Seattle: Clash Of Countercultures…Also, A Trip Up The Space Needle

We visit Seattle, Washington. I explore the former CHAZ/CHOP autonomous zone in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, and we go to the top of the Space Needle to see the incredible views.
We stayed at the Springhill Suites Downtown Seattle
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Travel Vlog #54

[@mikewilhelmson8413]

I will comment what I think. First and foremost I like your content and have watched many of your videos now, thank you for producing them. As for stores with no cashiers and the dystopian future we are rocketing towards I will always cherish having grown up in America the way it used to be. I refuse to use self checkouts, or online retailers.

[@nicolasbaker9601]

Get with it or get lost I guess

[@mikewilhelmson8413]

@@nicolasbaker9601 Im working on it. Hopefully in a few years I'll be living off the land in the middle of nowhere. Im not trying to stop whats happening, just dont wanna be a part of it

[@dopeMike_]

@@mikewilhelmson8413 They cant get to you on a mountain but they damn sure will try.

[@kimberlygatz1368]

I have lived in the Seattle area for 60 years and I used to love my city. Now? It’s an embarrassment and a cesspool. The government is a joke and had destroyed this once beautiful city. We retire next winter and will be moving out of this state. Those homeless camps are disgusting

[@TXRBL]

I lived in Seattle from 96 to 2021. It’s horrible how a once beautiful city has fallen so far.

[@gregorymclean1979]

Yes, we have to start stating the obvious and fighting back to keep some of these once amazing and beautiful places just that.

[@rehabwardialer]

Good luck on your journey we moved out about 18 months back, one of the hardest choices we ever made but kids are thriving and it was the best choice for us. My heart still aches for what Seattle once was.

[@kimberlygatz1368]

@@rehabwardialer thank you! We are really anxious to go. Hopefully this summer/Fall. Congrats on your new life!

[@hollykappert8200]

You are right. It is sad

[@bobstribulations8578]

Love the Space Needle tour. Brings back memories. Remember the giant hole filled with concrete for ballast before the actual construction. Went to the top on the second day of fair. The observation area is where they displayed the first dollar bill vending machine. Thanks, again. BTW: Just wish they can go back in time and prevent the politicians from making Seattle the dump it's become. Sad.

[@TOCC50]

Floyd died of a drug overdose

[@jimmyday9536]

Cities are run by mayors. Mayors are elected by the people of the city. If this is how Seattle chooses to live, good for them. One things for sure, it ain't the same city that Perry Como used to sing about.

[@1020donny]

I'm a lifelong resident of downtown Seattle, (Belltown and Pioneer Square), and you don't even know what you are talking about. Seattle viewed as dirty and sketchy for suburbanites as long as I can remember.

[@neonspark707]

That major isn't there anymore 😜

[@carolharmon4638]

@@neonspark707 yes but our governor is. He's a loser too.

[@mikewilhelmson8413]

The government elects itself now. Wake up fool

[@JTSunriseMusic]

$rattle is Run by corporations and big international money. Local government officials are corporate puppets. All media corporate controlled. No referendums. Not a democracy. Homeless and crime brought to you by Amazon who put businesses out and people on the streets with no human services

[@mikemullay5622]

I have lived in the Puget Sound area all my life, and now as I approach my 70th year of life, I will never again be a pedestrian in Seattle. I rarely even drive through it anymore. Nowhere in Seattle do I feel safe even in broad daylight.

[@rehabwardialer]

This is so true we lived there for many years and finally said, we never go downtown why do we live here if we can't enjoy the city. So we sold and moved to a more rural area with more space and sun.

[@liannebedard5521]

@@mikemullay5622 so take the train…

[@navyboymommygramma]

If you didn't come across the hill to our side then you didn't visit Washington, same with Oregon. We have a left and a right side to the state, coasties and the rest of us, two totally different worlds

[@kc4cvh]

In each of the blighted cities you've shown us, someone is enjoying a good business selling spray paint, though at least some fraction is stolen. Scenes like these and the sight of cars in freight trains make me think acrylic enamel in aerosol cans was one of the worst product ideas ever.

[@ronniewester8884]

I may have to stand in line a little longer for a cashier but it's worth it to keep them employed.

[@newempress256]

I live in Vancouver Canada, border to Seattle, rains all the time. Low energy vibes. You can see the different frequencies in different areas of this planet. The buildings in Seattle are grey or dark to go with the sky. There isnt much color there.

