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by matheusmoreira 16 days ago
The ones bought and paid for by billion dollar corporations and industries?
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The entire city of Seattle seems to have been bought and paid for by basically 2 - 4 companies. Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, ...Starbucks in year's past maybe?
If that was the case, it seems like those companies would have forced the city to clean up 10th and Jackson.
Why would they? None of the major tech companies have offices in the international district, it doesn't directly impact them. They are however at least partially responsible for the rapid gentrification and cost of living crisis in Seattle and have displaced and priced out local residents causing and continuing to worsen the problem.