[unionjack22]

Seattle needs to aggressively address the ridiculous single-family zoning issues before we end up like the Bay Area. The city's only real advantage over San Fran/Palo Alto is it's relative affordability for tech workers and the talent pool that AMZN pulls. Beyond that, Seattle has neither the VC money or the number of start-ups and aggressively growing companies to compete with the Bay Area. If we lose that comparative affordability then the talent and businesses will start moving to lower-cost of living cities like Denver/Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Atlanta. It's going to very interesting to see what happens when AMZN selects it's second HQ. Word is it's now between Atlanta and Denver.