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>>obilgi+(OP)
A friend lives in Seattle and texted me today about his visit last night:

> I was there last night and it's such a cool pseudo utopian place

> The media coverage of it is WILD

> People on the internet are convinced it's protected by armed guards and people are dying of hunger and instead its...like a music festival campground

> There are speakers, musicians, art walls. I took a group pic for a bunch of black guys last night and they were so proud of what was built because they felt like they fought for it, which in a sense, they did.

>>conroy+fz1
Sounds a lot like Occupy

>>elicas+gD1
That comparison kinda worries me. Occupy had some hygiene issues and did not have a coronavirus to worry about.

>>libria+6M1
It seems much less densely populated than the various Occupy camps ever were. Also their relationship to the cops seems 100x less adversarial given SPD has willingly abandoned the area.

>>rtkwe+lT1
the people involved in this have a very adversarial relationship with SPD, which is likely a big part of the reason SPD abandoned the area.

but the fundamental nature of these people are live and let live. So i'm not surprised at all that the area is doing fine and is perfectly safe.