I have lived in Seattle off and on since the mid/late /80's. Seattle used to be a beautiful city without the problems that plagued other places. It's human-sized architecture and communities of single family housing made it unique in comparison to other major cities. It used to amaze me, as a woman, that I could wal…
I have lived in Seattle off and on since the mid/late /80's. Seattle used to be a beautiful city without the problems that plagued other places. It's human-sized architecture and communities of single family housing made it unique in comparison to other major cities. It used to amaze me, as a woman, that I could walk around late at night as I left my job and did not feel threatened by the downtown. Nowadays I drive through and it is worse than Chicago with its income disparity thrown cheek by jowl into the downtown where ever taller condo buildings vie for a Space Needle view (Which I had for $250 in '89) and below them are rank after rank of teeming tarps and tent citys. From Emerald City to Favela in less than a generation.
I wish you Godspeed in recovering a priceless community.
SAME! seattle is a special kind of clueless and they know best about everything. its so toxic here we send our kids away for university. out of the rainbow bubble.
Thing is, it used to be a bunch of blue collar people. Fishers and loggers and farmers and tradespeople. Microsoft and Amazon (which tore out a lot of old housing to build it's coroporate footprint) changed it.
There is the garden of a writer (sorry, I don't remember the name) that is preserved in the midst of belltown. If you peer out over the horizon and squint a bit, on clear day with a view of the Olympics beyond the permanent haze, you might just see what used to be.*
*Providing of course, that in the intervening decade since I set foot there, a 59 story condo hasn't been approved for the land in all directions of the 1-2 block setaside.
Yes. True, but that was decades ago. I know the garden. A long time since I was there. I drive into town daily from Mountlake Terrace and seattle is not attractive up close anymore. Best viewed from a distance. Really a shame. I saw a poll a few years back, 54% of seattle residents would like to move out of the city. We did that 30 years ago as we couldnt afford to buy in town. Thought I'd miss it, but never really did. I grew to love the ease of finding parking right in front of my home quickly!
I applaud your action.
I have lived in Seattle off and on since the mid/late /80's. Seattle used to be a beautiful city without the problems that plagued other places. It's human-sized architecture and communities of single family housing made it unique in comparison to other major cities. It used to amaze me, as a woman, that I could walk around late at night as I left my job and did not feel threatened by the downtown. Nowadays I drive through and it is worse than Chicago with its income disparity thrown cheek by jowl into the downtown where ever taller condo buildings vie for a Space Needle view (Which I had for $250 in '89) and below them are rank after rank of teeming tarps and tent citys. From Emerald City to Favela in less than a generation.
I wish you Godspeed in recovering a priceless community.
SAME! seattle is a special kind of clueless and they know best about everything. its so toxic here we send our kids away for university. out of the rainbow bubble.
Thing is, it used to be a bunch of blue collar people. Fishers and loggers and farmers and tradespeople. Microsoft and Amazon (which tore out a lot of old housing to build it's coroporate footprint) changed it.
There is the garden of a writer (sorry, I don't remember the name) that is preserved in the midst of belltown. If you peer out over the horizon and squint a bit, on clear day with a view of the Olympics beyond the permanent haze, you might just see what used to be.*
*Providing of course, that in the intervening decade since I set foot there, a 59 story condo hasn't been approved for the land in all directions of the 1-2 block setaside.
Yes. True, but that was decades ago. I know the garden. A long time since I was there. I drive into town daily from Mountlake Terrace and seattle is not attractive up close anymore. Best viewed from a distance. Really a shame. I saw a poll a few years back, 54% of seattle residents would like to move out of the city. We did that 30 years ago as we couldnt afford to buy in town. Thought I'd miss it, but never really did. I grew to love the ease of finding parking right in front of my home quickly!