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Selfishly, this reads like a great ad for life on the Eastside. I don't know what the solution is, but if the individually-rational choice is to take advantage
by rdl 10y ago
Selfishly, this reads like a great ad for life on the Eastside. I don't know what the solution is, but if the individually-rational choice is to take advantage of communities with nice parks, good schools, etc., seems unlikely things will change.
- techsupporter 10y agoPretty sure the Chamber of Commerce won't be asking me to write any ad copy for them. That said, it's not an uninhabitable hellscape west of the lake and over 680,000 of us are doing just grand. I'd still rather live in the city (our schools are just fine and we still have some of the most amazing parks in the Pacific Northwest) than anywhere else in the region. You've hit the nail on the head, regardless of where I live. As long as the Eastside can fob its problems off onto Seattle, it will continue to do so. I kind of fear for the day when those of us who live in Seattle get sufficiently fed up with the situation that we push back.
- jonknee 10y agoIt's not like Seattle is emptying out in favor of the Eastside, companies are actually moving to the Seattle side because it is better for recruiting (Expedia being a really big example). Some people really like sterile cookie cutter suburbs and the Eastside is perfect for that, but it's not for everyone regardless of how "nice" it is.