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Confused In Seattle
House Hunters. Repeat last night. A young Asian-American couple embarks on a quest to find affordable, spacious housing closer to Seattle, preferably with walk-in closet and yard for two dogs.
They live in a smaller Renton house. They wound up with a larger Renton house.
The chick was going on the entire time--through three home possibilities--about living in Seattle and then in one of the houses, she complained about it being too close to the freeway because of the noise.
Does she know that it's noisy in Seattle? She was talking about living in Seattle as a city-gal, i.e., in the city of downtown Seattle.
I lived in the city of downtown Seattle with a roommate over 10 years ago. It's noisy day and night. Almost every night, we heard knife fights and ambulances just outside our window.
City-gal my ass.
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May 5, 2008 4:01 PM
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I-5 runs right through the middle of downtown Seattle, what does the lady expect?
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May 5, 2008 4:18 PM
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Perhaps a little closer to SeaTac would be more to her liking???
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May 5, 2008 5:19 PM
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This reminds me of the many newspaper articles I've read in the past (since moving here) about the overdevelopment of residential housing amidst commercial in the city. I'd read of the complaints from new residents who'd envisioned an idealized Seattle without realizing the reality. Seattle may seem idyllic, but it's not a screen capture from a Tom Hanks movie, it's a city like any other. It has crime, homelessness, pollution, the haves/have-nots, drug use, clubs that play loud music and attract loud club-goers.
If you're going to spend way too much on a condo in the heart of the city, don't romanticize it.
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May 6, 2008 2:12 PM
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Woot Woot! I live in the Seattle area, but not in the city and I have my whole life. Where in Renton were the houses?
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May 6, 2008 3:25 PM
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