A European family who were terrified on a visit to a Democrat-run city on vacation say they’ve ‘never felt so unsafe.’
An unidentified Redditor and their family stayed in a Downtown Seattle hotel during a recent visit to the Emerald City.
They shared details of their nightmare stay, saying the city was full of homeless people and drug-addicts.
‘The number of junkies in the street is insane, they are screaming and catcalling you,’ they wrote on Reddit. ‘There are more homeless than tourists.’
While finding a place to eat after dropping their bags off, they were horrified to encounter a man who was talking on the phone while unsteadily walking down the path with a ‘huge hunting knife.’
‘Wtfff??’ the vacationer wrote. ‘Definitely coming back with an Uber to the hotel.
‘For the perspective, I went to many US cities on the East Coast and this is the first time I have ever felt so unsafe.’
Many of the commenters believed the family may have ended up on the bad side of town.
‘Seattle has tons of great neighborhoods, but not there,’ one wrote.
An unidentified Redditor and their family stayed in a Downtown Seattle hotel during a recent visit to the Emerald City and said it was the most unsafe they have ever felt due to the homelessness problem (pictured: a homeless encampment in Seattle in 2022)
‘The number of junkies in the street is insane, they are screaming and catcalling you,’ they wrote on Reddit . ‘There are more homeless than tourists’ (pictured: a homeless encampment in Seattle in 2022)
While finding a place to eat after dropping their bags off, they were horrified to encounter a man who was talking on the phone while unsteadily walking down the path with a ‘huge hunting knife’
‘As soon as they said downtown Seattle, I was like oh no, you done f**ked up,’ another wrote.
A third replied: ‘Plenty of people walk around downtown. They just carry big knives, mentally unstable or stoned beyond belief.’
King County, which includes Seattle, has 16,000 homeless people – the largest number ever reported in the county and city.
In 2022, there was 13,300 people experiencing homeless, meaning the number spiked 23 percent in two years, data from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development showed.
Seattle has already had 2,387 incidents of violent crime this year, including 671 robberies, 1,527 aggravated assaults, and 173 rapes.
Homeless people have been pictured slumped over in the streets of Seattle and openly shooting up drugs, after the city’s officials chose not to make public drug use illegal.
In August 2023, the Seattle City Council voted not to pass legislation that would have allowed the City Attorney’s Office to prosecute public drug use cases.
Almost instantly, the streets were filled with people openly shooting up drugs.
King County, which includes Seattle, has 16,000 homeless people – the largest number ever reported in the county and city (pictured: a bowl of used needles in Seattle)
Many commenters said there were good parts to the city, but to avoid downtown
Seattle has many goods parts too and is known for its rugged Pacific beauty
It has plenty of ocean access, mountains, and greenery to enjoy outside of the drug-infested areas
The city’s new $800million mega project to revitalize the city has already descended into squalor and despair with a new fountain turned into a bubble bath for homeless people earlier this month.
Seattle launched the $806million Waterfront Seattle Program in 2010 to reconnect the city to its waterfront along Puget Sound – a large saltwater inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
It recently opened the Joshua S. Green Sr. Fountain to the Columbia Street waterfront, now set amid new public art added as part of the revitalization.
But despite the extensive efforts – and the hundreds of millions invested – the city’s homelessness crisis continues unabated.
Some believe officials are ignoring the city’s most urgent problems, choosing instead to focus on crafting the illusion of a perfect city through cosmetic renovations.