Change Happens, but This Sucks Now (rant)

Not too many years ago I lived in the North suburbs and loved Seattle. I could bus in on the weekends in a half hour and have so much fun in Seattle itself. Now I live in Seattle proper & it takes me longer to get downtown. 45 minutes by car, an hour by bus (on weekends). You used to be able to drive an hour in any direction (except into the Sound) & be in nature like you've never seen. You could eat well and fresh without spending a thousand a month on food. You could find a nice one bedroom apartment for less than 2K a month. People understood sarcasm. The SPD hadn't switched to their secret policy of "Excessive Force or No Enforcement at All" yet. The waterfront was accessible. Large chains (with the exception of Starbucks & a few others) were rare. The Stranger was a good read. It was weird and fun. And this isn't about Amazon or their employees. It is about short-sighted, angry people who should have anticipated faster growth and done something about the possibility years ago. It is the us vs them mentality all over this city that does not welcome the people we all wish would integrate better. It is all the NIMBYs who block anything that would make the change more tolerable. Change happens, we should have, and should be looking for ways to make it work instead of fighting the inevitable. But because nobody can seem to do that, quality of life has gotten miserable. I'm sure I won't be missed, but I have to leave here. Good luck becoming what you should be. You live in the most beautiful area I've seen, try not to fuck it up anymore.