[@kendrafullofjoy]

I won't go to Seattle. I've lived across the water in from Seattle in Kitsap County for 40+ years. We used to go to Seattle to play and to eat and to visit. It's not somewhere I feel safe any longer. Sad.

[@earllutz2663]

Well, after your Portland video, I was mildly surprised. I expected Seattle to be trashed, just as Portland was. But at least, Seattle was able to keep the trashing of the city, to that one area, which is still trashed, but not as bad as Portland.

[@brenmanock]

We used to love to go to Seattle but no more. It’s dirty and unsafe now. Too bad

[@birdlover6842]

Living in Seattle it is a *ellish city.

[@gregorymclean1979]

Yes, we have to start stating the obvious and fighting back to keep some of these once amazing and beautiful places just that.

[@T.E.P..]

thanks again for alllll these vids .... been an incredible delight and heartbreak

[@birdman5223]

Agree w u Joe about the overall grocery/jobs trends in our country. I worked in grocery stores for over 40yrs, incredible changes just keep happening😵‍💫

[@mikebailey9566]

Pikes Market is a must see while in Seattle.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

@Mike Bailey Overrated tourist trap.

[@liannebedard5521]

And the first rule is that its name is the PIKE PLACE MARKET. JOURNALISM 101…get the d….. name right.

[@liannebedard5521]

⁠@@ralphjohnson3202and beloved year round market, which was once threatened with demolition. Locals, not tourists, saved it. The little medallions naming contributors are in the sidewalk.

[@havo7972]

Thanks for the videos, oh my goodness city.

[@kimberlygatz1368]

*snort*…Art work on the buildings…yeah… keep telling yourself that. It’s real beautiful and inviting.

[@fixieroy]

Grafiti is street art. It can be quite beautiful sometimes if its just not tagging.

[@kimberlygatz1368]

@@fixieroy well it’s not beautiful in downtown Seattle . It’s dirty.

[@mikewilhelmson8413]

Graffiti is not art, it's uncivilized trash. America is being reduced to a third world country and nobody is doing a goddamned thing to stop it.

[@kendrafullofjoy]

I thought the same thing. "Artwork"? Vandalism.

[@AKASHROY-i9f]

Watching your videos from India they're awesome🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wayneremington3781]

I love your wife's outlook... If it doesn't spin drink enough wine to make it spin!!!!

[@martykong3592]

:) THANKS MUCH for sharing! Have lived in area since 1974, except for 16 year detour to DFW and Tyler :) As you pointed out, former Mayor Durkin condoned the CHOP, and abandoning the Police Station :( She was a piece of work indeed, and no consequences for her deleting all the Text messages around her fiasco :( New Mayor seems to be trying well to clean up even more and 1st Republican Mayor for a LONG time. Amazon is closing some of its Go stores as the experiment to put people out of work for convenience and profit, just like the Famous Starbux not wanting Unions to protect the workers :( Safe travels and ALL the BEST! Cheers! :)

[@davidgreenhow7811]

Bruce Harrell is a Democrat, not a Republican.

[@ThomasStevens-u2i]

I think the worry about the Amazon store was wrong because already all the bigger stores I go to are self checkout already. It’s actually hard to find cashiers at most stores these days.

[@af-np4pg]

Grew up around this 'sister city' and don't like what it's turned into. Hope you guys haven't forgotten there's 52 states!

[@nixwestlake9196]

There are 50 states. Puerto Rico and Washington, DC are not considered states

[@PhilSjoding]

You asked about the Amazon store. With Seattle’s high minimum wages business May need this to be profitable. It also may prevent shoplifting

[@jbehm58]

Some great music in your videos!

[@qubit0002]

Seattle is an apt metaphor for the US as a country

[@stanburdick9708]

Grew up here in the 50s and watched the once beloved city turn to $hit....perfect

[@TOCC50]

They fell for the jab hoax

[@mariefitzgerald-c1p]

You totally missed the statue of Jimi Hendrix at the corner of Broadway and Pine, only focused on a two block area of Capitol Hill that has always been the run down section. Missed a lot of good neighborhoods

[@hollykappert8200]

The chop zone is a major embarrament. The fact the mayor called it the summer of love shows the type of brainless people running King County. The voters there must love it though. They keep voting the same way. I moved far away and now live in SW WA. Thank god

[@FlintYeastwood]

Lmfao you still think that the mayor was serious when she said "Summer of Love"? You do know it was a joke. She said it knowing it would get a reaction from the right. Not only did she get a reaction. People on the right still utter the phrase to this day. She knew what she was doing and it worked.

