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View Poll Results: Is Change good for Downtown Seattle?
Yes, the more change the better! 10 41.67%
Yes, but maintaining past industries is important too 6 25.00%
Neutral, change will bring positives and negatives 4 16.67%
No, I do not think change will be good to downtown 4 16.67%
Voters: 24. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-28-2015, 09:51 PM
 
Location: Independent Republic of Ballard
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When I worked with tourists on a daily basis, they annoyed me unendingly. But I see them more as a positive than a negative. Mostly they go home after leaving their money here. The old line was " If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?"
I seldom go Downtown these days, so I mostly run into tourists at the Locks (I live about a block and a half away). I don't see them that much in downtown Ballard. Most tourists, I think, don't go much further north than Kerry Park (unless they do a Harbor Cruise or a Ride the Ducks tour), south than Pioneer Square (and the stadiums), or east than I-5. One of the benefits of our Byzantine transit system is that tourists can't figure out how to use it.
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Old 03-29-2015, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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There is nothing wrong with urban renewal, most cities in America are begging to have some now. Seattle's crime rate as also drop by about 20-30% since 1995, if it 2020 the crime rate is below average, I'd take it for sure.
Are the bad guys winning? Crime on the rise in Seattle, numbers show | Q13 FOX News

Violent crime was flat, and even in 2013 was going UP Less violent crime downtown? Not by numbers from police | The Seattle Times

More 'hope and change'? Seattle will need Judge Dredd by 2020.
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Old 03-29-2015, 02:12 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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In Recent years, I have seen many drastic changes happen to Seattle's Urban core. We are starting replace= the blue collar businesses with condos and more retail. Urban living in the city center is rapidly growing as more is added to Seattle everyday. Is this change good for the city's future and how will it effect us economically 10-15 years from now?
What are you defining as "blue collar businesses"? I'm not sure what you're referring to.
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Old 03-29-2015, 08:43 PM
 
Location: PNW
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What are you defining as "blue collar businesses"? I'm not sure what you're referring to.
When I created this thread, Blue Collar was referring to The Port system, Warehouses, Fisheries, etc that has been in Seattle.
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Old 03-29-2015, 08:49 PM
 
Location: PNW
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For your information, "effect" does not mean the same as "affect".
Thanks for the life changing information you provided me. I'm pretty sure I didn't proof read this post for grammatical errors. It's an internet forum, not an academic research paper.


Now if you want to contribute to the discussion be my guest.
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Old 03-29-2015, 09:53 PM
 
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Warehouses and fisheries businesses have been largely gone from downtown Seattle for a while. It does feel like SODO is next. But 30 years ago, the central waterfront had a salmon processor, and there was a backpack factory near the Kingdome.
It's not like those jobs have entirely disappeared, just moved to places like Kent and Renton and Tukwila.
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