Regated: Anticipating strong population growth, Seattle’s urban planners long ago built an impressive 5-lane highway through the city, a 2-lane by-way for the east side and a 3-lane freeway on the west side. Seattle’s infrastructure was built to host a growing economic hub and it was built to last. So how is it Seattle today has the worst traffic in America?
Infrastructure spending has doubled since the 1990s, yet every election focuses on an infrastructure crisis.
In Seattle, many point to new employees of Microsoft and Amazon. Sure, those have an effect. But the real problem is immigration. 14% of Washington is foreign born. How can we ever expect to build sustainable and safe infrastructure when we allow a million people each year to move here? MORE
Seattle. Not exactly on my bucket list. Matter of fact the entire left coast is off the list.
Grew up on the west coast. There are some beautiful places out there. But I have no tolerance for stupid people.
I can’t be bothered to visit again.
Doesn’t Seattle have a socialist, named Kshwarma Trabant or something, on the city council? And aren’t the majority of news stories out of Seattle about another lane being blocked off for bicycle use only?
It’s not just that. The retards engineering the infrastructure are fucking…. uhhh… retards. The retards who build it are fucking retards.
Bay Area BART system is a great example, built at a high cost and with unique equipment which made it difficult to replace economically. So they have just let it go to rot. It was a great system when I lived in the area, 30 years ago, but now it is in terrible condition. And a lot of other transit systems are in similar straits.
Seattleite here. Living near downtown should be the answer. First Hill, White Center, South Seattle etc. but that prime real estate has been given to the vibrants and is unliveably dangerous. Roving thugs. Speaking of choosing one, I’d like to see this choose one scenario:
Either welfare or urban public housing. Granted, it should be neither but at least choose one. If you must bail out worthless vibrants with public housing then why is it always in such prime locations? In Seattle they are within walking distance of downtown while the working Americans have to shuttle off everyday for a full hour or more just to have safe housing. Build public housing for the vibrants three hours out into the plains of Eastern Washington. I love Eastern Wa so that is a sad idea too but the downtown, non-vibrant producers should be free to choose a five minute commute if they want. I LOATHE the phrase “inner city”. Why the hell aren’t they out ruining their free housing in the sticks? Why the prime locations? They make all that urban land unliveable for miles around any big city. Not just Seattle. Why the hell do they need to be so close to the employment districts for?
Too many people, too much immigration. We don’t have the infrastructure for our third world level of population/immigration. I would submit that importing the third world in order to maximize revenues from diaper and toilet paper sales is not a smart way to set immigration policy. If I wanted to live in an overpopulated third world sc**ole I would move there. We don’t need a single additional to migrate to this country. What are they going to do? We have enough of our own problems. Time for a full moratorium on all immigration for the next 50 years. Deport all illegals and throw the muzzies out too while we are it. Don’t say we can’t do this, that is defeatist language that the left NEVER uses.
Seattle is one of my favorite cities to visit. Wonderful downtown, Pikes is a hoot, Palisades is a must, lots to do and lots to eat.
After 2 or 3 days, I’ve had it. Driving is a nightmare, haven’t rented a car there for many trips, much easier to cab it. I like to stay at the 4 Seasons, almost everything you could want to do is a nice walk away.