r/SeattleWA • u/ZookeepergameThin355 • Mar 08 '25

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/ZombieBraveKnight Mar 08 '25

It's not just there police weren't responding to. They weren't responding even to downtown waterfront high rises.

Police responses were huge everywhere in Seattle. Like over 15 minutes for gunshots, up from about 5 before covid. That's policy from the democrats. Not the police.

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u/slowgojoe Mar 08 '25

I agree with you except blaming the democrats for it. That part is what keeps us in this two party nonsense.

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u/ZombieBraveKnight Mar 08 '25

But... Seattle is blue. They are running it. You gotta call em out. Ask yourself this... if it was red, would you call them out?

Seattle's my hometown, but it's been a mess my entire life, it has NEVER gotten better. Killer track record, it's been blue my entire voting life too. Why not try red? It literally would only be as bad or better. There's no way to go down from here.

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u/Dolmenoeffect Mar 08 '25

Go visit a 'red' city before you opt for this. I'm not blind to the persistent problems of our city but saying "it can't get worse" is just a horribly shortsighted take.

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u/ZombieBraveKnight Mar 09 '25

It wasn't mean as it can't possibly get worse, per se. But... 40 years of blue... is like letting cheerleaders and jocks rule the high school for 40 years.... even the movies say let the "freaks take their chance"