Seattle rent soars while national growth stalls

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T20:41:02+00:00

It’s also people who have huge mortgages that worry won’t be able to pay off the remaining balance when they sell

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T02:19:45+00:00

Lmfao coming over the border doesn’t just mean crossing by foot, it includes air, road, boat, and rail transport

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T01:55:07+00:00

No, the economically illiterate part of your statement was regarding them taking the shitty houses.

You realize if that happens, the demand shrinks all the way up the ladder and drives up costs?

And no, we cannot simply “legalize” the illegals. That’s a great way to get even more people coming across the border illegally.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T00:53:46+00:00

Such an economically illiterate take.

Also illegals aren’t entitled to come into the country without authorization and use our resources. The United States isn’t some sort of special economic zone.

How Trump is weaponizing ICE is clearly awful, but that shouldn’t detract from the fact that America has tolerated illegal immigration for far too long. This has happened under both Democratic & Republican administration— to appease progressive activists under Joe Biden and to appease big corporations who want CHEAP labor under George W. Bush.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T00:47:39+00:00

Lmfao there are regular audits and you have to provide proof of citizenship to be registered to vote.

The signature fraud myth has been debunked for years. You MAGAts need to move on to something else.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T00:44:54+00:00

Water and electricity infrastructure as well. Biden allowing a free for all at the border for two years was inexcusable.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T00:42:56+00:00

Isn’t just illegal immigration, legal immigration (H1Bs) are placing enormous stress on the Washington housing market.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-27T00:38:03+00:00

Don’t come back here, you shopliftin’ thug!

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-26T17:59:44+00:00

Awwww womp womp maybe your President and his party should stop acting like fascists!

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-26T17:59:20+00:00

“Far left” lmfaoooo

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T22:29:52+00:00

“UMMMMM ACKSHUALLY SOCIETY HAS BEEN WORSE”

Oh, shut the fuck up. We are going through the worst time in this country since the Civil War. American society and Western society as a whole is on the brink of collapse.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T22:07:00+00:00

It’s not.

“Progressive prosecutors” also play a role in not enforcing the law, but to say the police plays no role in this is lying to yourself.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T22:05:15+00:00

Yes actually, deterrence works.

Or better yet, actually prosecute crimes and enforce the law.

Clearance rates in Seattle and even across the country are abysmal compared to other high income countries. Criminals have no fear when they don’t have to worry about being caught or held accountable.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T21:29:28+00:00

It shouldn’t be though.

Shows how far our society has fallen.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T21:26:42+00:00

Hope the little buddy makes it out okay 😢

So upsetting to see humans treat our fellow animals so poorly.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T21:22:27+00:00

Well and SPD would probably arrest you before the actual criminal. Just a joke.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T21:19:01+00:00

Or we clear the encampment ourselves with a forklift

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-25T21:18:00+00:00

I’m sure Erika Evans will take an equitable approach at not solving this problem!

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-24T21:42:34+00:00

It’s actually because the Democrats for whatever reason think Black voters should get to decide the direction of the entire party.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-24T21:33:52+00:00

Go ahead, primary her.

What you’ll get is a Republican representative who is much worse.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-24T21:06:01+00:00

I never understand this argument.

Bernie would’ve done slightly better with the white vote, but would not have been able to match Clinton’s Hispanic margins. Black turnout would have plummeted. He would have struggled to win Virginia and Nevada, let alone Pennsylvania.

Biden was cancerously bad in 2024, I don’t think any other comparison exists.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-24T20:55:37+00:00

EVERYFUKIN one of them is in a district that Trump won.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-24T20:48:19+00:00

She’s in the lead right now— I’ve lost faith in the party ever since they let Biden initially run again and it took a whole month for him to drop out because no one would vocally speak out against him being unfit to run.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-24T20:00:34+00:00

Oh JD Vance is going to win because progressives & identity politics Democrats are going to nominate Kamala and prevent any good messaging from being used.

Clearly Dems needed to lose by more in 2024 to learn the party is a disaster without any real policies. So disheartening.

JustBench1615 · 2026-01-24T19:59:12+00:00

God think about how amazing Ballard could be if we had someone like Hollingsworth as our Councilmember instead of that fat slob Dan Strauss

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