#Seattle might finally be getting more affordable. But not in a good way…
> Seattle’s ‘prosperity bomb’ may finally be fizzling. So now what? https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-prosperity-bomb-may-finally-be-fizzling-so-now-what/
I was living in the area in the mid-1970s, during the big Boeing layoffs and the billboards reading, "Will the last person to leave Seattle please turn off the lights?"
But that was a different Seattle. Very different from today. And that article is mostly about #AI coming for your jobs.
#PNW #business #biz #economy
Jack William Bell
npub1m2…fd6j7
2026-01-31 18:01:58 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1m2aasn8nezcn703wmfyw7jaj8kar648tz378wjs87yvev3mt6dysjfd6j7Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-01-31 18:01:58 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "758c591034a195a3b2635c41afc2a3851ca6bc6e3725e587c3294839752f395a",
"pubkey": "dabbd84cf3c8b13f3e2eda48ef4bb23dba3d54eb147c774a07f11996476bd349",
"created_at": 1769882518,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"business"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://rustedneuron.com/@jackwilliambell/115991020721101140",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"pnw"
],
[
"t",
"ai"
],
[
"t",
"biz"
],
[
"t",
"seattle"
],
[
"t",
"economy"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://rustedneuron.com/users/jackwilliambell/statuses/115991020721101140",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://rustedneuron.com/users/jackwilliambell/statuses/115991020721101140",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "#Seattle might finally be getting more affordable. But not in a good way…\n\n\u003e Seattle’s ‘prosperity bomb’ may finally be fizzling. So now what? https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-prosperity-bomb-may-finally-be-fizzling-so-now-what/\n\nI was living in the area in the mid-1970s, during the big Boeing layoffs and the billboards reading, \"Will the last person to leave Seattle please turn off the lights?\"\n\nBut that was a different Seattle. Very different from today. And that article is mostly about #AI coming for your jobs.\n\n#PNW #business #biz #economy",
"sig": "39f89ea32990f2214d2a9533ce10a2e50e1d87da705ab6c01b405eeca5c02fa2ecf84ec8b3391fadae1768359dcf59f3b9ce5f85d58fabd3943b3c17f70216fd"
}