WHY MILLENNIALS ARE AVOIDING SMALL-TOWN AMERICA

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. I lived in Seattle off and on from late 1950's to 1980's.....

and so remember the neighborhoods, esp. Green Lake and Ballard, and the deliciousness of Farmer's market shopping on a Sunday morning,
on how easy it was to navigate without a car. Very walkable city, even the trudge up Yesler Way.
I worked in the Smith Tower for awhile, and near Harborview Hospital.
Watched the end of the 1970's bring a recession and thousands of new people migrating from California, prices skyrocketing.
and again in the 80's, same thing.
Haven't been back since late 1980's, but my son and brother who live there are telling me exactly what you are saying.
Steel and cement everywhere, hole in the wall restaurants and bookstores are gone.
I cannot picture it.
I don't want to picture it.
and I cannot afford to return.

Don't know how the hell millennial and others can afford to live in the PNW any longer.