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South Lake Union. Amazon neighborhood.
Avoid?
It's not awful or dangerous or anything, there's just nothing remarkable about it. A bunch of Amazon nerds, some low-key bars, that's it.
How do they feel about New England?
No idea. Hopefully they think they're the scum of the Earth.
Seahawks fans are alright
EverythingShiny
Member
I imagine there's going to be more and more people buying houses there as the housing market gets even more prohibitive in Seattle.
Depends on where in Seattle you're going. Short answer, yes. Long answer - there's buses that run to downtown Seattle and there's also the Amtrak, but I have no idea how expensive that is. It's about an hour to get you into downtown Seattle; if you're going elsewhere, it'll take even longer.
Thanks! If I were to move up there I'd still have a car, but was just curious of the public options.
WesternHeretic
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Even with a car it's a pain in the ass. I have a friend who lives in Auburn, and works downtown. She has a car but doesn't want to sit in Seattle traffic so she drives to the bus n ride, takes a the bus to the train then hop on the train to get to work.
I was like fuck that's a lot of work but I guess it beats driving her car to Seattle and having to sit through that shit. So either way it's a pain in the ass. She and her husband have been looking for homes much closer because his commute is pretty awful too. Which sucks for them because they got that house in Auburn not too long ago.
The housing is looking discouraging. I wasn't planning on buying (and I don't own real estate now), but where I'm located at the moment it's a choice. Seattle seems to be turning into SF.
Even the apartment rentals are up there. $2,000 and up for a 600-ish square feet place.
Trying hard to temper my expectations for this thing.
Even the apartment rentals are up there. $2,000 and up for a 600-ish square feet place.
Trying hard to temper my expectations for this thing.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
We moved into a 600+ sq ft place in a really nice vintage building right on Capitol Hill a few weeks ago: $1200/mo. Nicer than most of the new buildings I've been in - has its quirks, but I'll take that over megalithic housing corporations and inhabitants as cold and unfriendly as the buildings themselves.
There are absolutely deals and/or fair rent to be found in the city proper, just gotta put in some leg work since these places aren't as easy to come across as signing with one of the many new high-rises.
You don't want to commute to Seattle from Tacoma, no matter what option you pick.
distantmantra
Member
I have a friend who takes the Sounder from Tacoma everyday for work. She says it's totally fine.
distantmantra
Member
Drinks at Westward, then walk to Joule for dinner.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
I haven't done the really high end stuff like Canlis et al, but we've had a couple of very nice celebratory dinners at Cascina Spinasse on 14th and Eden Hill in Queen Anne.
EverythingShiny
Member
Locked out of house scam
Anyone in the CD have an experience with this guy? He knocked on our door last night after 11pm. I was asleep but my boyfriend stupidly answered the door and gave him $14. I was pretty pissed when I found out this morning, although it sounds like aside from swindling folks he's not too dangerous (i.e. casing the place for later.)
Anyone in the CD have an experience with this guy? He knocked on our door last night after 11pm. I was asleep but my boyfriend stupidly answered the door and gave him $14. I was pretty pissed when I found out this morning, although it sounds like aside from swindling folks he's not too dangerous (i.e. casing the place for later.)
Good to hear. At the moment I have to rely on Internet search engines to find them, and most are populated by the new shiny ones. How did you find that place, just stumbled into it?
I imagine a relocation package and corporate housing would give me a couple of months to leg around and find a more permanent home.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Yeah, just started looking around our previous apartment (which was fine until being bought by a giant company, and then surprise surprise, rent skyrocketed) and expanded block by block, calling posted numbers as we went.
We wanted to get out of Seattle actually, but it's really tough to job hunt out of state with the kinds of jobs my partner and I have. A relocation package sounds like a lovely dream!
Going through that reddit thread, people are saying that there are instances of burglaries following him showing up, and one person even claims to have got him having broken into their garage :/
Yeah... depending on where you're looking, prices are going up 20%+ a year too.
EverythingShiny
Member
I did see that after I posted. Ugh. Our street is fairly safe but I do know burglary/robbery is a problem in the CD. I'm still pissed he opened the door for someone that late at night. Was curious if anyone else here had dealt with this guy before.
distantmantra
Member
This guy goes all over the city. He's actually knocked on my door in Greenlake.
