What is Causing Seattle’s Slide Toward Being the Next San Francisco?
I’ve already written about the San Francisco Death Spiral: limit supply, prices go up, blame developers and landlords, impose supply killing regulation, watch prices go up, repeat. Well, we’re right at the top of the spiral and getting ready to take the plunge. Local wannabe elected officials don’t have the intellectual acuity to offer solutions […]
Seattle’s Aggrievement Industry is Growing Too
As Seattle has grown we’ve seen a lot of new jobs and the growth that comes with it. One of the areas of growth in the new economy is the aggrievement industry, the business of cataloging and stirring up the concerns, worries, and anxieties people feel about the changes created by economic growth and opportunity. […]
More Thoughts on the Election in Two Weeks
I often get queries about how I’ll vote in the upcoming election. I sent a message to our mailing list giving a lot of detail about how I’ll mark my ballot on the election for Mayor and to replace the retiring Tim Burgess. Here they are. —————— Greetings, If you are a Seattle voter you […]
