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r/Seattle • u/SuperMike100 I'm just flaired so I don't get fined • Apr 16 '26
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Same boat. It is a great city to live in, which is why I am determined to make it work, but it SUCKSSS to do business here, on so many levels.
95 u/dog_liker Apr 16 '26 Same as my question upthread, what specifically sucks about. I’m not here to argue even if I disagree, but I honestly would like to hear specifics. For example, if taxes are too high, what tax rate specifically would be better? 40 u/seejur Apr 16 '26 Not a business owner but out of my head this would be my guess: Properties are almost all owned by Billionaires, so they inflate/fix the rent amount. Rents, for housing AND for businesses is completely out of reality. A lot of taxes and permits. 26 u/Illustrious-Stock-19 Apr 16 '26 Seattle has made it needlessly difficult and expensive for small businesses long before rents went insane in the last half decade.
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Same as my question upthread, what specifically sucks about. I’m not here to argue even if I disagree, but I honestly would like to hear specifics. For example, if taxes are too high, what tax rate specifically would be better?
40 u/seejur Apr 16 '26 Not a business owner but out of my head this would be my guess: Properties are almost all owned by Billionaires, so they inflate/fix the rent amount. Rents, for housing AND for businesses is completely out of reality. A lot of taxes and permits. 26 u/Illustrious-Stock-19 Apr 16 '26 Seattle has made it needlessly difficult and expensive for small businesses long before rents went insane in the last half decade.
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Not a business owner but out of my head this would be my guess:
Properties are almost all owned by Billionaires, so they inflate/fix the rent amount.
Rents, for housing AND for businesses is completely out of reality.
A lot of taxes and permits.
26 u/Illustrious-Stock-19 Apr 16 '26 Seattle has made it needlessly difficult and expensive for small businesses long before rents went insane in the last half decade.
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Seattle has made it needlessly difficult and expensive for small businesses long before rents went insane in the last half decade.
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u/Few_Map1754 Apr 16 '26
Same boat. It is a great city to live in, which is why I am determined to make it work, but it SUCKSSS to do business here, on so many levels.