Seattle Cleans Up Trash, Needles Because Foreign Tourists Coming To Town
Seattle Cleans Up Trash, Needles Because Foreign Tourists Coming To Town
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The city of Seattle finally got around to cleaning up its streets, but it wasn’t for the residents; it was for the many foreign tourists flooding in this summer.
Seattle began ramping up its efforts to clean neighborhoods in 2025 ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a major international soccer tournament expected to draw 750,000 foreigners in June. On Wednesday, the city released a report detailing the improvements, which, of course, should have been made regardless of whether they were hosting a sporting event as big as the World Cup. (RELATED:........
