them when they shit in your backyard. Sounds like a good plan.
@TheManzinator I didn't say you did, I was pointing out what the city was actually doing. Clearly it's not that nuanced because you explained it in a few short sentences.
How about instead of arresting the addicts, they're just killed instead. The city and its lawful inhabitants enjoy a cleaner and more peaceful environment, and the junkies get the death that their retarded, nihilistic asses are chasing anyway. Sounds like a win-win.
Likewise , the geography , and the former culture also made it an excellent place to live . But now the California transplant political structure and attitudes has Portland and Seattle in a neck & neck race to the bottom to become failed third world cities .
I live 13 miles north of Seattle, it's bad. There are homeless people, blatant drug use, and prostitution every where. There was a homeless camp near one of my work sites that the city provided dumpsters and needle drop boxes, no one used it.
It's worse than even just the homeless drug epidemic. They try to tax the crap out of you. Soda tax, bullet tax, rapid transit tax, you can live twice as good just moving 30 minutes away from Seattle. Seattle has become a liberal bubble that's imploding.
khmaiaznboi89, I live IN Seattle and that's simply untrue. The homelessness is pretty widespread now, I'll give you that, but it's not everywhere. Not even most places... It's just in places now that it had never been previously and so it feels very invasive. As far as prostitution goes, you are very wrong. There used to be several known places where sex workers congregated, Capital Hill, Delridge area of W. Seattle, Lake City, DT Seattle at 4th & Bell, but most of those the city/police have eradicated and moved almost specifically to one location - Aurora Ave. And it's not as if there's no homelessness in Edmonds! (13 miles north of Seattle)
@@travishouse5988 I'm a UPS driver I see prostitution and addicts in Lynnwood all the way down to our air hub facility south of Georgetown. If your really want to know the problem areas talk to your delivery driver. My buddy who has Lynnwood PD on his route gets approached all the time asking him where he's noticed encampments popping up.
That is such a good idea, I've been doing similar with junk mail for decades, gather it all up and put it in one of the postage paid envelopes and send it all back, makes me feel better at least.
Sorry, but as you saw in the excellent piece by Colion, you would probably get arrested for assault, mail fraud or something like that. Tolerance only cuts one way with liberals.
The guys mentioned MS-13 moving into Seattle recently. A friend of my friend at UW was attacked by a gang member (not sure if MS-13) and chased down the Ave with a machete fleeing for his life. This was in the spring time he was just walking home at night. He got away with injuries. UW Police report just says he was attacked with 'metal object'. He thinks it was some sort of gang initiation. No one is talking about this though. Stay safe out there.
Seattle was the happiest place on earth back in the 80s, 90s and even the 2000s. But now? I wouldn't recommend coming to Seattle anymore, and there's no where else I'd rather live.
30-40 years ago Seattle was an ideal place . Vibrant city , just quirky enough to be interesting . Strong commercial and cultural ties to Alaska . Due to geography , have a major city with its attributes , but within 30-60 minutes be on the water , or mountain wilderness , with excellent fishing and hunting . ( For that matter , most of those could be said of Portland , at 75% strength .) I'll point my finger to the late '80s Southern California real estate situiation . When real estate in L.A. region became totally insane significant percentages of their population realized it was untenable for them , and looked for places on the west coast to relocate . In a 2 or 3 year period in late '80s , the demand lead to home prices in the Seattle region to double . Didn't faze the California refugees , because that was still 1/3 the cost of L.A. , but native and long term Seattle residents found it increasing difficult to remain in their home turf . But the influx didn't learn the cause & effect , and brought their failed progressive " California " ideas with them , and became politically dominant in their new home , and eventually made it worse than from where they came .
Along with the fools that follow them and continue to vote them back in. Socialist openly run for city office and the Mayor is a complete idiot. It's absolutely insanity at it's finest. Also heartbreaking to see.
Seattle residents shoulder the blame. All are welcomed and loved also brings in the "undesirables" that you walk around on the sidewalk on the way to get your latte.
I used to be 1 of those "homeless junkies" here in Seattle... Ive never used a needle in my life... but I have to say the only way you can escape it... is if you TRULY WANT TO BE CLEAN and someone is willing to take you in... I was lucky when my dad asked me if I wanted a home again... I asked him what the catch was... he said get clean... I said No problem and I got enrolled with Ideal Options... I've been clean ever since! Some of them just need that chance! Of course they need to reach absolute bottom.. I'm very conflicted about clean injection sites.. they have pros and cons... but something needs to be done! And I have to agree.. the Seattle Police WANT TO HELP but they cant... I tend to be very left leaning with many right leaning views as well (gun rights, immigration) but Jesus Christ what happened to my city....
