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Seattle allows rampant crime and homelessness, then acts shocked when businesses flee and residents face food deserts. After clearing downtown encampments, Mayor Bruce Harrell just shuffled the problem to residential neighborhoods like Lake City, where Fred Meyer finally said "we're done" and closed shop. Now Seattle's brilliant solution? Government-run grocery stores and "multi-pronged approaches" – everything except actually dealing with the shoplifting, drug addiction, and safety issues that drove businesses away in the first place. We dive into how the city's whack-a-mole homeless sweeps moved encampments two blocks down the street, why less than 5% of homeless accept actual housing, and how this predictable disaster is hitting the very communities Seattle claims to protect most. Is anyone surprised that businesses won't stick around when customers can't safely shop and inventory walks out the door daily? What's next – taxpayer-funded security guards for government grocery stores? Hit subscribe if you're tired of watching cities create problems, ignore solutions, and then blame "big corporate" when reality hits.
By Sean Reynolds4.4
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Seattle allows rampant crime and homelessness, then acts shocked when businesses flee and residents face food deserts. After clearing downtown encampments, Mayor Bruce Harrell just shuffled the problem to residential neighborhoods like Lake City, where Fred Meyer finally said "we're done" and closed shop. Now Seattle's brilliant solution? Government-run grocery stores and "multi-pronged approaches" – everything except actually dealing with the shoplifting, drug addiction, and safety issues that drove businesses away in the first place. We dive into how the city's whack-a-mole homeless sweeps moved encampments two blocks down the street, why less than 5% of homeless accept actual housing, and how this predictable disaster is hitting the very communities Seattle claims to protect most. Is anyone surprised that businesses won't stick around when customers can't safely shop and inventory walks out the door daily? What's next – taxpayer-funded security guards for government grocery stores? Hit subscribe if you're tired of watching cities create problems, ignore solutions, and then blame "big corporate" when reality hits.

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