Seattle’s shame: City once revered for its booming tech and quality of life descends into ‘zombieland’ where drug addicts and prostitutes reign supreme

Shocking video shows liberal tech haven Seattle turning into a sea of ​​drugs, prostitution and homelessness.

Seattle, like many liberal cities on the West Coast, has faced problems with migrant arrivals and an increase in homelessness in recent years.

However, a local reporter posted a clip that went viral as it showed the shocking decay of the Emerald City.

The video, posted Monday, comes from a Seattle gas station in which reporter Jonathan Choe is confronted by a woman, claiming to be a sex worker wearing only a bikini and high heels while shopping at the convenience store. station.

The woman seems outraged that Choe is filming and asks him why he is doing that, discovering the stunningly blunt reasoning.

“You’re in a bikini in a gas station, that’s why. I just wonder why,” Choe told her.

“This is how we sell a** here, so you can put your camera down. I’m not ashamed of my game,” she replied.

She then became angry as he continued filming and said: ‘The f***? I’ll break your phone.’

Choe scolds the sex worker back: “I dare you to run in those heels, I would love to see you.”

She seems to confront him about this and runs after him while Choe leaves the supermarket and sees another suspected sex worker along the way.

That’s not the end of the depravity Choe sees, as he walks down an alley to find a man on his hands and knees, visibly suffering.

He offers his help and asks if he can get him off the street. He wonders if he is okay.

“In less than two minutes, see what happens every day on Aurora Ave N. in Seattle,” Choe concluded.

The video, posted Monday, comes from a Seattle gas station in which reporter Jonathan Choe is confronted by a woman, claiming to be a sex worker wearing only a bikini and high heels while shopping at the convenience store. station.

The woman runs after the reporter as he leaves the convenience store, seeing another suspected sex worker along the way

“Fentanyl addicts and prostitutes still dominate this neighborhood. By the way, there were kids in this Arco gas station when I stopped by Monday afternoon to get a soda. The current plan is not working.’

The city is concerned about crime and prostitution in that area Fox 13.

The nonprofit Stolen Youth has even called Aurora Avenue North the epicenter of sex trafficking in Washington state.

“It’s a huge problem, especially since the pandemic it’s increased,” said Renee Wallace of Stolen Youth.

“It’s not just on Aurora Avenue, but online as well.”

Local officials have proposed reintroducing laws banning loitering and prostitution. The mayor has promised to tackle the problem.

Previously in 2024, a man tried to lure girls as young as 11 years old to prostitution aimed at that specific neighborhood.

Wallace says there is a lot of work to be done, both in this area and on the Internet.

That’s not the end of the depravity Choe sees, as he walks down an alley and finds a man on all fours, visibly suffering.

Local officials have proposed reinstating laws banning loitering and prostitution, with the mayor promising to fix the problem

“We tend to put a lot of Band-Aids on things and the city is bleeding,” she said.

‘There is a misconception that this only happens on the streets. Children are more susceptible to exploitation by playing online video games.”

The council and the mayor and aldermen hope to find a solution soon.

In April, officials in the city tried to raise hotel fees from $5,000 a day for 240 asylum seekers who overran a school playground lined with tents and foreign flags in a takeover that locals called “threatening.”

The city’s police department has adjusted its rules to allow applications from migrants who crossed the border illegally as children and are registered in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), or “Dreamers,” program.

Washington state has allocated nearly $33 million for asylum seekers, but much of the money is tied up in the legislative process and reportedly won’t be available until the next financial year begins on July 1.