[@manifestationsofasort]

Yes because your areas are FAR superior 🤦

[@gregpies1649]

Agree with you about Amazon it should be called Amazon No Go. Hope this model isn't adopted by other businesses.

[@cheryllcarter3072]

Trust me Seattle has changed for the worst since u have been there..........they closed down a couple Amazon go......my son worked at the store u went in. Lots of crime and exsorbedent prices ......if u go again u should check out the pike place market just be aware of your surroundings if walking to the market Last time I was in the space needle it cost $16 to go up.

[@hanske4106]

Seattle and it's Space Needle are the only place I also visited years and years ago. I like your video's! Watching them gives me the idea to have a holiday in the US. Greetings Hans, Netherlands, Europe.

[@holly5791]

I remember the Elvis movie, "It Happened at the World's Fair". It centered around the fair, Space Needle and such. I'm sure it was good for tourism.

[@conniecrawford5231]

Did you miss Pike Place Market- another iconic Seattle attraction? Also gum alley!

[@jacobortegatv1598]

Gum alley no longer exists.

[@kidoman7988]

@@jacobortegatv1598 Not true. I was there 2 days back lol

[@capcom7794]

@@jacobortegatv1598 you must not live here, it will never go away. they just clean it every once in a while.

[@dopeMike_]

@@kidoman7988 I got a picture of it to prove it still exists!

[@BigGator5]

One of my favorite KZbinrs, MxR Plays, lives in Seattle. Nice guy. Highly recommend checking him out.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Now you tell me. I'm in Boise now. :)

[@BigGator5]

Lord Spoda ...I meant his KZbin channel and I was talking generally to anyone reading my comment.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

@@BigGator5 I know. I was razzing you.

[@BigGator5]

Lord Spoda ...Oh, LOL! 😅

[@McIntyreBible]

6:45, what a spineless mayor!

[@daspolemon]

I don't mind the AmazonGo stores at all tbh. I think of it as essentially a walk-in vending machine. The only problems I see with this is that it can track what you're buying, so that's perhaps somewhat concerning, etc.

[@johnnycashh7148]

Hope you got a chance to get some food at Pikes Place Market. 🐟 Ivar's is a Must!! 🍻

[@cf200]

The hill always looked like that the graffiti is constant, it’s the night-life area

[@albertabrain63]

For observing Seattle, Colombia Center is way better. Cheaper. Better views. Very informative.

[@vickvega571]

Sketchy Capitol Hill. Lmao I, from LA and Cap Hill looks like a normal old neighborhood with great architecture.

[@WilliamHPastey]

dude that graffiti isn't from chop, the day anything is cleaned up or painted over, its re tagged

[@saltywinchester1600]

Man, you guys are vaccinated? Good luck with that and I mean it.

[@annebarch7751]

love you guys and your videos. What shocked me most is that you two got vaccinated 😢

[@Over60sowhat]

Wow!! This is excellent!! I had no idea about this place!!

[@donsais6620]

It''s the same here in Denver Colorado with the homeless ,come and check it out.

[@nixwestlake9196]

Denver is a pit.

[@mikemullay5622]

My sister-in-law used to live in Olive Tower.

[@mikeleago1]

You forgot to visit the very beautiful and safe Pike place market/ Belltown neighborhood 😂😳

[@badpiggies988]

I live near Seattle- luckily not in it but in one of those small tech-towns across the lake from it. There are many bad parts of it (don’t even get me started on the homeless camps under the highway bridges near Boeing Field) but there are also some okay parts like downtown and great parts like West Seattle; also I like all its culture, and the people are very nice (as a matter of fact, some of its current problems stem from them being TOO nice). But thanks for discouraging more of the few people who realize that our state does exist from moving here

[@TOCC50]

21st Century Sucks

[@dopeMike_]

"Too nice" Not when I lived there...

[@cwa2012]

Did you guys come to the Capitol building in Olympia? It's awesome ❤

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We'll be going there soon. :)

[@nixwestlake9196]

They have one of these in San Antonio, Texas.

[@abathens]

Went to the Space Needle in 2005. It was cold and windy up there that day.

