I left Seattle in 2017 after many years living there. It was once a beautiful, civilized, wonderful city, and I'll forever be grateful for my life there before Amazon moved in and the radical commies took over the council. It's so sad to see the vast homeless encampments and the filth and crime that comes with lawlessness on the streets. Now it's also a Nazi-style police state where one must show one's personal medical records in order to dine in a restaurant or cafe. The sooner you can get out, the better -- if you own, you'll be able to get a good price on your house still, and find a very beautiful new home in a better area of the nation. Remember, most of the country doesn't mask, doesn't ask for vaccine mandates to eat out, and DOES enforce laws. My hunch is once you're out, you'll never look back. Good luck!
We live in the next county over where our based elected sheriff protects us some, so it’s not as bad. But even so, we need to sell our house and get out of here as fast as we can. Especially since my husband’s rightful religious exemption probably won’t be accepted, and they seem to be making sure that anyone who doesn’t get the shot won’t be able to get a job anywhere. I remember though when I used to go Downtown to kill time, one of my favorite places to be. I loved Seattle so much, friends would say I should be a tourguide. Now it’s a depressing and scary place that I don’t dare go to. It makes me so angry seeing what they did, remembering how amazing it once was.
I totally relate. I feel that something beautiful was recklessly destroyed. But as you said, the Seattle we knew and loved no longer exists. That's why I haven't gone back to visit, and I'm not sure if I'll ever return. Sad, but life is much better out here in the Midwest. :)
I left Seattle in 2017 after many years living there. It was once a beautiful, civilized, wonderful city, and I'll forever be grateful for my life there before Amazon moved in and the radical commies took over the council. It's so sad to see the vast homeless encampments and the filth and crime that comes with lawlessness on the streets. Now it's also a Nazi-style police state where one must show one's personal medical records in order to dine in a restaurant or cafe. The sooner you can get out, the better -- if you own, you'll be able to get a good price on your house still, and find a very beautiful new home in a better area of the nation. Remember, most of the country doesn't mask, doesn't ask for vaccine mandates to eat out, and DOES enforce laws. My hunch is once you're out, you'll never look back. Good luck!
We live in the next county over where our based elected sheriff protects us some, so it’s not as bad. But even so, we need to sell our house and get out of here as fast as we can. Especially since my husband’s rightful religious exemption probably won’t be accepted, and they seem to be making sure that anyone who doesn’t get the shot won’t be able to get a job anywhere. I remember though when I used to go Downtown to kill time, one of my favorite places to be. I loved Seattle so much, friends would say I should be a tourguide. Now it’s a depressing and scary place that I don’t dare go to. It makes me so angry seeing what they did, remembering how amazing it once was.
I totally relate. I feel that something beautiful was recklessly destroyed. But as you said, the Seattle we knew and loved no longer exists. That's why I haven't gone back to visit, and I'm not sure if I'll ever return. Sad, but life is much better out here in the Midwest. :)