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Re:Amazon Has Swallowed Downtown Seattle by Kocrachon on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @07:41PM (#12005675)
As someone who is a Seattle Native, I don't see many employed adults complaining about it nearly as much as I see early 20 somethings complaining about it. The same people who don't remember much of older Seattle. Yes, we had "grunge" but really, we are not missing much with these changes. I do dislike how expensive housing as gotten, but its not that.

Plus, Amazon is not the only player here. Microsoft, Oracle, Facebook, and Disney are all in the area as well. Google is also building a new office in the SLU area as well.

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Re:Amazon Has Swallowed Downtown Seattle by slededit on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:13AM (#12006708)
A true Seattle native is like a unicorn. Practically everyone around here is from somewhere else originally. This remains true even in the suburbs.

The exodus in the 70s really did a number on the area.

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