It's pretty sickening that landlords in Seattle can require a minimum rent-to-income ratio when there are few to no options within that ratio for anyone making less than $30K.

Seattle's official slogan should just be "No Poor People".

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@Kentaro @Ratttz The Socialist uprising in Seattle is fixing some of that on a local scale. There will be a measure on the next election's ballot to institute a flat 2% income tax on all Seattle residents that make over 120k/year IIRC.

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