“How Amazon Took Seattle's Soul”
Old Seattle was an interesting place, but also a much rougher place. The SLU was mostly warehouses, junkies and prostitutes. South Seattle was the real hood, not the semi-tamed version it is now. Wallingford was a hippy commune where someone might walk into your house and take a nap.<p>Blaming Amazon is a total cop out. The death of &quot;cool Seattle&quot; started before Amazon was even a thought in Bezo&#x27;s head.<p>It&#x27;s also funny that many of the people complaining about this issue were first wave gentrifiers pushing out people before them in an effort to get to the hot neighborhoods. It&#x27;s frustrating how many Seattleites refuse to admit their own hand in this process. Never mind the fact that your Ad Agency&#x27;s contract with Amazon allowed you to buy that house.<p>Anyways, everyone in the region knows the &quot;new Seattle&quot; is Tacoma. So if you really want that &quot;dive bar but might get stabbed&quot; vibe you can move there?