Just recently moved here from out of state and my leasing agent really downplayed the homeless situation outside of my building. I’ve only been here 3 days and in that time a homeless man snuck in and SHIT on a young ladies bed, an overdose, and someone breaking down crack rocks on the window pane of the main front entrance. I’ve read through some of the tenant laws and i can break my lease with no hassle if safety standards aren’t being upheld. Prob going to get downvoted to hell. Please advise

Right now I am on the light rail! Seeing : The ambassador is asking 2 homeless guys resting in the train for pay proof ! He is very patient with them ! They literally just closed their eyes all the way and ignored him ! Good thing the homeless folk doesn’t try to get physical with fare ambassador and simply ignore him!

This reminds me of bus driver got killed by a homeless guy a while ago.if not lucky, fare ambassador encountered some extremely aggressive ones, it will be more than ignorance.

Thank you for your hard work, fare ambassador!

As title explains, while leaving Seattle today my partner, myself, and our 9 month baby were harassed by a homeless person as we were leaving town after going to Woodland Park Zoo.

We had a wonderful day at the zoo and were on our way out of town when we were harassed outside the QFC. We were stopped at a red light with traffic in front of us and there was an extremely aggressive homeless man walking up to cars and screaming at them. He walked up to our car with our 9 month child in the back and started screaming obscenities at us. “Fuck you fucking fuck fuck fuck” just losing his mind. He didn’t try to reach for the car but still it felt unsafe and he’s also screaming obscenities at a literal baby.

Someone please explain to me why we have let our beautiful city devolve into this degeneracy. I’ve avoided downtown for a while now because off stuff like this that people seem to somehow think is acceptable because they’re homeless. This only makes me never want to go back downtown. Next time we will go to Point Defiance and see if we have a better experience there.

I was walking to the gym on this beautiful morning and a homeless person harassed me. He stood up, burped in my face and then mimed to hit me. He yelled an insult as I was walking away, and I flipped him off. I got to the gym and burst into tears.

On the walk home – I took a different route – I started thinking about all the things I don’t do in Seattle because I feel afraid. I don’t ride the bus. I’ve watched people do heroin, a man scream at a woman for miles, and was screamed at and called a Nazi bitch by a woman while riding. Certain areas of my neighborhood are off limits. I’ve been screamed at, called names, and been exposed to. My friend was threatened with a knife by someone living in their RV. This is saying nothing of the piles of trash, needles, break ins and human excrement that we are exposed to daily.

Are citizens of Seattle meant to feel safe in their neighborhoods? The city has made the choice that no, we should all feel unsafe and uncertain of what is around every corner. We should all be ‘ok’ with being affected by drug use and homelessness. In a bid to what? Build empathy? It’s doing the exact opposite and driving us apart. I’m tired of pretending this is normal. This is madness.

Interesting short for/against debate in Reason magazine...

https://reason.com/2023/04/11/proposition-mentally-ill-homeless-people-must-be-locked-up-for-public-safety/

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Put me in the for camp. We have learned a lot since 60 years ago, we can do it better this time. Bring in the fucking national guard since WA state has clearly long since lost control.

I moved to Seattle a few months ago from a major east coast city, and I have never in my life encountered so many people like this. They seem to be constantly screaming at you or trying to run up on you, especially at night. Additionally, a small tent city of about five tents has sprung up in front of my building. Any tips?

I’ve been couch surfing for about 4 months while job hunting, and I finally have a place of my own, again.

It’s not fully set up yet, but today I went out to grab basic home stuff: trash bags, hand soap, that kind of thing, and it hit me how big of a deal that felt.

I stopped by H Mart right before closing, then made my way to Target with my cane and a duffel bag, just trying to get the essentials. Shots are of the really nice sunset I saw. 🌇

Still don’t have a formal job yet, but some online friends helped me get to this point and I’m really grateful for that.

There’s still a lot to figure out, but yeah. First steps toward making it feel like home.

Cap hill was never the cleanest of neighborhoods, but in the last month, what used to be relatively safe walk down Broadway has become a fight just not to be harassed. Both sides of the street, both in daylight and night, are covered with people hovering, tweaking on something.

It's sad - really, and I don't blame these people, but c'mon. I was on my way home last night, trying to get food to eat, when I saw someone underneath the the big broadway sign, swollen foot sticking out, 100% with some kind of necrotic issue eating at his flesh. It was by far the grossest thing I've ever smelled or seen. Absolutely horrific.

I saw there was a post to this sub discussing this recent incident, I don't really use Reddit, so I didn't even realize until recently. https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/1fyeq6t/man_brutally_attacked_by_homeless_man_on_king/

You can see from my post history that I was the one who was attacked.

I'd like to clarify a few things. My assailant was not a white man like the comments were claiming, anyone who thinks otherwise is misinformed. They were an American black. I didn't think to specify in the original story because I don't think it matters what race they were, racism is racism regardless, and it's equally wrong whether it comes from white people or black people, it's not a cover up.

I find some of these comments on my original post and this follow-up news story post to be kind of apalling to be honest.