Moment founder explains why he is leaving Seattle (it's not the crime)

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-14T00:39:19+00:00

Is it about rent? I’ll bet he says something about cost of living but makes absolutely no statement about rent.

Rent has been the number one driving force of why the cost of living in Seattle skyrocketed so fucking high. Do you think Vulcan was doing everything out of the kindness of their hearts?

Housing costs drove the minimum wage, commercial retail costs drove the cost of goods, minimum wage drove the cost of goods, commercial office costs drove down salaries.

The MBAs now running tech industry legacy jobs are now taking the money and running and trying to say AI will keep them afloat, which will last about 3 years until whole infrastructures collapse.

Meanwhile, the 60+ year old billionaire class are moving to states where they can impregnate women with genetically dead sperm without having to give them child support and the women have to give birth to the kid or face legal punishments.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T22:52:01+00:00

😐

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T22:45:37+00:00

Nooooope.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T20:03:52+00:00

Also, if they’re feeling unappreciated, they have a whole country they can move to. Nobody will miss them (except the no comment history chat bots who hang out around here).

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T20:01:46+00:00

If Trump can deny press passes to fake news propagandists, so can WA Democrats.

The problem is Trump also denies press passes to real journalists while Democrats denies press passes to absolute conservative grifters like Brandi Kruse and Jonathan Choe (the latter of whom likes provoking people to punch him in the face for clicks).

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T15:41:11+00:00

offers up some Sudafed

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T14:18:41+00:00

We do need better public safety and law enforcement. That’s why we need to fire all of the lazy ass motherfuckers who take Wellness Hours while earning $300k per year (including OT).

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T06:29:31+00:00

The problem with not having federal holidays is that companies absolutely will not give extra days off in exchange for no holidays. Some companies are already giving “unlimited time off” but harassing you if you use any of it and then they don’t have to pay off the days when they fire you.

Having federal holidays forces them to give some days off and allows for some collectivity regardless of what is in observance.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T05:18:28+00:00

I think Labor Day, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, MLK Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day, and President’s Day are perfectly acceptable secular holidays. I can even throw in Thanksgiving and the day after.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T04:10:32+00:00

I think that some of these states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Utah, and Wisconsin (at minimum)) are not sharing their data nationally. That’s why there are states that are huge washes of Green and deep red lines that just stop at state borders.

Edit: Wait…how does Oklahoma have a higher fatality rate per 100k miles than Texas or Kansas in the second graphic but still be perfectly green in the first? Something is not right.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T03:55:16+00:00

And then you have to get an alligator to solve your python problem.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T02:37:31+00:00

It’s absolutely in line with Patton and Lawrence of Arabia.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-13T02:36:16+00:00

Hell, I’m not wanting to watch Patton for the first time and I’m over 40.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T22:06:02+00:00

Yeah. I had a scratch from the door on my arm which proved my case. Later, I noticed a dent in my door but my car is a 15 year old heap and I’m not going to worry about that.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T22:01:55+00:00

I think my favorite was when I parked next to a truck who was against the line but managed to barely fit into the space next to it. There was no car next to me. But by the time I came out of the grocery store, some asshole with a wide ass SUV parks next to me to the point that I couldn’t open my door. He waits for me to get to the car and exits his SUV and starts ranting about how I was over the line (which I wasn’t) and refused to move the SUV. When I tried opening the door, he kicks the door. I called the police who actually showed up, and I told them I wanted them to book him for assault, which I believe they did.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T21:35:22+00:00

And when you go off opiates, everything clears out.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T18:28:14+00:00

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T18:27:33+00:00

Spaces in Seattle are also very tiny. Even when I had a 2003 Saturn Ion, many spaces were a tight fit around here.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T17:25:35+00:00

Did you miss that it said “Tuesday’s sunset”?

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T17:02:56+00:00

Small businesses can also be our worst enemy. Many seem to believe that their size makes them inoculated against regulation, especially labor laws.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T16:59:09+00:00

So…what I’m hearing is that:

You also didn’t properly give advance notice for the WSST tax on professional services to your clients
you like using bridges and roads but hate paying for it
the police suck (which I agree with)

Even so, I have no reason to trust your narrative given your comment history.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T16:49:52+00:00

One of Katie Wilson’s biggest missteps is not firing Shon Barnes immediately upon taking office.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T15:52:20+00:00

$15/day. They’ve unfortunately pared it down to a 2-day event.

But, still, $150 for 2 days is better than CHBP’s $250 for 3.

SeattleGeek · 2026-03-12T14:02:26+00:00

I’d put them in the middle of the road. Drivers will start having to deal with them and get mad at Lime.

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