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Ignore our highly restrictive zoning for the majority of the city, and the booming giants we have from Boeing to Amazon crowding the region. Many of the people
by StudentStuff 8y ago
Ignore our highly restrictive zoning for the majority of the city, and the booming giants we have from Boeing to Amazon crowding the region. Many of the people I grew up with have moved from Capitol Hill, Ballard & West Seattle to Marysville, Tacoma and Issaquah due to the housing crisis pricing them out of the city.
Condo complexes are practically never built due to our state liability laws, and the only apartments being built are premium units, as once you deal with the zoning requirements and end up with 20% of your building's floor space getting lopped off, that is the only thing that can profitably be built.
- joshuaheard 8y agoSeattle does have many other housing problems. However, I was outbid by all-cash Chinese buyers in Bellevue and Sammamish, as well, when looking for a house.
- StudentStuff 8y agoHave you looked at the zoning code in Bellevue or Sammamish? Its likely much worse than Seattle's, I know Kent's zoning is positively wretched, mandating that more than half of any commercially zoned property be paved for parking. How can you have density when you zone it away?