Hitting the pike place market area, getting dried fruit and eating lobster rolls is a common thing I do on most Seattle trips. This year was a definite **surprise **. The area was dead, with homeless and druggies everywhere (though not as quite as bad as sfo my colleague said). I just felt weirdly grossed out and unsafe. It’s a pity just half a decade ago this area was hustling and bustling. This homelessness problem is going to be the bane of all large cities in coming years, especially democratic.
