Everyone I know hated McGinn. Grass is always greener, I suppose.
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Everyone I know hated McGinn. Grass is always greener, I suppose.
distantmantra
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Regardless of how people felt about the tunnel, McGinn wouldn't shut up about the tunnel after he said he'd shut up about tunnel.
I need to read more about her, but she seems way too left for the average Seattle voter.
Seemed like a competent, but liberal manager type to get transit and housing sorted, turns out he was actually just a densification greedy bastard developer proxy - barely even hides it anymore.
distantmantra
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I welcome density, but Murray is just letting the developers do whatever they want without any consideration of the ramifications.
And they continue to build in areas that are desirable BECAUSE they're neighborhoody, instead of killing two birds with one stone and fixing the garbage one story morass of the Aurora corridor which is a) Convenient as hell for a lot of reasons and b) Begging to be thoughtfully redeveloped and c) A massive Delete repeated word collection of would-be desirable land and lots that could become a long jewel of efficiency and cleverness in North Seattle. it would also benefit the traditional neighborhoods that are currently divided by it, instead of connected to it.
platypotamus
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Yeah, but fuck those guys
Oh shit, McGinn is running. I'll definitely take him back over Murray.
Then he can go undig the tunnel.
distantmantra
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She has a lot of good points I agree with, but you know she's got a huge uphill battle compared to her competitors.
Her push to eliminate the SPD is a bit much for me, to be honest.
platypotamus
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The first time I said "yeah, but fuck those guys" I was being mostly facetious, and now you lob me this soft ball?!
Unknown Soldier
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Seattle's mayoral candidates seem to be quite lacking TBH
distantmantra
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Fine with me. I never said I was against her, but we all know about the passive racism in this city.
The drilling is completed, the tunnel is still a couple years out I think.
I responded.
but yeah the freeze is real, and I grew up here.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the open drug dealing that goes on unabated and unpoliced right there. Or the profusion of mentally ill homeless with no support. Or the rampant alcoholism. or the teenage gangs swiping every third iphone. Or the car prowlers breaking windows in broad daylight.
Cops responded to a robbery and two of them got shot.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...-of-gunman-unclear/ar-BBA5KIR?ocid=spartanntp
Sounds like the cops are only slightly injured, which is a big relief.
Oh yeah, went to the MoPOP and just walked around Seattle a bit on Tuesday and it was pretty cool. That Nintendo Indie exhibit was pretty sad though, I was hoping for something that touched on development or game history a little more but it was just a bunch of random indie games to play. All the Wii Us gave me a good chuckle though. Definitely have to go back whenever they revamp the Horror section.
Aurora over by Northgate or 85th is my go to gas fill up spot and is a quick drive from Eastlake. I did see one new apartment building going up.
I do agree that should be an easy spot to build up. Replace the small run down stores with new apartments and mixed use apartment buildings. The good and the bad is that they won't be able to charge 3500 for a two bedroom but which is also the reason why there hasn't been a huge push to build.
Exactly, but a smart developer, instead of paying $800k for a corner lot in greenlake and squeezing four units into it, could buy a massive stripmall for half that, and put quintuple the number of units in, and even create some ACTUAL affordable housing, instead of the pretend affordable housing they put in now. And hey, get this, rooom for parking!
I realize this doesn't make snese, but for some reason five dollars worth of Dick's fries and burgers is a LUDICROUS amount of food, compared to that same five dollars at McDs.
2 Deluxes is serious food coma territory for me. That's my go to on the rare occasion I go to Dick's because I need to dull the pain of the corporeal world.
I think they are Tardis burgers. Like, they feel heavy and massy in your hand, but once they hit your gut it feels like you may have ingested neutron star material and you lay down on your couch, feeling wretched yet sated.
finalflame
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2 deluxes, a cheeseburger, a fry and chocolate milkshake is standard fare for me.
I actually might just hop on by for dinner.
distantmantra
Member
My daughter and I always stop at Dicks after the zoo and take it to Fremont Brewing. I used to get two Deluxes but now I just get two cheeseburgers and call it good.
Honestly, I think the Dick's cheeseburger is way better than the deluxe. And it's cheaper, to boot.
distantmantra
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I don't like their fries, too soggy. My kid loves them, though.
They've grown on me. I used to hate them. I like my fries crunchy.
I too like my fries crunchy. Although if it's late and I'm out. I don't mind Dick's fries.
distantmantra
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Oh I'll have a couple of my daughters but I'll never order them on my own. I'd rather just eat another burger instead.
Saw that on the news last night. Summer better be amazing.
am I the only person happy about all the rain :x
finalflame
Gold Member
You are not, I also love itHope we get even more this/next year.
No! This "winter" was dreadful. Give me the sun. As a former chicago-an I appreciated the lack of snow and general 30-40's F weather but the overcast and constant rain was too much!
finalflame
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Give me all the dark, rainy, cold, snowy days you got, Seattle. I love it
I guess a little sun doesn't hurt
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Good lawd, I don't want to be on a return flight to Seattle tonight. Hawaii is too nice.
I'll be there in a week and a half.
platypotamus
Member
You jerks need to bring enough tickets to hawaii for the whole thread, or don't bring them at all
platypotamus
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I'm going to whidbey island for my 10 year anniversary in october, and same
What he said.
You are not, I also love it
You're going to be getting even more over the next several decades and the globe warms and the atmosphere is able to hold more moisture, resulting in super moisture plumes across the Pacific.
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