But the city is still alive, kicking and thriving as it makes the transition from the birthplace of General Motors, to the home of branches of Michigan State Medical College, The University of Michigan, Kettering University (once known as General Motors Institute), Mott Community College and Bakers Business College.

While I definitely miss the old 'down town' with the wonderful retail shops, I love the array of small businesses, boutiques, coffee shops, bars and restaurants that now occupy those spaces. And don't get me started on the fantastic Farmer's Market that occupies the former Flint Journal Newspaper building.

Guess we aren't along in the premature funeral department!

is owned by Sinclair.

All you need to know....

I won't watch it.

Seattle does have a problem that needs to be fixed. The Ballard meeting expressed what a friend told me years ago. Campers and RVs parked on the streets and the people use front yards as their toilets. Thieves following the UPS trucks to steal deliveries. Parking lots used by people shooting up. Daylight break-ins.
Many years ago it was Pioneer Square and First Ave that had the people with drinking problems. Now it is drugs and that is likely in every city in the US.

If that MAT program is really working, why not use it in Seattle? If that part of the story is BS, then something needs to be done to get the addicts stabilized, even if it means housing them and giving them their drugs in prescribed doses.

I live just outside of Seattle. Yes, homelessness is up, partially because property prices have been rising steadily over the last decade due to population growth from the rest of the country. It continues to rank as being one of the top ten cities for quality of life in the US, and is in the top 50 globally. I'm always more than a bit astonished when conservatives call Seattle a socialist hellhole. I have to wonder if they've ever been here, or if the sum of their experience comes from AM radio monologues.