[@badpiggies988]

Warmest day in Seattle

[@timfeeley714-25]

They have a glass bridge/walkway in China built on the side of a mountain hundreds of feet in the air, they can make the glass look like it's cracking under your feet, it's hilarious to watch people freak out! There are videos on KZbin.

[@warrenscarlett9302]

👍👍👍

[@LizZee-uj7ty]

You are on Capital Hill- it’s always been dangerous. The area hospitals are there- it’s not downtown -Pioneer Square is downtown- it’s dangerous too. We left in 2000 when things began to get bad.

[@LizZee-uj7ty]

The Space Needle is on Queen Ann Hill- it’s safe, a good neighborhood.

[@tasossaros8375]

Greetings n Happy Saturday

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thanks, Tasos! I didn't even know what day it was until you told me. :)

[@tasossaros8375]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip 😄

[@robertbruner7429]

I know a family of three, all of whom are employed by a major supermarket chain that depends on cashiers. I've also walked outside of my office only to see protests in front of McDonalds for higher wages, because they didn't feel the legal minimum wage was sufficient compensation for their unskilled labor. Meanwhile technology is exponentially growing. Unskilled labor jobs offering minimum wages have long been a starting point, and ONLY a starting point for people joining the workforce. Jobs will continue to be replaced with technology in ever greater numbers in ways we cannot yet imagine. For better or worse, unskilled labor will continue to have increasingly less value in the modern workforce. Disapproval of an inevitable process won't slow it down, and as time moves forward cognitive based skills will be the determining factor concerning who is, or is not, employed. Is it fair? No, but then neither is life.

[@ashleymeggan]

I LOVE Seattle. Love it. It’s such a great city. The only complaint would be third avenue - but even that is sort of meh for someone who lived in New Orleans. If it had just been me, I likely wouldn’t have flinched. I had my 4 yr old with me though - we were trying to get to the train. But, honestly… it is SUCH a beautiful city with so much to do.

[@olinwright7628]

Trash, graffiti, encampments etc maybe 20 years ago

[@zachgilbert3815]

You love pits of festering garbage, endless needle-laden homeless camps and boarded up shops? Weird

[@dopeMike_]

@@olinwright7628 Yep was much different 20 years ago.

[@saltywinchester1600]

"Whatever you do, don't look down!" ~ Adam the Woo

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

LOL, we looked down. :)

[@johngalanti1010]

What if you don't put your credit card in? There's no security that I saw. You could just walk in, then walk right out!

[@jeffreymarshall4572]

Seattle and San Francisco are two of the most naturally beautiful cities in the world. Both ruined by liberal policies and politicians.

[@gregorymclean1979]

Agreed, we have to start stating the obvious and fighting back to keep some of these once amazing and beautiful places just that.

[@ljacobs357]

Did you ever consider that liberal policies helped make these cities great.

[@jeffreymarshall4572]

@@ljacobs357 They weren’t liberal when they were well run.

[@anthonydavis3424]

Yes

[@anthonydavis3424]

@@ljacobs357 no

[@MyButtsBeenWiped]

Well, it isn't called Shitattle for Nothing !

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Heard that, Phil!

[@ralphjohnson3202]

Phil Wilson You couldn't have said it better.

[@1020donny]

@@birdlover6842 I live in Seattle and you should just leave if you think it's so terrible.

[@jptang1701]

@@1020donny White man bad? Am I right? LOL

[@roxanneholder4219]

Totally agree with this comment

[@TrinityHarrison]

Cap hill graffiti is a permanent installation, it wasn't started with chop 🤣

[@joeespo177]

In my opinion, it's a mistake to call all the graffiti and defacement "artwork". It's vandalism and nothing more.

[@PowPowSunshine100]

Capitol Hill is the "bohemian" neighborhood of Seattle, artists, musicians, intellectuals. It's a very colorful area. Away from the area you poked around are some gorgeous homes that some of the more successful artists live in.

[@dopeMike_]

I thought that was Fremont

[@irahandwerker8557]

i feel lucky i do not live in seattle or any city like it

[@suzannehaigh4281]

That is what our delightful Government is allowing London and place alike to become, not with British

[@jaxx0707]

Washington is a beautiful state though so I hope everyone still visits the beautiful towns like Bellview and Bellingham it's beautiful but the major obviously failed the citizens by telling the police to just leave i don't get why he did that.

[@annebarch7751]

my son lived in bellingham, beautiful

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Looks like it did not "trickle down" very well. That's a shame.

