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Is the Amazon-Led Economic Boom Wrecking Seattle?
reifman writes: Seattleites are struggling with massive traffic, rising housing costs and declining diversity. Amazon's building and acquiring enough office space to triple its local headcount by 2020. Facebook, Google and many other tech companies are now expanding here as well — it's the San Franciscoization of Seattle. Downtown is filled with 75 cranes — some blocks look like mining towns. Amazon's hired so many white males that King County is now the whitest in the nation and hate crimes against gays have shot up in a formerly LGBTQ neighborhood. Politicians can't agree on reforming impact fees and taxes to address these issues."
An interesting piece of recent advice from a long time Amazonian to the company's interns: avoid full-time employment there.
Umm.. your confused. That was Harpo Marx not his retarded cousin Karl. Sorry, I know it's hard to tell the clowns apart but Harpo rarely spoke but had a lot to say.
I hate the South Lake Union area and refuse to go there
Goddammit. When did they rename the South Lake Union Trolley to the South Lake Union Streetcar? :(
I lived in Seattle for 5 years, and I loved taking out of towners to ride the SLUT.
white males are the soul of evil
Wait. That can't be right. White males ain't got no soul.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
No no. We have souls, they're just not ours, uh, originally.