>Well there are really only about 4 clusters of restaurants in downtown, (~6 if you count SLU but I don't, and that's as bad if not worse), and one is near Pike

>Well there are really only about 4 clusters of restaurants in downtown, (~6 if you count SLU but I don't, and that's as bad if not worse), and one is near Pike, one near the courthouse (both are lousy for parking). The ID isn't impossible but it's getting worse. I was just thinking something like Mod Pizza :). Most restaurants downtown are too overpriced for me. I do really like El Borracho, but that's $25/hr parking. Capitol Hill has really good Sushi, Tacos, & Ramen which is where I usually go for restaurants. Parking up there is much cheaper too. I bus from North to downtown for work every week day and over the past 3-4 months my bus is packed so much that it's people almost involuntarily molesting each other, packed in like sardines. I see the double decker Sound Transit busses going way over their maximum limit of passengers. I would really like to see Seattle & surrounding areas put in a much larger effort for Transit since we already have so many people, and we keep gaining thousands more every year. I am about to move south near the light rail, so that will be quite nice. It looks like Northgate station is coming together quite nicely and I see them starting demolition of buildings for the light rail in Lynnwood as of a few weeks ago. I hope a lot of the north light rail is completed early.