[@marcusjohnson7772]

Go Seahawks 🏈

[@dopeMike_]

Go Sonics! oh.......right.

[@billm4330]

It cost $1 to ride the elevator to the top of the Space Needle in 1962 when it opened.

[@michellec.9852]

The most disturbing part of the video was having to show your papers to go up the space needle. That was scary.

[@starphase1623]

They really need to paint over all that disgusting unsightly graffiti. White paint . Some painters . And fine or arrest anyone who defaces any more properties.🚔

[@williamwilson6499]

Oh, that’ll stop them for sure. 🤦‍♂️

[@TrinityHarrison]

Blank canvas for the next artists

[@eoyguy]

Well, technology has always been the driving force of getting rid of human employees. From the first assembly line to computer controlled everything, there has always been en effort to streamline production and reduce cost as much as possible. Getting rid of a human employee gets rid of paying their wages, benefits, sick days and just as importantly these days, they aren't going to quit in the middle of a shift.

[@kimberleegullbailey2547]

I've been watching your channel for a while now and enjoyed it for the most part. One thing that has surprised me is that you have a vaccination card that you mentioned in this episode. I realize I'm watching it two years after it was posted to KZbin, so in light of the personal health information card requirements I think it's odd to even hear that. If anybody asked me for my vaccination card, my personal medical information, they're going to get the middle finger. It's not their damn business. I never got faxed anyway. It was all a joke brought on by our corrupt government and misinformation!!! Proud to be a pure blood!!!!

[@carolharmon4638]

Passed where I live which is Tacoma. Saw the dome. There are alot of homeless here too. I stay away from Seattle. It's a crazy place and very unpredictable with alot of random crime. Smash and grab that sort of thing as well as stabbings. Our leadership sucks.

[@dopeMike_]

Lakewoods always been a stop and rob too.

[@summerz8867]

Well somebody will still need to stock the shelves, wouldn’t be the same without them in the way…

[@vernecunningham5341]

Seattle you sure didnt go to the tent city it is 3 times as big as Portland and 10 dirty

[@lindaschaefer5499]

The store with the palm or credit card scan just is mind boggling. What do you do for social interaction? Go home and talk to Alexa I guess.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

It's crazy, right? Can you imagine how many low income workers would be out of a job it it was implemented in Walmarts and Targets?

[@lindaschaefer5499]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Let me add to the craziness. When you stepped off the elevator at the Space Needle there was an older lady in a black and white print shirt carrying a coral sweater. "OMG, that's Judy," I said right out loud. I have her and her husbands picture on my mantle. I haven't seen her since she passed away. Yes, that's right, this has to be a doppelganger. I have sent this out to my family because it's amazing. Although . . . I must admit that shopping for others would be Judy's idea of heaven. I still can't get over that lady!!!!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

@@lindaschaefer5499 Wow, that is crazy! 😀

[@hottuna7]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Do you like having a nice car? Well, guess how many "poor" people lost their jobs when Henry Ford instituted the assembly line. It's the way of the world, everything has a tradeoff.

[@laswan5]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip It's too much like the mark of the beast for me. But there's nothing anyone can do as we will have a cashless society very soon. You will own nothing and be happy. Look up Agenda 21. The globalists don't want us to own land and want/will herd everyone into the cities where there will be everything you need. Work, play and shop. No cars eventually, except for deliveries. You'll live in a stak&pak apt less thn 1,000Square feet, depending on how much money is in your account. Travel by public transportation, bicycle or walk. One of these days it will be too hard to buy land and build and they'll stop maintaing rural areas and roads. The sad thing is everything they do is presented to the public in a way that sounds so good so people really want it. If "smart" is attatched to the product you should NOT buy it. They have kids brainwashed at such an early age now too. Programs like Head Start. Anything funded by the government one should avoid. It will kick your arse in the end. Like I said...look up Agenda 21.

[@shopdave7489]

What happened to visiting the state capitols?

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We'll be coming around a second time in several of these states.

[@shopdave7489]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Good

[@charliesmithers7663]

Have to break it to you. The space needle is in no way up there with the Eiffel tower or Golden gate bridge

[@dopeMike_]

It IS kinda "UP" there...

[@polskigirl8547]

It’s called Crapitol Hill….trust me….it’s more bad than the day you visited….don’t get me started on this once beautiful state….

