I am a tech worker. I am a transplant. I cause a lot of Seattleites to scream "BINGO" as they cover their "Stereotypes We Don't Like" squares. The Stranger and other local sites blast tech workers for gentrification. This is unfair. Tech workers are not a hive mind. I think we're being unfairly singled out as the reason that rents in Seattle are rising and local businesses are closing. That's bullshit. Cities change and evolve, with or without the influx of highly paid, highly educated tech workers. Seattle should be happy that people like us are moving in. Why? Well, where does my paycheck go? I spend it at Pagliacci, Hot Mama's, Blue Moon Burgers, the co-op, Ballard Farmers Market, the local bike shop, Future Vapor, Vivace, and tons of other LOCAL places. My "overly high salary," as I've heard it called, is going directly into the pockets of the community I live in. We all want what's best for Seattle, so please stop aiming your guns at us. We are just as much Seattleites as someone who has lived here their entire life.

—Anonymous