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1. Coolidge
   Fritz

   @Fritz

   12:01 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 20, 2020

   Al Sparks (View Comment):

   I have visited Seattle from time to time. Living in Alaska, I have often flown through Sea-Tac Airport, but occasionally I have taken time off and spent some time there.

   I especially like riding the ferries, checking out the various Puget Sound Islands.

   Out of curiosity, I googled to see if Bill Gates still lives there. I don’t know how much time he spends there, but he does have a residence in Medina, Washington which is in King County and abuts Seattle proper.

   Apparently Jeff Bezos lives there too. It’s a nice neighborhood for tech giant founders.

   Unlike most riots, these have had a few forays into nice neighborhoods. For example some stores on Rodeo Drive in the tony part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area has had a few shops vandalized.

   I suspect that Antifa has considered moving into that neighborhood too. But maybe not. Maybe some of those rich people there provide some funding.

   The Medina neighborhood is removed from Seattle, located across Lake Washington to the east from Seattle, so it is separated by a very large body of water, crossed by the I-90 bridge (free) and the SR 520 bridge (tolled). Not a lot of miles, but a world apart. It is probably the most “exclusive” (i.e., high cost) district in high-cost Bellevue.

2. Inactive
   MichaelKennedy

   @MichaelKennedy

   12:18 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 20, 2020

   MichaelKennedy (View Comment):

   I saw on TV this morning that there was a shooting in the CHOP zone last night. Someone called police dispatch and reported 6 gun shots and someone wounded lying in front to a store of some sort. The police and fire department were blocked from entering.

   And so it goes.

   There are now two victims, one dead and one wounded.  Life in the CHOP.

3. Member
   Sisyphus (hears Xi laughing)

   @Sisyphus

   

   12:24 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 20, 2020

   MichaelKennedy (View Comment):

   MichaelKennedy (View Comment):

   I saw on TV this morning that there was a shooting in the CHOP zone last night. Someone called police dispatch and reported 6 gun shots and someone wounded lying in front to a store of some sort. The police and fire department were blocked from entering.

   And so it goes.

   There are now two victims, one dead and one wounded. Life in the CHOP.

   That we know of.

4. Member
   Rodin

   @Rodin

   2:03 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 20, 2020

   Sisyphus (hears Xi laughing) (View Comment):

   MichaelKennedy (View Comment):

   MichaelKennedy (View Comment):

   I saw on TV this morning that there was a shooting in the CHOP zone last night. Someone called police dispatch and reported 6 gun shots and someone wounded lying in front to a store of some sort. The police and fire department were blocked from entering.

   And so it goes.

   There are now two victims, one dead and one wounded. Life in the CHOP.

   That we know of.

   Why would you expect police to be able to enter? It’s a different jurisdiction without a treaty or even a mutual support agreement. Wonder who in CHOP would be empowered to enter one of those?

5. Coolidge
   Al Sparks

   @AlSparks

   2:06 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 20, 2020

   Rodin (View Comment):
   Why would you expect police to be able to enter? It’s a different jurisdiction without a treaty or even a mutual support agreement. Wonder who in CHOP would be empowered to enter one of those?

   The reason they changed the name from CHAZ is they didn’t want to be held responsible for governing the area.

6. Inactive
   MichaelKennedy

   @MichaelKennedy

   3:04 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 20, 2020

   A return to the 19th century. I wonder how they will like it since they seem to lack the skills to feed themselves.