seattle continued

living in places that are still trying to figure this out (here we've had 1 million stupid nimbys with the same sort of complaints) is kind of wrenching. i'd like to live in a city where this stuff is finished and established.

yeah. it's alright because i'm fine with buses but it would be more efficient/less crowded even if light rail seems a little bit cumbersome compared to metro. we have one metro line and one light rail line! it's kind of funny. i like the metro but it doesn't really go anywhere i need to go. it's just a fun ride.

it doesn't really go anywhere i need to go. it's just a fun ride.

This is the Seattle light rail, for me. I will ride it to the different neighborhoods for fun, and def to the airport when that part is finished. But sadly no real use for me, day to day.

I have tried to talk Mr. Jaq into riding it south for 2 stops, then hopping off with his bike for the rest of his ride to work. But he would rather just ride his bike the whole way.

i'm totally ready to move, guys. does seattle have like, small outlying towns, not too far from big-city stuff? i'm ready for a small town, and an old house, and a backyard and a dog. and not always stressing about being mugged/raped/murdered.

most useless light rail: buffalo's subway. unless you go to ub i guess?

smoove i bet you could find that! you could even get a house w/ backyard and dog in the city. i read there have been only 11 murders in seattle so far this year (but 4 in the last week oh my!).

i think we have 11 murders per day here

i love that bus routes here actually get you where you want to go, though. the routes seem to make way more sense than in nyc.

the other day i got cut off by this dude on a scooter, and without even thinking i just shook my head in a stern way at him and then he followed me: stopped behind whenever i stopped, then i pulled over (on my bike) so i could cross this busy street to a separate bike path round the lake, and he pulled over right behind me and sat there staring at me for ages as i crossed and road off. then of course i got terrified he was gonna follow me home, where i would be completely screwed, since ytth was out of town and i have no friends i could call to come babysit me. to add to that, the neighbourhood i work in is so crime-ridden, every day i sit there basically waiting for my turn to get robbed.

sorry, emo blog post :/

this is a seattle thread, not an oakland-is-a-poohole thread

i think you should definitely move here.

lol @ 11 murders

is that even real? how?

baltimore has 127

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/07/23/seattles-violent-week

i know you can't put an apostrophe in a url but the lack of apostrophe in "seattles" is driving me nutso right now!

<3

wait are all of seattle's murders random like that?

i mean obv they aren't random to the people involved but it seems non-systemic in a way, to me

those are the ones that get the press, of course, but on the whole i'd say no. it seems like most of the terrible things that happen here are the drug deals gone bad/gang stuff, like anywhere

baltimore has 127

nuts

oh ok. i guess i knew that. drugs.

ok so apparently there have only been 13 murders so far (altho that's just oakland - 400,000 ppl - and doesn't include all the cities that border us directly).

violent crimes: 1349

http://www.cjgsu.net/initiatives/HomRates-2009-03-16-Score.pdf

oakland is #6 for homicides and seattle is #56

i think bmore has about 600,000
also we have this helpful map (can't figure out how to link to 2008 though, so 2009 will show up) http://www.citypaper.com/news/mi_map.asp
i live in that hole in the middle, it's really not as bad as it looks i swear

smoove, Seattle has small towns on islands!!! And you can just hop on a ferry and get to the city.

^way to do it imo

i want my own island.

HomoRates

oakland does sound scary,even to a new yorker like me

and it's just getting worse. i dunno, i've been feeling really down about it lately, probably just a phase. i think it's a lot to do with have an annoying anxious nature anyway, living in a dodge 'hood just brings out the worst of it.

just move here; you will feel better.

i want to say more about the light rail but am not sure where to start. look at these first, aren't they awesome
http://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/STart-Public-Art-Program/Public-Art-Projects/StellarConnections.xml

cool! I couldn't figure out what the sodo symbol was from the handouts we got. I light-railed twice yesterday, from dragon to opera glasses and back.

jealous! it would have been silly to ride from spectacles to tiara, though, and then get on the bus! lol.

that is a really neat project, though! i like the explanation of how the constellations were derived.

would ride spectacles to tiara just for the hell of it

lxy and i have an ongoing project to go to each of the stations and document them. so far we've gone to dragon and the end of the line, canoe

magic carpet ride ftw btw

sir, can i see some documentation, please?

lol i was a little offended when i saw 'magic carpet' and then i read the description and thought 'hmm, ok' but i'm still a little iffy.

you got to BELIIIIEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEEEE

canoe is fitting because you have to take the bus then to the airport and what isn't more fitting than the canoe for getting there sloooooow

ts: canoe v rowboat

canoe it to get thru it
rowboat u slow goat

love a lot trust a few and always paddle your own canoe v merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream

I will admit to intentionally riding to the dragon instead of getting off at the schooner, b/c it seemed too decadent to only ride one stop. lxy and jergins, when you come visit the schooner stop we should meet up at my local (the Collins, 2nd and whatever street is the further south end of the bus tunnel at that stop - James?) - they have many brews and delicious food.

Listing of all the area outdoor movies, mostly in August: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/174596.asp

the other day as we were leaving the game jergins said "so we'll go jaq's and then get on a bus."

'do we really have time for that? does she know we're coming? when was this lovely behind-my-back-plan made?' thought i.

what he really said was "so we'll go to jackson and get on a bus."

but it made me want to go jaq's, and then get on a bus. so we're gonna, some time soon.

^had to go to the airplane terminal (where the coach of the sounders was! exciting!) so that's why we couldn't stop by. but i know i'd love to. light rail-->jaq's-->light rail

Oh yes! Please do!

it is HOT today! and looks to be for the next week!? yikes.