> Headline is a bit misleading, as this isn't all of Seattle and just one specific location.
It's mainly the tourist part between king street station and pike place. And pretty much outside of 2nd and 3rd, you don't see it. It doesn't represent 99.99% of seattle and yet people here make it seem like all of seattle is overrun with homelessness.
SoDo is pretty sketch too. Lots of people living in RVs that won't move. The McDonald's has a bouncer and the bathroom has uv lighting. Tents on the side of most freeways. There's a lot of Seattle where this isn't the case, but I don't think it's 4 nines nice.
All of Seattle is overrun with homelessness, because most of the ~11,000 homeless people in King County live here, and less than half of them are sheltered.
But no, 99.9% of Seattle does not look like the block bounded by 2nd, 3rd, Pike, and Pine. Or like Pioneer square.
It's mainly the tourist part between king street station and pike place. And pretty much outside of 2nd and 3rd, you don't see it. It doesn't represent 99.99% of seattle and yet people here make it seem like all of seattle is overrun with homelessness.