This summer, for the first time, Seattle banned cars in the Pike Place Market :

https://www.knkx.org/transportation/2025-05-08/seattle-pike-place-market-tests-car-ban-pilot-downtown-overlook-walk-flowers-vendors

Last year (2024), some politicians said no one will shop here anymore if it's pedestrianized :

https://publicola.com/2024/04/02/dont-open-pike-place-to-pedestrians-council-member-urges/

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago

there’s something to it though, being crammed on the sidewalk in the pouring rain, alongside a million other people on this tiny little sidewalk, around all the various hidden and famous shops and importers.

Yeah for me this was the feeling of "fuck seattle" and "i'm never coming back here." But now it's looking much better.

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