Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

  • Home
  • How We Are Different
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • Your Survival Guy
  • The Great Reset
  • COVID-19
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • The Swiss Way
  • Dick Young
  • Debbie Young
  • Key West
  • Paris
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Work to Make Money/Invest to Save Money
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool

SCARED AWAY: Companies Flee Raging Crime In Woke Cities

March 14, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

The tent of a homeless resident of Seattle. By Igor Bulgakov @ Shutterstock.com

Since 2020, when Democrats unleashed a wave of riots and looting on American cities, Seattle’s weak leaders have taken every opportunity to show their disrespect for the city’s police force. Now crime has gotten so bad in the city that Amazon is relocating workers from its downtown office due to the ongoing crime there. Ari Hoffman writes for The Post Millennial:

Amazon is temporarily relocating workers out of a downtown Seattle office due to ongoing violent crimes.

According to a statement emailed from the tech giant to Bloomberg, “Given recent incidents near Third and Pine, we’re providing employees currently at that location with alternative office space elsewhere. We are hopeful that conditions will improve and that we will be able to bring employees back to this location when it is safe to do so.”Approximately 1,800 Amazon employees are assigned to the office located at 300 Pine St. in the heart of downtown above the city’s flagship Macy’s department store location. Many of the employees are still working remotely due to the pandemic but have begun coming back to work several days per week.

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: For those who don’t believe how bad it is or are dismissing the plight of biz owners like Olga Sagan at Piroshky Piroshky, please come down and try running a legit biz in conditions like these. Downtown Seattle is toast if this continues. @komonews pic.twitter.com/OkJ7wXNSb2

— Jonathan Choe Journalist KOMO News (@choeshow) February 28, 2022

Over the past few years, the area has seen increased open air drug use, fencing of stolen goods, shootings, carjackings and other violent crimes. Since Feb. 21, there have been three shootings, two stabbings and a carjacking, leading to an increase in businesses shutting down in the area.

Hoffman continues later:

Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office sent a statement to KOMO News regarding Amazon’s announcement of relocating the employees which said, “Mayor Harrell is working every day to make downtown a safe and thriving neighborhood for residents, workers, and businesses. While it will take time to reverse longstanding safety issues, Mayor Harrell’s early efforts are critical first steps to address crime and improve safety through dedicated SPD officers, a mobile SPD precinct, and additional environmental changes. Mayor Harrell will continue to develop a comprehensive approach to public safety in collaboration with police and safety advocates, community members, service providers, and businesses, including Amazon, to activate, revitalize, and restore downtown for all.”

Last week, Harrell announced emphasis patrols on crime “hot spots” including 3rd and Pike while touting multiple arrests at 12th and Jackson the week before, another notorious intersection for crime. However, even before the presser, almost half of those arrested were released due to Seattle’s revolving door justice system.

Is it any wonder remote workers are fleeing America’s big blue blob cities? The high taxes and high crime cities run by the radical left are no place to raise a family. Escaping residents are searching for a better America.

Action Line: Your Survival Guy calls the states looking at their residents like valued customers, like Florida, Super States. Those looking at their residents like a piggy bank from which to withdraw money, like California, are the Escape States. If you are serious about making the move from an Escape State to a Super State, but can’t get going on your goal, I can help. Click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter, and I’ll help you break inertia and achieve your goal of freedom. But only if you’re serious.

P.S. When leaders demonize police, is it any wonder they are having trouble hiring new recruits for the force?

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

If you’re willing to fight for Main Street America, click here to sign up for the Richardcyoung.com free weekly email.

Related Posts

  • DEATH SPIRAL: Crime Soars in Democrats' #DEFUNDTHEPOLICE Cities
  • Get Woke, Go Broke: Group Calls Out Companies' Hypocrisy
  • Americans Race to Flee Coastal Cities
  • Here's Why Cities Lose by Subsidizing Companies like Amazon
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com

Click here to sign up for my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.
Latest posts by E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy (see all)
  • Are You Fairly Wealthy? I’m Listening - March 21, 2023
  • Your Survival Guy’s BEST Insider’s Guide to Key West - March 20, 2023
  • For Whom Is Your Portfolio Serving? - March 17, 2023

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • TOP HEAVY: Focus on Big Indexing Could Cause Market Chaos
  • Globalism Has Made America Dependent on Foreign Countries
  • Tom Brady Is Proof You Shouldn’t Retire if You Still Love Your Work
  • TROJAN HORSE: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” is Critical Race Theory in Disguise
  • “The Losses are Taking a Toll on Their Health”
  • A Look at the Future of Main Street America
  • Hillsdale College: What College Is Meant to Be
  • Marry Compound Interest, Divorce Market Timing
  • Your Survival Guy Prefers Bombardier’s Global Express 7500
  • Stunned Democrats Against “Defund Police”

Our Most Popular Posts

  • Washington Is the Systemic Risk
  • Matt Taibbi Exposes the "Censorship-Industrial Complex"
  • “Will We Have Enough to Live On Forever?”
  • The Education of Barney Frank
  • SVB – There’s Panic in the Air
  • Cheap Reliable Heating – a Life Saver
  • MASKS: "No Measurable Difference in Outcome"
  • ESG, By-Pass the Ballot Box
  • Pushing Back at ESG
  • SPIES ON CAMPUS: The Chinese Have Invaded the Quad

Disclosure

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • Your Survival Guy’s BEST Insider’s Guide to Key West
  • For Whom Is Your Portfolio Serving?
  • Who’s to Blame for Banking Vulnerability?
  • Mortgage Market Not Expected to Settle Down Soon
  • Are You Living Your Best Life?
  • Were Silicon Valley Bank’s Motivations for Taking Losses Pure?
  • Will the Black Swan Usher in Digital Dollars?
  • Major Rail Merger Gets Approval
  • The Education of Barney Frank
  • Credit Suisse Announced “Material Weaknesses” In Its Internal Controls

RSS Yoursurvivalguy.com

  • Are You Fairly Wealthy? I’m Listening
  • How Long Is Your Water Supply Chain?
  • Your Survival Guy’s BEST Insider’s Guide to Key West
  • Be Wary of Those Who Wrap Themselves in Capes
  • For Whom Is Your Portfolio Serving?
  • ESG: Are Markets Ready for “A Needed Dose of Reality?”
  • Was Silicon Valley Bank a Victim of ESG?
  • Are You Living Your Best Life?
  • March RAGE Gauge: Will the Black Swan Usher in Digital Dollars?
  • Gretchen Whitmer Reviving Forced Unionization in Michigan

Who’d be Nuts Enough to Have Put Money into SVB?

Are You Fairly Wealthy? I’m Listening

Get Well Soon Taki

A Cashless Society Is A Debacle for Americans

How about Hiring Erik Prince to Crush the Drug Cartels?

Key West’s Best Burger

Copyright © 2023 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives