Seattle tops US cities where residents consider fleeing over safety worries: survey

[Kamaji]

Seattle tops US cities where residents consider fleeing over safety worries: survey

By Steve Janoski
August 14, 2023

More than a quarter-million residents of greater Seattle have considered leaving the Emerald City due to rising crime — the highest percentage of any large metro area in the country, according to a new national survey.

The data, collected by the US Census Bureau and other federal agencies as part of the Household Pulse Survey, shows that 7.2% of adults in and around the Washington state city have felt pressure to move in the last six months because they felt their neighborhood isn’t safe, the Seattle Times said.

That number translates to about 227,000 people out of the 3.1 million who inhabit the city and its suburbs.

In comparison, only 3.4% of New Yorkers considered moving away over similar concerns, according to the study.

Some conservatives believe the numbers are tied to supposedly “soft-on-crime” policies the city has long embraced — as well as its efforts to defund its police department after the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, which sparked outrage throughout the nation.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/seattle-tops-us-cities-where-residents-are-considering-moving-over-safety-worries-survey/

[NavyCanDo]

I live outside of Seattle. I use to love downtown. As big cities went it was beautiful, safe, and clean.  Outside of a few winos off Pioneer Square and a seedy block of porn shops there was little to wory about. That was then, this is now.    I refuse to cross the lake into downtown. It's BAD

[Sighlass]

I don't care to live anywhere that the justice system is hell bent on going after me for not being them.