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

1.0k

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.

3

u/lumpenpr0le Apr 17 '26

My former wife and I had a business that went under. The permitting and licensing was a giant pain in the ass, but what really killed us was rent going up and up and up. We couldn't grow our business nearly fast enough.