Because of they idiots they elect, to be honest. I've lived here for about 7 1/2 years, and been waiting on ANYTHING to change. It hasn't. When news stations in Washington's favor put out video like "Seattle is dying" with a 2 hour documentary.....well it isn't good news. Not to mention the biggest job employer has decided to move out of Seattle for "Worker safety" and etc. You know it's bad. Either way, Washington USED to be awesome, and is now a landfill of bad politics and horrible crime/homelessness.