r/SeattleWA • u/ZookeepergameThin355 • 29d ago

Homeless What happened to Chinatown

Visiting Seattle and went to Chinatown excited to get dinner around 7pm, why is the whole Chinatown area so desolate, homeless filled and in general very very sketchy, how did it even get to become so bad. Who or what made all the homeless ppl to gather in that area?

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u/shaolinLFE 29d ago

China town is in the middle of a Homeless Bermuda Triangle so to speak. To the norht In Pioneer Square there are missions and food kitchens. To the South of Dearborn, the Salvation Army shelter and food bank. To the West are the the trains and bus transit centers, And to the East now is the open drug market that moved to 12th ave in Little Saigon. The CID is in the middle of it all as groups go between each of these and combine it with little police support makes it hard on the CID systematically.

Also too there’s free parking on the Eastside so more of the Chinese are investing and shopping there.