Li Du marveled as he tip-toed to check out the underground food city: "This place is so huge, and there are so many people."
"It's the largest air-raid shelter in Seattle right now," Lu Guan laughed.
During World War II, a large air-raid shelter had been built below Pike Place. After the war, the shelter was reconstructed several times but no good projects came out of it.
Later, the government gave up its jurisdiction over this place, and gradually it became a gathering place for the homeless.
Even homeless people had to eat. Hence, some of the budget food trucks came over to provide cheap high-calorie food.
Seattle was originally a second-tier city. Later, it seized the opportunity of the Internet boom and gradually developed. Many Internet giants settled there. Hence, more and more young people came to find jobs and live there.