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Did you meet Frazier

[@yopage]

Capitol Hill is not too far from Jimmy Hendrix's grave. I remember the space needle without the glass walls. It was installed to keep people from jumping off. Crazy city but I have so many good and interesting friends there.

[@badpiggies988]

Ffs why have so many iconic landmarks become such popular log-off locations, nowadays there are so many much-taller buildings in Seattle

[@bingostar9207]

Why would folks in the chop zone need jobs? They don’t work… You do and pay their way for them.

[@McIntyreBible]

7:08, they call it autonomy, but it's just a fancy word for organized rebellion!!

[@1020donny]

No the term "Autonomous Zone" is a term used by neo-anarchist. The vast majority of the neo-anachist weren't from Seattle. This is why CHAZ was rejected for CHOP by BLM activist. The neo-anarchist attempted to control the area and this led to to all the crap that went down. Want to blame someone, blame white people from the suburbs dressed in black pretending to be revolutionaries.

[@polskigirl8547]

Lawlessness….

[@dopeMike_]

It was Autonomous until their parents cut their funding off. Then it was back to the basement.

[@gregory-k8u]

covid was a pain in our lives people

[@loraballard744]

You should've went to the Amazon district. It's very clean.

[@keyup2626]

Loved the space needle very cool. Great views from way up there, you sure had a beautiful day. Kinda sad all the graffiti and mess. I just don’t understand left wing liberal cities they where they have that anything goes mentality. The west coast is amazing, to bad you aren’t going up into Canada it’s really beautiful up in that area.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Eventually, if things work out, we will be going to Canada. Crossing my fingers, I really want to do that.

[@keyup2626]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip that’s fantastic news I sure hope it works out for you.

[@hamboner126]

You don't understand people having freedoms?

[@kyleelsbernd7566]

@@hamboner126 You mention freedom but not responsibility. Someone works to make a building and people have the freedom to deface or destroy it? You call that freedom?

[@mantwaan]

Vancouver is very similar to Seattle in that regard

[@McIntyreBible]

14:14, my opinion is that that kind of technology is fine for Amazon, but that's it!

[@annabelleb.8096]

I don't like those Amazon stores and will not go into one. Automatically having my credit card charged for food items without me actually seeing it, palm scans no thanks. At least at self check out you see what you are doing. The end of the video was nice but seeing Seattle look like it does was rough.

[@cgulden]

Walmart self check is costing the company big money, so it costs us more.

[@boivilla7458]

Vandalism is one of the worst crime to commit anywhere in the world....its dirty...expensive to clean and it serve nothing to anyone except to the vandals....they should make a law...committing vandalism have to have a higher fine and jail sentence.

[@laswan5]

They already have laws. The police arrest them if they have enough police to even do that. A lot of times it's just a ticket. They throw it away and don't pay. If they get a court date they either don't go or the judge doesn't do anything and they're back out just that quick. Nothing seems to get enforced. Need to get rid of libtard governor Jay Inslee too. People claim mental health issues and it's not against the law to be crazy. This is so stupid and disgusting. People do whatever they want now days. Violent crimes have skyrocketed in Seattle all the way up to Everett and beyond. North, south, east and west. Time to get a weapon and ammo and learn how to use it.

[@marcusjohnson7772]

Go Sounders FC ⚽

[@janlarson2584]

Lived in Washington, within 15 miles of Seattle up until a year ago. I used to love going into the city until it became a haven for drug use. We finally moved out of State. I think you kind of did a disservice to Seattle. Yes, it has its ugly side, but you didn't go to the waterfront? The public market, the beautiful areas, of the city. I hope you will revisit at some point. There is so much more to see

[@dopeMike_]

Theres a sh!tton of places to go in Seattle and in a 2 day whirlwind tour you're not seein much. His wife mentioned they liked going to bars.......that is a bar city.

[@mwyatt222]

l would like to point out that the vast majority of homeless people you see on the entire west coast are actually people that have come there to be homeless. lve seen this statistically proven and talked to homeless people myself while living 5 minutes from Redondo beach in Lomita. The German in Venice channel has made this point before as well. l dont think its mentioned enough. lts a 107 degrees in Dallas Tx today. l guarantee if you gave all the homeless by me in Sparkman a bus ticket to San Jose California or Seattle they'd be gone.

[@501764727]

Long story short along with Portland & SF...... the West Coast has gone Looney Tunes!

