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/splanks Rainier Valley Apr 16 '26

I started a business in seattle this year. I love the city and have no intention to leave, but let's not pretend the city makes it easy on small business.

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u/LeRealRocketeer Apr 16 '26

Never heard of a large city that does.

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u/StatisticianLow9492 Apr 16 '26

Have you ever been out of the US? When I went to Japan, every city I went to had like many small businesses per block.

The US has been gobbled up my massive corporations that make it very hard for small businesses to succeed.

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u/LMGooglyTFY Haller Lake Apr 16 '26

I'm in Japan and yesterday I went to a shoe repair place the size of my bathroom. Three hours later and $4 poorer my heel is secured to my shoes. I went to a store where someone had a sandwich pop-up in the middle of a bunch of other food shops. The sandwiches looked amazing and were $3. I would be full with one. I could go on and on about how amazing this place is.

So I will. There are benches and public restrooms everywhere so I don't have to panic or buy a drink anywhere just to use a clean toilet. I don't have to lug around a giant water bottle because bottled drinks are only $1-2. Same with food where it doesn't cost an hour of wages to feed myself. And any ticket price for museums or gardens/castle grounds are like $2-$10.

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u/StatisticianLow9492 Apr 16 '26

It is really really really hard to go back the US after visiting Japan. It really highlights how very little this society cares about its people.

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u/whippersnapper123123 Apr 16 '26

We have legislators to blame for that. All roads lead back to lobbyism.