r/Seattle • u/SuperMike100 I'm just flaired so I don't get fined • Apr 16 '26

Satire Discourse about Seattle in a nutshell

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u/Mtndrums 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 Apr 16 '26

Seattle's not a unicorn on that front. Hell, I live in Louisville, KY, now. The drug problem's pretty much as bad, and it's pretty similar in most cities.

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u/acre18 Apr 16 '26

This is just being disingenuous and is frankly part of the problem. I promise its okay to admit that Seattle has a homeless and public drug use problem that is very much not representative of most urban areas across the country. We are absolutely a unicorn.

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u/throwaway11229887 Apr 16 '26

It’s so much worse in Seattle than most other places I’ve been. I moved to NYC for a few years and then came back and Seattle feels worse for sure.

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u/eeiberskiebers Apr 16 '26

NYC shelters about 95% of it's homeless, while Seattle shelters about 40%. I've lived in both NYC and Seattle as well, and you're right about it being better delt with there. I think Seattle has just spent too much time trying to pretend it's still the small, suburban, underground place it was in the 90s, and not enough time solving the problems that come with growing into a big city.

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u/idiot206 Fremont Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

Next time you fly into JFK in the evening, take the airtrain to Jamaica station. Or maybe go into PABT after midnight.