015: What Do Transplants Owe to Seattle?

Welcome back to the show! I had these topics set up for last week, but didn't get a chance to share them. The question in today's show comes from an article in Crosscut asking if new transplants who move to Seattle owe anything to the city? The article was written by Samantha Allen and after moving to Seattle with her wife, she wanted to get more involved with the city and shares a week of activities (source: https://crosscut.com/2020/02/what-does-transplant-owe-seattle?mc_cid=4c11d8d564&mc_eid=98adb54834). I'm very curious to know what other people think of this question. Personally, I go back and forth about it. Being a transplant myself, moving here in 2011, I can understand the difficulty of adjusting to a new place, getting lost in that adjustment, and not contributing much more than your day to day at work. With having this company and constantly promoting business in Seattle, I do feel like I am doing my part, but I'm not sure one does owe Seattle anything. The argument that set me on this path revolves around immigration. My personal feelings are that as long as they are acting out of good will, being friendly, working hard, raising their family and aren't not create anything of negative consequence, then who are we to ask them of anything. If they can create a better life for themselves without learning the language or contributing to the community, I think they are ok. However, I think my opinion changes if those people are then complaining about the city and not taking their own action. After living in Seattle for a year, I would recommend that person to register to vote so they can have a voice, but in terms of them OWING Seattle, I don't think they do.  Briefly I talked about the brand new Amazon Go Grocery Store which I am excited to try out. I am amazed by the technology involved in the process and am interested to see where that goes. This week's MEAL OF THE WEEK comes from Beacon Hill's Musang. My pro tip when visiting this inviting home in South Seattle, whatever the special is that day, ORDER IT! https://www.musangseattle.com/ My FEATURED BUSINESS OF THE WEEK is also another Filipino restaurant in Pike Place Market, Oriental Mart. My pro tip here... ask for the "Do You Trust Me Plate." You won't find it on the menu but I promise it will be good. (source: https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2020/02/oriental-mart-is-an-american-classic-according-to-the-james-beard-foundation?mc_cid=8e2cf1caf1&mc_eid=98adb54834)