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Re:Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due... by SketchySeaBeast on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:02PM (#30677467)
Given that the problem moved from Bellevue to Seattle, that sounds less like "about everyone else" and more like "more about me". Just punish people enough until they move and become a problem elsewhere isn't making life better for anyone but the residents of whatever county they came from and only as long as they don't come back.
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Re:Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due... by seanmcdirmid on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:08PM (#30677547)
No, it is more of a "not being able to solve a regional/national problem" locally. If Seattle (or "Freattle" as it is called in grifter circles) is the best place to go and set up a tent, do decriminalized drugs, and shoplift with impunity, then...yes, they will attract a disportioncate part of the problem.

And yes, if the problem can't be solved locally (too harsh, push the problem somewhere else; too soft, attract more of the problem), why should be in the latter category? Is Seattle just a convenient sacrifice?

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