Seattle doesn't have anything like the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver's slum of addicts and homeless. But judging from the line outside a shelter on Belltown's 3rd Avenue Sunday, there's a serious poverty problem.
So what to do about it?
We could lament the disconnect between the poor on the streets and the rich inhabitants of new condo towers.
Prefer solutions? The Tyee ran a list of five ideas suggested recently in British Columbia. The ideas in the comment string seemed more promising (Evo Morales aside).
Consider instead King County's plan, which recognizes that money is only part of the solution and chances of upending modern capitalism are slim.