This article profiles the decline of downtown Seattle, area code 206, and how Nike has closed its store there and moved that store to suburban Bellevue, area code 425. An “isthmus” city like Seattle cannot afford to have a bad downtown, where the financial district has emptied out and homeless people now dominate the streets. Read on for more of what is happening in what used to be one of America’s strongest downtown.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-faces-a-moment-of-truth-to-save-downtown/