I read with much consternation and outrage the points made in the Op-Ed “Poverty moves to the suburbs.”
Yes, this is so sadly true, and it is in part due to the anti-humanity, pro-money-making policies adopted by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and the City Council. Seattle’s middle class is being kicked out and pretty soon only the rich will live here. All of this upgrading makes me sick.
Where is our social contract to look out for each other that this nation was built on? The ethos right now seems to be, “make a buck and move on to the next development.”
I am a teacher in Seattle, and for 20-plus years I have watched as the poor and middle class have been pushed to Auburn, Kent, Tukwila, etc. We are losing the soul of this city. I grew up on Capitol Hill, and now you have to be a millionaire to live there.
Stop this upgrading, and build and maintain livable homes here in this city for the regular folks: middle class and poor.
Elizabeth McCullough Guevara, Seattle
