"Seattle Kraken"
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Where are you getting your info from Dartsy, Seattle is one of the most economically dynamic cities in the USA. I'm still scratching my head over the Sonics moving to a one industry shithole that's being ravaged by fraking earthquakes, like Oklahoma City. And the University of California at Berkley drives Silicon Valley. They have a legit beef, Donato's anti-immigration agenda is pushing foreign talent to our city.
I don't believe Liam Neeson is done, Mel Gibson has done worse and he's still working. I checked his schedule he has two potential hits on his slate. The Ice Road is an action flick about a trucker who leads a rescue mission in the Canadian Arctic. And he's also getting to play Phillip Marlowe. The Raymond Chandler PI was immortalized by great performances from Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum - formidable company.
Release the Kraken!
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Turns out wazup is right. I didn't know this but apparently Seattle has turned into a shit hole. Has to do with the fact the cops have thrown in the towel on trying to move the homeless and petty crime. Fucking tent city everywhere.
There's a protest happening in Seattle right now. The latest in a long string of protests.
Fires and Pepper Spray in Seattle as Police Protests Widen Across U.S. (Published 2020)
From Los Angeles to New York, protesters marched in a show of solidarity with demonstrations in Portland, Ore. In Seattle, they smashed windows and set fires. A shooting at a protest in Austin, Texas, left one man dead.
So let's merge the sports forum into the politics forum.
You quoted no one. Your post came out of left field. Patty Hearst? Wasn't she from Frisco?
BTW, the first mention of politics in this thread was your post, #7.
Seattle is protest city. Birthplace of the G8 protests. Protesting is their passion.
I'm curious where your information came from.
Last year, The Economist listed Seattle the 4th most livable city in the United States, based on 5 broad factors: culture and environment, infrastructure, health care and education. Also on "stability" (2019) which shows the protests are of recent onset and likely related to having a white supremacist and extremely weak leadership in the White House the last 3 1/2 years, a situation soon to be resolved.
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Every major centre has tent cities. They're in specific areas and police correctly try to not create a larger problem by moving them.
The genesis of protests in Seattle was 1999's "Battle of Seattle". Seattle 2020 is nothing close to the Seattle I visited in the 1980's. It has gone downhill a lot.
1999 Seattle WTO protests - Wikipedia
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Boats housing vagabonds another sign of Seattle’s decline
A moored fleet of boats housing homeless is yet another sign of Seattle’s poor leadership leading to disastrous consequences.
thepostmillennial.com
Seattle drops out of top 5 for growth among major U.S. cities; here are the new leaders
For those Seattleites who feel the city’s been growing at much too fast a pace, this news should come as a welcome relief. For growth-loving urbanists, though, maybe it’s a bit of a downer.
www.seattletimes.com
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The protests 21 years ago were related to the WTO Conference held there at that time. The current protests relate to BLM. They’re not connected.
There were G20 protests held in Toronto in 2010 that were massive. That’s not the genesis of current protests.
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I'm not saying they are related but simply to point out that Seattle is host/home to many protests on many different issues.
Throwback Thursday: A History of Protests in Seattle
Being a city widely known for its laid-back, laissez-faire attitude, our penchant for protesting might come as a surprise to some. But in fact, riots and protests have long been…
www.seattlemag.com
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I'm not picking on Seattle but I'm simply expanding on what another member pointed out in an earlier post (quoted below).
"Seattle is a shithole like portland. Nobody will want to play there and especially raise kids there. There's going to be constant unrest there."
"Seattle is a shithole like portland. Nobody will want to play there and especially raise kids there. There's going to be constant unrest there."
These are interesting articles on a number of different levels; as you read them you should ask yourself the question:The genesis of protests in Seattle was 1999's "Battle of Seattle". Seattle 2020 is nothing close to the Seattle I visited in the 1980's. It has gone downhill a lot.
1999 Seattle WTO protests - Wikipedia
Boats housing vagabonds another sign of Seattle’s decline
A moored fleet of boats housing homeless is yet another sign of Seattle’s poor leadership leading to disastrous consequences.Seattle drops out of top 5 for growth among major U.S. cities; here are the new leaders
For those Seattleites who feel the city’s been growing at much too fast a pace, this news should come as a welcome relief. For growth-loving urbanists, though, maybe it’s a bit of a downer.
If one lives in a city that sees explosive growth because it's a desirable city with favourable living conditions,
is that growth always a good thing? Or can it bring problems with it?
Is it always desirable to live in a city that's in the top 5 for growth? Or can it take a city a while to catch up with what's happening?
Good questions but as I already mentioned my intent was simply to expand on the "constant unrest" comment by the other member. I think constant protests/demonstrations/riots qualifies as "constant unrest".
It sounds very similar to Montrealers protesting and how so many people left there as it went downhill.The genesis of protests in Seattle was 1999's "Battle of Seattle". Seattle 2020 is nothing close to the Seattle I visited in the 1980's. It has gone downhill a lot.
1999 Seattle WTO protests - Wikipedia
Boats housing vagabonds another sign of Seattle’s decline
A moored fleet of boats housing homeless is yet another sign of Seattle’s poor leadership leading to disastrous consequences.Seattle drops out of top 5 for growth among major U.S. cities; here are the new leaders
For those Seattleites who feel the city’s been growing at much too fast a pace, this news should come as a welcome relief. For growth-loving urbanists, though, maybe it’s a bit of a downer.
1917 conscription crisis
1995 unity rally
2003 anti-Iraq war protest
Earth Day 2012
Maple Spring protests, 2012
2018 anti-racism protest
2019 Global Climate Strikes
Do you think that this quote of yours would apply to Montreal as well?
"Seattle is a shithole like portland. Nobody will want to play there and especially raise kids there. There's going to be constant unrest there."
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