Edit: he also knocked on my neighbor's door claiming to be my my (and wife's) roommate. They knew better.
Just wanted to pop in and say thanks to everyone who helped out with my questions while I was looking for a place to move to.
I ended up getting a place in Ballard. Move-in date is on the 30th. I want to say I'm excited, but I don't think it's completely sunk in yet. Ah well, thanks again to everyone for helping out!
I ended up getting a place in Ballard. Move-in date is on the 30th. I want to say I'm excited, but I don't think it's completely sunk in yet. Ah well, thanks again to everyone for helping out!
Welcome! We should have another gaf meet up sometime.
patrickthehedgehog
Member
I really should have researched it more before going, but NEVER go to the planetarium at the Pacific Science Center.
What a joke.
Tiny circular room with nothing more than a cheapo projector aimed at the ceiling with really poor resolution. The presentation was called "The Sky Tonight" and barely anything current or interesting was touched on.
I should have requested a refund but there's only so much time in the day. Bleh.
What a joke.
Tiny circular room with nothing more than a cheapo projector aimed at the ceiling with really poor resolution. The presentation was called "The Sky Tonight" and barely anything current or interesting was touched on.
I should have requested a refund but there's only so much time in the day. Bleh.
Ugh.
http://www.wallyhood.org/2016/06/vaxxed-in-at-the-guild/
Stay away from the theater, especially if you have children. God knows how many anti-vaccine idiots are bringing their unvaccinated children to see it.
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http://www.wallyhood.org/2016/06/vaxxed-in-at-the-guild/
Stay away from the theater, especially if you have children. God knows how many anti-vaccine idiots are bringing their unvaccinated children to see it.
[edit] important typo fixed
Quick someone release aerosol versions of the standard vaccines into the vents. What they don't know won't hurt us.
WesternHeretic
Member
Yep and thunder! Maybe we just won't have summer and it's skipping right into fall.
lastflowers
Banned
raining where I am
MisterNugNug
Member
You're alive. Suh' dude.
That is fucking gross.
EverythingShiny
Member
lol, they're trying to rebrand the Denny Triangle area as the East Village? Yeah, okay.
On a side note, I went to Meeples Games in West Seattle the other day and loved it. Probably my favorite game store I've been to so far. Their sandwiches were pretty good, too!
abandon ship
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Don't most of you dudes hate downtown already? The city going bigger and bigger shouldn't surprise anyone; it's not some quirky outlier in the list of major cities, Seattle is pretty clearly the next SF and all these rich folks want 'rich people' places to live, shop, and socialize.
In light of the boom, though, the city's infrastructure and traffic situation will never not be hilarious/horrifying to watch. I'm sure everyone involved wishes they'd seen it coming and could just hit pause before going all SimCity on this mess now.
In light of the boom, though, the city's infrastructure and traffic situation will never not be hilarious/horrifying to watch. I'm sure everyone involved wishes they'd seen it coming and could just hit pause before going all SimCity on this mess now.
I don't care about them building boatloads of expensive condos downtown, that ship sailed long ago. The whole "let's turn Seattle into NYC/Vancouver/SF" thing is gross though. If you want to live in a NYC district, go live in NYC, :lol
distantmantra
Member
I'm fine with density as long it's done right. My experience is more in the neighborhoods where developers are putting in new condo buildings near future light rail, as they should. However, they're playing dumb when it comes to parking. People are gonna bring cars and make the situation worse than it already is. Offering $15 off monthly rent if you don't bring a car isn't incentive for anyone.
It also makes me sad that Seattle is pushing out low income people. As a native growing up here, Seattle was always welcoming to everyone, not just the upper class. That sucks.
Yep, the San Francisco and Vancouver model, basically what the developers said they wanted to do.
I rarely go downtown; get it as dense as possible IMO but there needs to be lower income housing in the area. I thought the city imposed a mandatory low income housing percentage for developers? (On mobile otherwise I would look it up).
Traffic was shit today and he wasn't here. Won't mean a thing
I'll be the guy walking faster than traffic and laughing uncontrollably.
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