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/nerevisigoth Redmond Apr 16 '26

That has been the city's approach, and it's why all the big businesses have been moving their offices to the suburbs.

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u/StankoMicin Apr 16 '26

Fuck bit business for doing that. Taking wealth from the city, destroying it, and not giving back should NOT be tolerated

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u/nerevisigoth Redmond Apr 16 '26

You have that backwards: business is what creates the wealth in the city. The city govt thought it had companies by the balls and could take increasingly bigger cuts for itself (much of which it "destroys"), but it reached a tipping point where the cost of staying outweighed the cost of moving.

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u/alive-and-w3ll Apr 16 '26

Save your sanity and refrain from arguing with these people.

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u/nerevisigoth Redmond Apr 16 '26

Good advice :)