[@ramonacrandall9492]

[@manifestationsofasort]

You know Portland's bad when Seattle is better in comparison

[@elialamille965]

I called the zombie city 🧟🧌 come see but this time. Around to the market place ⬅️ pine Street ⬅️ and around the stadiums. I Love Seattle but it is what it is.

[@davidgreenhow7811]

I have lived in Seattle for 25 years, including 10 years (1999-2009) on Capitol Hill. There's no denying that the areas you showed were awful. I will say that the area looks better since the time you shot this video, and that the street where you felt unsafe at 11:00 is a block away from my church. I'm in and out of the QFC supermarket almost every Sunday after the service. I've never felt unsafe in the neighborhood, but I can understand how a visitor could. Unfortunately, the images of Seattle, Portland and San Francisco have been politicized by some as a way of convincing others that cities run by Democrats or progressives (not necessarily the same thing) are dystopian hellholes. But I've seen your other videos of run down third world cities and towns in red states and think that poverty in America has less to do with the party affiliation of local leaders and more to do with our lack of political will to do anything to help those less fortunate. Americans think that if one is suffering it's because they are lazy or have done something wrong or (OMG!) that God is somehow punishing them, and any help they receive including, incredibly, raising the minimum wage so they can actually earn their way out of poverty through honest work just enables them. If only Seattle really was run by progressives who actually want to do something about the problem by providing affordable housing, drug rehab centers and mental health facilities that these people need. Seattle unfortunately was hit by a perfect storm in 2020, and I suspect the same was true for other West Coast cities. Housing costs started to skyrocket in the early 2010s with no end in sight. There are a lot of high paying jobs at Amazon, among other employers. Developers started building high end apartments and condos for these high paid workers and basically stopped building anything affordable to the average person. High rents = more homelessness; that is not rocket science. But then the pandemic came. Retail, restaurant and other workers downtown lost their jobs during the lockdown. I am lucky enough to have been able to work from home, but I was not coming downtown to my job any more. Businesses that relied on office drones like me to buy lunch or pick up a few things at Bartell Drugs or maybe do a little shopping at Westlake before going home lost their customers. Downtown was abandoned by everyone other than those who had no other place to go; i.e. the homeless. This reinforced the idea that downtown was a scary place for the non-homeless which kept people away even more. Finally, there was the killing of George Floyd in May 2020. A lot of the racial violence in the 1960s and, of course, the riots in Los Angeles after the beating of Rodney King in the 1990s were triggered by police violence against people of color. Whatever you think of how to appropriately respond to police violence, this is how people are going to respond. Seattle was certainly not alone in the nationwide demonstrations, but the Autonomous Zone, as far as I know, was unique to this city. You are correct that it did not end well, and a lot of us had many different feelings about it. Police violence should never, ever, be tolerated. The do not have the authority to be judge, jury and executioner in a country where one is considered innocent until proven guilty and non-violent protests, such as those led by Dr King many years ago, are a good way of holding police accountable when they go on a power trip. But yes, the Capitol Hill protests obviously got out of hand. Even friends I have who live in the former CHOP and supported the goals of the protest said it really got annoying after a while. But it's not a black and white issue. A lot of positive things in this country have happened because of organized protest. I will always be on the side of those who try to make life better for those who historically have not been treated well. But enough about politics... As for the Amazon Go stores, I share your mistrust and never use them. Besides destroying jobs, it's too gimmicky in my opinion. Interestingly, on the second floor of that QFC on Pike Street there's a place that sells fried chicken. I went in there once and there was a guy behind the counter to cook the food, but instead of just simply telling him what I would like, having him cook it, and paying for it they required me to scan a QR code, download the food choices, and place my order on line even though I was right there. Sorry, I don't play that. I stopped at Ezell's (best chicken in town!) in the U District on the way home instead. Just let me order off a f***ing menu. Glad you enjoyed the Space Needle. I've only been there when I was out here in 1997 while interviewing for the job that caused me to move here, or when hosting relatives from out of town. But it's still an amazing structure that proudly symbolizes our city and we Seattleites love it. Thank you for sharing a video that neither sugarcoats Seattle's problems nor dismisses the city as completely beyond hope. I hope the next time you visit you will have a more positive experience. Seattle really is a great city - come back any time! In the meantime, I'm really enjoying your videos. You are inspiring me in my own road trips to visit places I would never otherwise have heard of!