All anyone can say with any certainty is that whatever the powers that be have been doing so far isn't working. This country needs to RADICALLY re-think its drug policy.
No. You just walk up to the truck ask for needles. . They will hand you bags foll an tell yoy to give them to people that need them.. Swear to God. It is that easy.We moved back to Dallas Texas. Much better here.
@@Bruceillest101 I'm pretty sure that that's what EVERYONE thought this idea was when it was first proposed. The word "exchange" kind of implies two people handing things to each other.
Social stigma is the motive force of generations of people to guide you to *avoid* destructive or hazardous habits. Drug use, childhood alcohol abuse, beating your kids,(and I *don't* mean a deserved spanking) and above all, out of wedlock birth are all stigmas that our world has let go and is paying the price. Only thing is, as bad as things are, this is only the down payment. The full debt is bound to come do soon.
Yes! Exactly my reaction to what that woman said. It's like saying criminals and bullies are bad cuz they have low self esteem. Total BS. Holding people to standards, expecting them to do right, enforcing the law - that is what we had been doing years ago. Seemed to work better than what is going on now.
Born and raised in lower Queen Anne for 18 years, I’ve watch everything slowly disappear into nothing but gray skies and minds. But I must say something. Seattle is too expensive and is kicking the seattlites out, and foreigners in. That’s why so many people become homeless in the first place, maybe because idk, rent is $2,000 for a studio apartment?
MacKenzie Turner I have a friend that rents a house in Seattle with 3 other people and they each pay $1000 a month in rent. I’ve been to their house. It’s not that nice but it’s a house with a backyard I guess...
A few years ago I wanted to move to Seattle but had no idea what was going on in the streets. Took a two week vacation to check the city out. Boy was I in for a surprise. I've never seen a homeless situation like that before. I saw the needles and the like. Democrats are just insane with their progressive policies. God save Texas because it seems to be going more democratic as well. Vote Red tomorrow, we dont need any more Seattles or San Fransiscos.
The great state of Texas will be the mid country version of Kkkalifornica in a few years. Those fleeing the left coast will move in and still vote for the same failed idiotic ideas.
I grew up in Seattle and couldn't wait to leave. It's a city that has historically ignored its very dark and nasty underbelly and bought into its own hype of fabulousness. When the concept of "political correctness" re-emerged in the 80's it became a perfect cover for Seattle to hide behind. You were considered the problem if you expressed concern or displeasure about "anything Seattle." So, it doesn't surprise me that heroin and homelessness now plague the city. It's a serious wake-up call for a city that's been in a state of denial for years. .
I'm still trying to figure out why it's the responsibility of people that live their life the right way to take care of people that are irresponsible. The Seattle City council is a disgrace to the taxpayers. But of course I'm sure they're not subjected to these neighborhoods.
For the last 30 years I’ve been working in downtown Seattle. Building all these big new shiny buildings. I have watched it turn from a clean, relatively blue-collar, prosperous fun fun city. Into a much bigger, richer, class divided city. Divided between extreme poverty and extreme wealth. It’s now a shit hole where I literally step over stinking drug addicts in order to get to work. But the upper class really doesn’t notice it much in Seattle. Because they park in parking structures that are guarded, they walk across the sky bridges and don’t even see much of what is around them. And what they do see, they’ve learned to ignore. They don’t see what’s happening, they don’t see what they are doing and they all universally have the same political opinions. One of these homeless people dies on the streets every day in front of them and they’ll worry about abortion laws or gun control. They had some poor old man on the front steps of federal building curl up and die of exposure. That would take all night to happen. With thousands of witnesses. no one helped him, no one noticed him. They just stepped around him. He was just another homeless guy right?
Verne Robirds It sounds like the craziest and sickest reality to live. I’m sorry you and others live through that every day. The trickle down affect is happening and It’s spreading all throughout and touching the city of Tucson also. Seems like there’s nowhere safe anymore for them, or us, to live and be.
