It cites KOMO as the source - who is owned by Sinclair - so I can't say I'm surprised that it would be so sensationalistic.

This falls under the category of "NextDoor for tech workers" of standard HN posts :)

The people in my Seattle-adjacent NextDoor post the same sort of stuff. They're scared to death of the city.

Amazon shutting a 1000 person campus sounds at least mention worthy…

Amazon likes to threaten to leave, as do other wealthy companies (e.g., Uber and Lyft in California, sports franchises). It's a brazen assertion that they are above the democratic process and other people's votes, and IMHO should get an appropriate response.

Those at the other side of the negotiating table should remember that they have a lot to offer, and that the company needs them too. Also, there can be no question of whether someone or some organization is above democracy.

They are moving one office, not the entirety of their downtown offices and South Lake Union campuses. The tax amazon movement has nothing to do with it. It is important to expand thinking, but it isn't a good idea to just make up reasons either.

Yes. But, maybe, given another chance, HN can proof that slightly fewer than all its users are social darwinists just waiting for opportunities to wish violence onto everyone below them in the social hierarchy.

It's an ongoing dis/misinformation campaign of Republicans/reactionaries/conservatives, to attack in four ways (afaict): To claim that Democratic governments are failures (note they don't attack cities in GOP-run states); to discredit the enormously popular cities, which are living symbols of the success of democrats through their enormous popularity, to attack minorities, and to create a sense of crisis and disruption (something they always do - try to think of the last time those groups projected calm), which invites a strongman government response (such as under Trump).

I've read things about other cities that I know personally that were complete nonsense. Data shows that crime is still pretty low overall, and crime increases have been spread evenly between large cities, small towns, etc.

Don't let them divide you from what you love or make you scared. That is their goal. Go visit Seattle and see.

Seattle is still really great. Its just a few blocks near a transit hub.