Slog - Comments on Letter to the Editor of the Day (Featuring the Sentence of the Day)

Comment by hal

hal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:15:05 -0800

Sounded to me like I, Anonymous. The guy said he moved from Denver though.

Comment by hal

hal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:16:05 -0800

oops, here's the link:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=592338

Comment by nightlifejitters

nightlifejitters — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:50:22 -0800

I've longed to live in Seattle for years, and while I think I'd be happier than kittens on tits if I ever do make it up there, I have no illusions that it's the perfect emerald city of chamber of commerce brochures. Every city has its own villains and political buffoons, but Seattle has the geography, parks, recreation and vitality to make up for them. There are plenty of cities with great transit that would shit in their fist to have half of Seattle's livability quotient.

Being an outsider, I can't really have a fully informed opinion on all the things that the I-Anonymous writer from Denver says, but I agree with much of it. I've been to Seattle many times, including trips this year, and I hate the look of most of the new development, and I know I'm priced out of the urban core, which sucks because that's where I'd want to be, but I still long to reside there. I just got back from 5 days in Portland, loved it, rode the Max like a bronc buster, biked around Forest Park until I had moss on my back, ate VooDoo donuts until I had sprinkels on my turds, and met more friendly people per day than I have on any Seattle trip, but PDX still doesn't pump my nads like Seattle does.

Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay

Catalina Vel-DuRay — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:48:28 -0800

Andy Darling, Gary Locke was the King County Executive, not the Mayor of Seattle. Please make a note of it.

Comment by Strath

Strath — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:01:27 -0800

Still, the dude has some points.

And that sentence was epic.

Completely new point, but I do think it's important for people to move away from where they're from for awhile. You might be able to get control of a place from within it, but you'll never fully understand it without a little perspective.

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:11:30 -0800

Epic, Bellevue. I'm jealous.

Comment by lsk3ster

lsk3ster — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:20:09 -0800

I'm giddy after reading this post and the relevant I, Anonymous. I lived in Seattle for 6 years and completely agree that it is a just a big town. Vit D deficiency did me in too! I exhibited sun poisoning soon after I moved South and I'm African!! What???? I, however, miss the Stranger.

Comment by Zander

Zander — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:40:55 -0800

It's been a few hours now and nobody from the Mayor's office has bothered to point out the misspelling?
Apparently, they don't monitor the blogosphere. Wonder what else gets by them?

Comment by magnoliaguy

magnoliaguy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:52:42 -0800

I too am a native, 49 yrs. Face it, us natives are in total denial. This is not my beautiful home; this is not my beautiful wife. What happened to South Lake Union? Condos? Heck, this is where we bought repair parts to our stove at St. Vincent De Paul. Face it, Seattle is a collection of nice neighborhoods. Too bad we don't have mass transit, we used to have a great system. I blame General Motors.

Comment by Sargon Bighorn

Sargon Bighorn — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:20:02 -0800

Andy Corona will not part with a penny to pay for mass transit, cuz heck that's just the way Andy is. But he sure can bitch like the best of um.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:22:25 -0800

Lots of whiny comments on the Seattle Times blog about the 520 tolls where people claim to have left Seattle for the Eastside and are now whining about how they want Seattle to pay for their bridge.

Don't believe the astroturf. It's not real.

Comment by Y.F.

Y.F. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:34:34 -0800

Want mass transit? Pray that gas hits $5+ per gallon. When I moved to the Phoenix area about ten years ago it had the shittiest transit. Seriously, 517 square miles of city and bus service was worse than the podunk town I came from. Buses in my area (A.S.U.) were supposed to be every 1/2 hour but most of the time they were 45 minutes late AT LEAST (if they showed up at all). A trip that was 15 minutes in a car could take up to 2 hours. Now with the mortgage crisis, economy tanking, and gas prices higher than ever, we are getting mass transit. There's a bus every fifteen minutes. Free shuttles around the campus have expanded outward to other towns. The light rail should be finished within the coming year.

Finally, mass transit because of mass poverty and gas prices doubling. The only thing good to come out of the Bush economy.

Comment by Grant Cogswell

Grant Cogswell — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:36:00 -0800

Magnolia Guy, you rule, whoever you are. I'm not gonna say I told you so, because that is not interesting. I'm gonna say the dream is gone, live on, live on.

Comment by Scott Dow

Scott Dow — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:54:13 -0800

Provide an environment safer and better
than their cars. Why not, Mr. Mayor?

So it's a train.

A supertrain.

I've been burned by this
train business before.
You people all seem to forget...

We can change this city.

People love their cars.
I'll put it to you like this, and then
I'll thank you for your time.
My answer is no.

Comment by MarkyMark

MarkyMark — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:03:50 -0800

The reality, of course - lost in the mists of time - is that regional mass-transit proposals kept being voted down over and over and over and over and over for decades, until Light Rail finally made it through (and before people start screeching about the Monorail votes, which I supported every time, please note the term "regional").

Comment by Lola

Lola — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:03:14 -0800

Yeah, Andy, right on. Me too. In fact, I'm so sick of it I'm moving to Iowa. But that's not why.

Comment by Shilo Urban

Shilo Urban — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:07:42 -0800

what an effing dumbass. If you don't like Seattle, MOVE THE FUCK OUT.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:11:54 -0800

Dear letter writer: put down the fucking bong, and pick up the local newspaper. You might learn something.

Comment by I blame Martin Selig

I blame Martin Selig — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:22:01 -0800

Grant Cogswell just made me cry.

Comment by Scottie Yahtzee

Scottie Yahtzee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:52:05 -0800

wow, these posts are so true..... too bad i love this damn city too much to let lack of mass transit and stupid politicians ruin my fun.

Comment by Callie

Callie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:10:46 -0800

@4 - Are you joking?

Comment by miss jo

miss jo — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:20:59 -0800

wow. he put his name on that.

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:48:25 -0800

Letter to the "Editor of the Day"?

Is there a different Editor each day now? Or does the Editor actually (somehow) edit the day? If so, I'd like to have mine re-edited please...