James D it is sad. And while so many talk as if they care. They don’t. I hear talk of low cost housing and rent control. But the homeless are poor because they are addicts and mentally ill. Politicians just want money that they will fund usless civil service jobs. Money to build housing that can not help addicts and the mentally. But does help well connected Investors
My dream when I first became a nurse was to work with the homeless because I believed that they were all mentally ill. Now I’m not saying that a fair amount of them don’t have some degree of mental illness, they do, however so does most of the general population. These people are mostly drug addicts and they know how to work the system. They are our “frequent flyers” in the hospitals. They are responsible for a fair amount of healthcare employee burnout and probably add to the rates of healthcare professionals committing suicide. They’re that miserable to deal with. We in the system do nothing but enable their addictions and they end up dead anyway. The best job I’ve had were I feel I’ve served society is at the jail. People need to be held accountable. Coming out of those GED, parenting, and AA classes is a sight to behold. Faces beaming. Heads held up high. You don’t help people by enabling them. All anyone needs to know about Seattle is that the city is leftist to the point that they are totally anti law enforcement. To those people I’d like to say, the next time you need help don’t call the police. Call a crackhead. ... and whatever you do. Do NOT move to Spokane. We don’t want you.
M S Spokane is equally shit today, in my opinion. I think there's one common thread running through homelessness, and that's selfishness and instant gratification. I'm not saying they haven't been through hell, but the majority of them have no desire to take control of their lives. I'm all for shelters, but only with strict rules, and my time being in and around shelters, most simply don't want to follow the house rules so choose to hit the street. And for what... Selfish instant gratification to get high, fuck and drink. These people are messed up and do need help, but placating them does not help.
Yep, you're 100% correct. They work the system. That's the problem with welfare type programs, people don't use them to get back on their feet. They stay dependent on it, they raise kids dependent on it, it becomes a generational problem. Homeless, drug addicts, and government healthcare (its "passport" in my area) clog up hospitals with every manner ridiculous complaint. Runny nose? Go to the ER. Sore throat? ER! Dental complaint? ER! It burns employees out. We're not paid nearly enough to deal with the hassle AND verbal/mental/physical abuse, and actual people that need our help suffer indirectly. They're at the hospital every night or two, and it's never a legitimate complaint. All via the tax dollars of the working public. Here's the kicker people don't understand, if you're back to the hospital for the same issue within a certain timeframe, and your "healthcare" is government subsidized, they don't pay for the second visit. It's written off as a "mistake" that the hospital didn't appropriately treat it the first time (there's usually not an issue to treat) and the cost gets passed on to EVERY OTHER PERSON who comes in with legitimate problems. Not that a hospital has ANY control over what you do when you leave the doors. It's one of the reasons, and a larger one than people think, that our healthcare system is unaffordable and broken.
BW83 M Thank you so much for your response! I take it you work in an ER? Most people who aren’t healthcare professionals are so clueless about all that. Likewise with the constant verbal and at times physical abuse... working with the homeless at a psych facility I got told to f * off and called everything but a child of God on the daily. Spit at, punched at, etc. all on the dime of the taxpayers. Working as a corrections nurse I’ve never had so many people say thank you and call me ma’m. People ask if I’m scared and I’ve never once been. Reason being, people in jail understand that it is a privilege to go to medical to have their needs addressed, not a right.
M S Not ER, but I've been pulled there numerous times and honestly love the pace of it. I work in telemetry, at our facility it means we admit every person lol, but it staves odd boredom. Yeah, people that have never done it will never understand what it's like. Grown adults throwing temper tantrums because they don't get their way, despite coming to us for help. Not to mention having to deal with the families of patients that behave in that way. Let's just say I work in one of the lower income areas of the country, we service 12 surrounding counties. I LOVE having patients from jail. Another thing people don't understand, as they're almost 100% the most pleasant people you'll have. It could have something to do with the police escort that stays with them by policy lol, but there's more to it than that. They actually APPRECIATE what you're doing for them, and inpatient facilities are improvements from where they were. I'll take 6 inmates before I take one middle-aged women with "anxiety".
I loved Seattle, lived there for 26 years. Working downtown I used to get off at 4th and Stewart. At 6:30 am the front of Macy’s is full off homeless people sleeping on the ground., sometimes dead. Needless, tourniquets everywhere. The city workers begin cleaning up for the tourists and remove all the garbage. Seattle is a Democrat City. The politicians have destroyed the city. Your exactly right most of the people living there are numb to what is going on, or just don’t care.
