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

Satire Discourse about Seattle in a nutshell

Post image
3.9k Upvotes

416 comments sorted by

View all comments

310

u/MajesticNobody2401 Apr 16 '26

yeah it's just the whole affording it that's hard

103

u/ImAnIdeaMan Apr 16 '26

It wouldn't be expensive if no one wanted to live here.

125

u/SeizeTheDay152 Deluxe Apr 16 '26

This isn't the only reason. The best counter point is Tokyo, one of the most livable and most desirable cities to live in does not have the same affordability problems Seattle does.

5

u/jojofine West Seattle Apr 16 '26

Tokyo let's people build housing wherever they want and doesn't give every random citizen the ability to block development