jesus fucking christ.

My first experience with cleaning razor clams (the icky thing that also went viral recently digging itself a hole, but very delicious in chowder), I learned that even totally gutted, the clam will suddenly contract in your hand. Much screaming ensued. Eventually you get pretty sanguine about it. Also, there was a…

oh hey, someone took a video of me dancing

Ha! Seattle is, has, and always be allergic to city planning. They didn’t even have an office for it until the 80s.

Detroit’s like, “Hold on, you have TOO MUCH demand for housing? Waiter, I’ll have what he’s having.”

first congratulations!! i can’t wait to see your name on my television screen and think, i knew her way back when she was schooling fools on shade. best wishes on all that you do!

shes writing for the black-ish spin off!!!!!!

I’ve been dreading this, Kara!

Yeah, Hilltop is not on my list of places to live. Like, it’s better than it Was...But no.

Yeah, the not in my backyard is strong here. They also drag their feet on building tiny house camps too.

The volume though. The volume is not enough for camps to suffice. And then factor in the median income rate is so high due to all this tech influx. So the “affordable housing” is really just a name. There are…

What I gather from this post is you and the fellow residents you speak of have yet to be priced out. Your time will come soon enough. Check back in with us then if your still singing the same tune.

Tacoma is going through it’s own make over of sorts. There are more affordable places there, and some areas are pretty nice. They get a lot of haterade from Seattle, but it’s not bad. If both of us didn’t have to commute here, I would seriously consider moving my own family there. I personally think Seattle has no…

LMAO i read my 5 free articles and then must go elsewhere...it’s just kind of the only place to get local politics.

Yeah, even out in Tukwila you’re looking at 400,000+ for a run of the mill 3 bedroom. And it’s spreading to Kitsap and Pierce county too. I about lost it when I saw a 1 bedroom for 1,000 on Warren Ave. The place is an old stucco building that used to be a hotel when I was a kid. It has not been flipped. And they have…

I was forced out Seattle proper about 4 years ago due to rising rents (I’m now literally 7 blocks north of the city line) and I’m actually happier where I am and don’t really wish to move back into the city. What I’m wondering though, is the housing crisis even reversible? I know there are plans to possibly tax those…

There’s a lawsuit about that though *sigh* because heaven forbid we burden developers those poor, poor Lake Washington mansion-dwelling developers.

I commute to Seattle because I can’t afford to live in it. Neither can most of my friends, most of whom have been looking for a candidate just like this. Things are reaching critical mass here, and in the greater Puget Sound as a whole.  

Seattle also now has democracy “dollars” in which you send vouchers to candidates you like. It’s a way of equalizing financial footing of candidates. This is the first election cycle we get to use them so I’m not entirely sure how much of an impact it will truly make.

Ms. Oliver is the only candidate who had people visiting my neighborhood — arguably one of the more ignored areas of Seattle. While a visit alone doesn’t mean much, it does represent something meaningful to me. I have not decided yet but I will say Ms. Oliver has been a strong contender for my vote.

Well, I like her better than most politicians I have heard or read about. Seattle has been resting on its laurels for way too long. She’s right - there are some big problems that have been around, and Seattle has been, “Yeah, well we’re green and we’re wonderful and we are not like other cities and we don’t have…