Colion, since I’ve found your channel I have been very impressed with your talents in bringing out the realities and the ironies that we face as a society, I would like to say thank you for putting together such well thought out and visualized channel on RU-vid for the world to see, please continue to be our loud proud voice in this world!
Great job. This is solid material. Seattle is such a beautiful city, it is a shame that their leaders are such fools. Maybe when they hit rock bottom they will learn to change. Keep speaking the truth...
Thank you to Colion, the NRA and Mossberg for bringing this problem to the mainstream. Komo4 expanded on your topic and reached more viewers. Seattle has been allowing this lawlessness to go on for too long.
Huh, funny. I was just thinking that Mossy 930 would be my go-to for store defense. Nothing says, "don't you dare CQB in my store", like a mag dump of 12 ga.
This is a good video that brings out the problem. Colion showed the media trying to shed light on the issue, the police doing their best. He places the problem on the elected officials. He has ex junkies saying they need to hit rock bottom. The government allows them not to. Seattle is one example of it is nation wide. I have given serious thought to putting this on my Facebook page, but I know the reaction. My liberal friends would focus on this is an NRA channel. The second amendment was brought up, but the video was about homelessness and drug addiction. Rather than a discussion they would focus on calling this gun lobby propaganda. It don't matter who the messenger is, it is the message that needs to be looked at. That is why nothing is done. What is said is truth even if it comes from the other side. Like the joke going around says, if Trump came out in support of oxygen 20 million liberals would stop breathing.
I love Seattle! I've been living north of Seattle for almost 30 years. I've worked downtown everyday in spurts over those years! It used to be the most beautiful city around. Now especially since Covid 19 the whole city is boarded up. My wife and I had an appointment down town a few weeks ago so we parked by Pioneer Square and walked around for a bit till our appointment. Wow what a circus! Absolutely amazing how many homeless people walking around like zombies talking to them selves, yelling at the skies and other people, begging for money from us, flipping us off and yelling at us! What a shame. The city counsel just passed another defund the police budget. Unbelievable! So sad!
I was born in Seattle. I am a founder of Annex Theater. My formative youth was spent in 1980s Seattle. I loved that town. But it was overrun by fools and morons. Culturally it was on the rise as late as the early 2000s. But I moved to Tacoma and directed the bulk of my career from there. Seattle is Broken and I weep for the dream lost and nonsense that has broken it. I will never live on that overpriced misdirected city again. When I used to think of home I thought of Seattle. Now I remember and will return to Tacoma. I live in China for work now, but I will never return to Seattle. Tacoma is my base and if that is not viable, I will go to the middle of the country where the majority of sane folks live . Stop subsidizing drugs, Seattle. It is demonstrably not viable. Thank you Colion.
I drive a garbage truck in the city and the amount of human waste in the alleys is unbelievable I have stepped in it several times now! I wish the city counsel would do something to help these people with mental health care and rehab not safe injection sites!!!! All it's going to do is attracted more addicts to this area. A buddie of mine at work actually just got stuck by a needle last week! The homeless/addicts jump in front of our trucks all the time! And the amount of freaking RVs that they park everywhere ludicrous they dont get parking tickets or towed or anything but you damn well know if I parked my camper like they do it would for sure get ticketed!
Gabe Alt please tell me your buddy got tested and got the necessary protocols taken to protect himself. No offense, but currently, being a waste worker in Seattle is now quite possibly one of the worst and most dangerous jobs in America.
Thanks for the replies! My buddie is going through the testing processes now wish consist of several test overruns several months. A pain in the ASS!!!
TheReaperson No offense taken I and my fellow drivers know how bad things are getting and we know how dangerous it is to be a garbage man in the city of Seattle! We just hope that with our contracts coming up for all the different companies that service the city and the area that they will see that the hazards that we have to endure every day not including the way people drive and the careless ness people have around our trucks to the bicycles that dont follow traffic laws all the way to the pedestrian that look at there phones instead of where there going this job is very dangerous and extremely stressful and we need to be compensated for the hazards be deal with! But I love it and I love the guys I work with and we take a lot of pride in what we do it might not be glamorous but it puts food on my family's table and a roof over our heads!
