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09/03/2005: "Is Spokane really Safe?"

Tom Sowa writes that Spokane may be safe from natural disasters.

"Spokane has been traditionally a secure geographical area," he said. That attribute has significant value for companies who want to be sure their records and key information can be saved or backed up, he said.

Well yeah, until the next time St. Helen's blows up.

Until Spokane is buried in hot ash again, you'll loose your shirt and soul if you try to live there. The fuckers who run the town persecute anyone "different", be they a gay mayor or someone who is trans-gender and lacks the resources to fight back. Or, perhaps you're pregnant, and you want a divorce from your estranged husband, who is a conviced felon and wife-beater. In Spokane, you'll be denied a divorce until you have the baby. (I can't imagine this happening in New York, Los Angeles, or even New Orleans.)

I can't recommend Spokane unless you're over 50, white, male and independent of any real need for an external income (because Spokane's economy sucks) and you must be Catholic.

Further, you must be wililng to accept the superiority of your (new) masters, as they know whats good for you. NO INDEPENDENT THINKING. GOT IT?

If you try to run a business, you will die the death of 1,000 cuts. Every agency in Spokane has its hand out, and there are fees for just about everything. Further, there are snitches at every corner who are all too willing to turn you in for the slightest infraction.

Finally, you must not give a damn about crime, because if you live in Spokane, you will be robbed. When it happens (not if, when), the police will be far too busy with "real crime" to deal with your mere theft.

You're unlikely to die in a flood or hurricane living in Spokane, this much is true. You're also likely to end up wanting to take your life with your own hands.

I've lived in Spokane, and were I faced with the choice of New Orleans or Spokane, I would choose New Orleans without a second thought.