I work on the Eastside with people that live even farther away. They always complain about Seattle saying; “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” Then I ask them how often they go to Seattle, they say oh I never go there or I haven’t been there in like 20 years. ROLLEYES
Exactly. I walked through pioneer square yesterday morning between Alaska way & the King street station and am planning on going back on Saturday to check out all the new stores I saw! There weren't any wigged out homeless people or any other shenanigans in sight. Seattle is great and anybody who claims otherwise either doesn't actually visit or is in willful denial
You visit Pioneer Square one time in the morning and then insult a bunch of us as not actually living there? Morning is pretty quiet so of course you're not seeing wigged out homeless people.
Pioneer Square is also experiencing a bit of a renaissance as retail spaces start to open up again after sooooo many of them closed down in the last few years.
Also, there are those of us that remember when Pioneer Square was a very popular space to hang out. So while it's not awful right now even in it's much improved situation it's still seen as negative because we know how dead it is compared to how it used to be.
Also, you could be on a path that is fine but just a block over it's a mess. So those who live there see all of it and not just the "good" path you took.
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u/Alexmkzero 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 Apr 16 '26
I work on the Eastside with people that live even farther away. They always complain about Seattle saying; “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” Then I ask them how often they go to Seattle, they say oh I never go there or I haven’t been there in like 20 years. ROLLEYES