Andrew Callaghan

And like, but it's the one thing they're not like canceling each other for it

And like, but it's the one thing they're not like canceling each other for it

Dude, I'm from Seattle, it's the exact same thing.

Dude, I'm from Seattle, it's the exact same thing.

Yeah, it's crazy, man. Especially like I grew up in Capitol Hill.

Yeah, it's crazy, man. Especially like I grew up in Capitol Hill.

And I like to say that I grew up like after grunge and before tech. Yeah. So it's like that weird window where Seattle, in my opinion, had its like had its moment. It was sick when I was growing up on the hill. And then Amazon moved their corporate campus to a neighborhood called South Lake Union in like 2013 when I was a sophomore in high school. And they tore down that whole neighborhood.

And I like to say that I grew up like after grunge and before tech. Yeah. So it's like that weird window where Seattle, in my opinion, had its like had its moment. It was sick when I was growing up on the hill. And then Amazon moved their corporate campus to a neighborhood called South Lake Union in like 2013 when I was a sophomore in high school. And they tore down that whole neighborhood.

But it was like industrial before that. So we're like, all right, you know what?

But it was like industrial before that. So we're like, all right, you know what?

It's like, go ahead and build your corporate campus there. It's totally fine. But then the problem was they were importing all of these like like random remote workers and shit into Seattle. Yeah. So I think you had like a thousand Amazon employees move from somewhere else to Seattle every single week for like five years. That's crazy.

It's like, go ahead and build your corporate campus there. It's totally fine. But then the problem was they were importing all of these like like random remote workers and shit into Seattle. Yeah. So I think you had like a thousand Amazon employees move from somewhere else to Seattle every single week for like five years. That's crazy.

And the average residency of an Amazon employee in Seattle was, I think, between 14 to 16 months. Because they would get promoted and go somewhere else like Austin, Portland, wherever they're going. And so it got to the point where all the Amazon employees had to have a place to live. So they all moved to Capitol Hill. So developers sold the city out, literally bulldozed the entire neighborhood.

And the average residency of an Amazon employee in Seattle was, I think, between 14 to 16 months. Because they would get promoted and go somewhere else like Austin, Portland, wherever they're going. And so it got to the point where all the Amazon employees had to have a place to live. So they all moved to Capitol Hill. So developers sold the city out, literally bulldozed the entire neighborhood.

Every dope coffee shop like Bauhaus, so many institutions just got bulldozed because the city wanted to give tax breaks to Bezos, which is 0% taxes, and stimulate the economy. So the Capitol Hill neighborhood, the Central District, all that shit is totally gone. And then COVID happens. All the workers start working remotely.

Every dope coffee shop like Bauhaus, so many institutions just got bulldozed because the city wanted to give tax breaks to Bezos, which is 0% taxes, and stimulate the economy. So the Capitol Hill neighborhood, the Central District, all that shit is totally gone. And then COVID happens. All the workers start working remotely.

And they realize, dude, I can make my Amazon paycheck and move to Idaho and have some land full of chill-ass people where no one's going to make fun of me for being a tech bro. And they're like, if they leave, I would too. So now Seattle's a ghost town full of empty skyscrapers, and the landlords won't lower the rents. So we have this homelessness happening, and half the city is vacant apartments.

And they realize, dude, I can make my Amazon paycheck and move to Idaho and have some land full of chill-ass people where no one's going to make fun of me for being a tech bro. And they're like, if they leave, I would too. So now Seattle's a ghost town full of empty skyscrapers, and the landlords won't lower the rents. So we have this homelessness happening, and half the city is vacant apartments.

Yeah, and then you have fucking Republican pundits come in and be like, look at these liberals and their dumbass bullshit.

Yeah, and then you have fucking Republican pundits come in and be like, look at these liberals and their dumbass bullshit.