@Joubert x The voters don't want change in Seattle; if they did, they'd have elected different leaders by now. They have a SOCIALIST on the City Council, who gets national press for her kooky ideas! Seattle will be blue until the people have had enough of leftism and liberalism....and that ain't gonna happen anytime soon. A citizen's choices are limited here; either go along to get along...or LEAVE, ASAP. My feeling is: the smart ones are LEAVING.
Excellent work! Very accurate. I have been a Seattle area resident all my life--fourth generation here. It is amazing how the entrenched leftists have so quickly and so intentionally transformed this city into a third-world crap-hole. My property taxes are up over 400% to cover the "homeless crisis". Millions in taxpayer money is going to fund the homeless industrial complex which kicks back millions to fund progressive political campaigns. Democrat-socialists dream of making Seattle the first communist city-state in the US. They don't call it that, of course. Rather they call it a communitarian utopia of social justice and equality. Private property rights and capitalism here are to be largely diminished by 2030 according to members of Seattle's nomenklatura. We need federal intervention. Voters no longer have control.
My Wife and I live 20 miles from Seattle, one of the surrounding cities and we NEVER go into the city anymore, we avoid it at all costs. We avoid I5 at all costs through seattle area. I haven't gone across the 520 bridge in years now, no desire to do it anymore. Sad too, I've lived here for nearly 40 years (my whole life) it was not always like this. The democratic government is ruining this state, massive money wasted on failed transportation projects, complete lack of understanding the homeless crisis which has lead to hundreds of millions of dollars wasted every year. Law makers have lied directly to the citizens here many times and as a result we are paying $600/year now for car registration/tabs(use to be $100 or less) due to the RTA tax (to build more transit that majority of people paying the tax will not use). This RTA tax is based on a false value of your vehicle, a value made up by the state that does not in any way reflect the actual value of your vehicle. I could go on and on. I love the geography here, but hate the government. Tax Tax Tax, literally all they know to do is tax and spend, tax and spend, and show no results for the spending.
What about the cost of rent? Could you please give some insight. I live in Spokane and there are people moving here to get away from high rent but now our rent is going up too.
@@psychedforlife7176 Rent is going up as well. In Auburn average rent is now between $1,800 and $2,000, that's 25'ish miles outside of Seattle and the eastside (redmond/bellevue) which is a 1 hour commute one-way. 6 years ago we got a rental for $1,200, today it's $1,850 for a 3 bedroom small'ish townhome (about 1,200 sqft). An actual rental house of that size would be $2k. Rental prices are rising very fast! Seattle prices are much higher and redmond/bellevue area is even higher still.
I visited Seattle about 10 years ago. Had the first flight out and decided to spend some time exploring the airport, having some coffee and just relaxing before my flight. I got there around 4am but had to gas my rental up at a nearby gas station. Not even joking, FIVE different homeless people tried to hit me up for money between the pump and the store. You could easily tell they weren't all there mentally by how they acted, not to mention the two syringes I saw on the ground. Five semi-agitated men versus just me had me pretty uneasy, and I'm a big guy. I can't imagine how I'd have felt if I were a woman in that situation. I spent the short drive to SeaTac looking around with my newly-opened eyes and things were unreal - the street was lined with people, most just sleeping on the sidewalk. It was a third world country out there. I used to consider moving to the northwest someday, but there's no chance after what I experienced (and what this video shows).
I live in Seattle. I heard recently that the occupancy rate for apartments here is 39%. Even with high rent prices. There is no housing shortage, just a greed problem.
It's not just greed. (Although it is a part of it) It's also the extremely high property taxes among other ridiculously high city taxes. Because the landlord owners will (always will) simply just add that to the rent. Everytime they raise the property tax or city taxes in general they raise their rents. So if we want to see much lower rents in Seattle we have to lower those property taxes and city taxes for apartment owners.
@@GANTZ100pts in addition, high permitting costs from the city & county. If an individual wants to build on their own vacant lot the cost of permits from the city of Seattle will be over $100K, in addition to the high costs of labor and materials.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for this video. I live and go to church in Lynnwood, just north of Seattle. We have a team of people that check our church parking lot for needles. The problem is getting worse! Seattle must own stock in the needle companies. Thank you for highlighting the insanity of the Seattle needle program.
Get your groups out and PROTEST your elected officials in those areas. When you begin to expose them and hold them accountable they will run or change course. VOTE THEM OUT!!! AND VOTE IN RIGHT THINKING STRONG PEOPLE!!
