Crime. Everyone moves from DT Seattle to the eastside when they start a family. It’s normalized at this point, where if you see a potential threat u just walk across the street and go on with your business.
Hostile business environment. Jumpstart, inflationary wage environment, etc.
Living in DT Seattle is just meh. Expensive and the food scene is terrible due to local labor policies.
Inability to get anything done from the local govt. Wilson spent her campaign promising to make it easier to build housing and just gave in to nimby interests again.
Local politics is lunacy. Constant issues with the the unhoused population but it’s ok let’s just keep pushing it to little Saigon / Chinatown! Close your eyes since it doesn’t happen if you’re in Wallingford, QA, or Ballard!
Fewer and fewer major cos investing into the area.
And then there’s 0 transit enforcement or even any attempt at it. We don’t even have fare gates on the link for gods sake.
It’s just completely absurd how mismanaged this city is, despite how much potential there is.
Nowadays more and more offices opening in Bellevue.