and while we’re on the subject of Amazon, I’d like to mention how it’s affected the city I’ve grown up in and love so dearly.
Amazon is in part directly responsible for the godawful housing market in Seattle and it’s surrounding towns. The average rent for a small home in my neighbourhood, 30 minutes north of Seattle, can top off to $1,900 a month. I live in a small, 3 bedroom rambler that’s nothing special and our rent is $1,800 per month and climbing as amazon tries to bring in more employees to the area. We’re in the middle of a homeless crisis because many people cannot afford to live here anymore with rent skyrocketing and the gentrification of many low-income neighbourhoods in order to create space for more amazon transplants.
just so y’all can see how much Seattle natives haaaate amazon and their impact:
and if y’all are interested or have time, do check out @/vanishingseattle on Instagram. Cynthia is lovely and she’s been documenting the destruction of Seattle due to amazon for years.
part of this is all the workers they bring in from cali who are used to paying a fuck load for housing, and local landlords think they can take advantage of it
Build. More. Houses.
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my city is dying
build more housing
no, i want to drive out employers
tsk, the real constituency of a city, for the benefit of which it’s run, isn’t whoever its occupants happen or happened to be at any given time - they can be replaced, it’s run for the benefit of its fixed real estate