The Lynnwood Police Dept has a volunteer Citizen Patrol program that includes training at the PD woodwa.gov/City-Services/Community-Outreach/Volunteer/Public-Safety-Volunteers.htm
I worked at the School bus barn at the Lynnwood mall (dont know if it's still there as they were near demanding we leave in 200) it sucked! Last straw was the needles showing up on school buses I had to work on. I barely could get by on 20 bucks an hour and lived in north Everett stinking of the pulp mill. I was born in Skagit County and took my boys up there almost every weekend. Being involved witness or having pulled out of my car at gun point coming g home with 2 bank robberies in 1 YEAR! I decided it's time to go. I moved my kids to the midwest out in the country as far as I could get from the west coast.
not Seattle in needle biz, but the cia in heroin growing, importation and distribution across America. Guess why GIs are guarding poppy fields in Afghanistan ?
Why do we feel bad for homeless people? I work an 8-5 and am consistently stressed. I don’t Make excuses, I get up and work. These politicians need to stop enabling this bad behavior. Ask yourself, if all homeless drug users disappeared from the US, will we be better or worst off?
Bubbley Singh, I know. Sometimes I think I would agree with you but would you feel the same if it was your son or daughter? Maybe a sibling that you were close to?
Travis House that's the problem, he is right, but it's a hard cruel truth. The left will do ANYTHING to deny and hide from the cold, hard, sometimes cruel facts of life. The country as a whole WOULD be a better place if the homeless and drug users/dealers just vanished one day, they never will because we live in an imperfect world, but just the thought that they could vanish hurts peoples' feelings and they don't want to think about it.
@@PewPewPark There is a difference between being homeless and being a bum. I live in Tacoma, about 30 minutes from seattle, I see the same bums every day, for years now, asking for a beer, asking for weed. A homeless person is just that, homeless. A bum goes around asking for money for drugs and booze. They don't care if they have to sleep under a bridge or next to a river for the rest of their life. I'm sick of hearing people call all of this scum living on the streets "homeless", they are not homeless, they are bums. Homeless people go to shelters and get the help they need to get off the street. I'm glad you got your life straight brother.
This video was well done and does cover SOME of the issues in Seattle. So what was left out? The streets in places literally being covered in human waste. The ruling the seattle council made that "your home is your home and you can't be asked to move your home" (interpreted as "no matter what it is if you say it's your home, you can't be asked to leave." This includes tents on public sidewalks, dilapidated motorhomes, even cardboard boxes that you say is your home). It was eluded to in the video, however let me point out some examples. Someone can bring their dilapidated motorhome into the parking lot of your business and stay there indefinitely because it is their home. They can pitch their tent in the middle of the public sidewalk, since it's their home they get to stay there. This once great city has been over run by homeless druggies. The city council willfully ignores this and even prevents PD from doing anything. It won't be much longer until the city looks like it's in a third world country, it's almost there already.
I remember when Steilacoom was tiny and the jobs were all on McNeil island at the prison. I used to fish off the ferry dock when I was a kid. Everyone had a boat on sawhorses and a smoker made from a fridge in their yard. Now it's all McMansions.
@@lucytimmerman8687 I haven't seen Steilacoom in six years, don't know when I'll make it back to WA. It was a great place to grow up, but it has grown too much. We lived near the fire department, it's still got the old town feel there. My mother is still there. I used to fish off the dock too, caught a steelhead there once, an octopus, and a duck. I let the octopus go, a man got the duck off my hook and dude took him home. I was probably around 5th grade at the time.
I was born there. I live on a cattle ranch in extreme NE Washington in God’s country. My family were loggers in the Cascades before we were a state. They built this state. They would be ashamed of it now. I haven’t been to Seattle in decades. We go to Spokane for our needs....
Yep. I saw a homeless man masturbating in broad daylight on Burnside and 2nd a few months back. Just whackin' it on the curb while facing directly into oncoming traffic. Portland fucking blows, I won't even go there to visit the tremendous Powells anymore; the Beaverton Powells is still pretty good and far more of a pleasant experience.
Give me some advice on how to do that. My mom and stepdad live in the Portland area and I'm suspecting they are not leaving. I am going to have to leave and get my own path to go to a more sunny warm area with a lower cost, and at the very least friendlier people. How did you muster the courage to leave Portland after 40 years? People who stay in a place that long usually die there. I haven't even been here long and I see this dark cloud over the area like somethings definitely wrong. Its horribly antisocial. And btw, where did you move to from Portland?
@@MeltinJohn it isn't easy. I had help from my family, which did make it easier but I know how I would do it if they were not around to help me like they have. First thing I would do is be sure of what kind of employment I am seeking, or job that I want to work my way up in. From there, look for these types of jobs online in the places that appeal to you. Apply for them, and see if the employers are interested in you even though you aren't living there all the while saving and saving every bit you can for either the drive, or trip down there. Decide whether you want to do something like PODS, and have your stuff shipped to a location near where you want to be and pay the storage fees, or Uhaul it, storing your stuff in a cheaper rental storage site. I moved to south Texas, where it's kind of too hot during the summer months, but the winters are just like spring and early summer there in Oregon. You might even be able to pull off crashing in your storage locker for a while if they don't catch you))). There's always the car too, but I know no one wants to do that if they don't have to. I'm not saying it's easy, even with the assistance I had I still was paying my own bills while I looked for work. Sometimes though making the leap is worth it if you are as unhappy with your surroundings as I was. I mean this when I say it too, I was LITERALLY ready to kill a few people in particular that I just could not fucking deal with any more. If I had not left I would have, and would probably be in prison for the rest of my life over killing some low life welfare sucking scum neighbors I had. As well as that luis asshole from antifa, I was in the process of researching his residence, and where he hung out so I could kill him too. I was in a bad place, but I am happy here. People are nicer and more respectful, and I got lucky finding a job that pays 18 an hour with 27 hr. overtime at almost 10-15 hr's of overtime a week. I am making more money then I ever thought I would. I may not be crazy about the weather here, I may not know anyone or like the mosquitos during certain months, but the change was worth it.
@@jordandior3191 good for you man. I'm glad you escaped the hell hole that city has become. It wasn't always that way growing up there 20 years ago, but it has changed ans in all bad ways.
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@@californiamade5608 San Francisco is FAR worse. The tents and homeless problem as well as crime, etc. is exponentially larger. Between the years 2013 and 2017, I've never seen so many tents there lining the streets. It's bad but Seattle hasn't reached that level.
@@dragonfly4806 Majority is coming in from south of the border that is being kept open. Not only is Pelosi allowing Mexican Drug cartels to sell their product in the USA, she even uses tax payer dollars to provide free needles and safe places to shoot up.
Colin, I appreciate you reaching out on this issue in Seattle. It's a real epidemic, as you discovered. My prayers are with you and the people of Seattle.
I live here, used to be homeless. But thank god not a drug addict. I now have a business here making good money. I see the mess every day and it gets worse in some spots and better in others then it all shifts depending on where the police are allowed to clear out the encampments.
Congratulations on starting a business incline your way out of that! Not an easy feat. Something I've noticed with a lot of the homeless now is it seems like a much higher percentage of the people are just choosing to be homeless as opposed to being in absolute desperation
I lived in Seattle for 25 years and 6 years ago finally decided to vote with my feet by moving. My move really didn't make any difference to the area and the people that remain there; people still flock to Seattle for the tech jobs and other opportunities. But it did make a difference to me. Most other places just don't have that problem; at least not nearly on the scale that Seattle has. And outside of Seattle and a few other cities, politicians don't put up with that stuff; they actually enforce the laws. Look up car theft and personal theft statistics for the nation; Seattle is in the top 5%. Now the MS13 gang is fully entrenched and cops' hands are tied. No thanks!
let's hope you still don't vote Democrat because it's those policies that were pushed by Democrats is what caused the issue. Curious where did you move to? Colorado?
I left Seattle and King County after residing there for 30 years. I was the first to reach my limit and since then, my brother, my two sisters, and finally, my parents have all followed me south to Pierce County where conservative values still exist in large part. I won't even go to Seattle for entertainment purposes anymore, it's just not worth the cost or the risk. While I certainly appreciate Colion visiting and speaking up, you only got a small sample of what has been ongoing for the better part of 40 years, If you were to take everything wrong with California, and move it north, you would come close to the level of change that I have seen here since 1967. The visual beauty, the natural colors of the nature, the flora and fauna, everything that is great about the PNW is lost on the filth, the crime, the lack of truth in the government and media have destroyed this corner of the USA and I do not see it EVER getting back to where it was when I was a child.
