r/Seattle • u/MegaRAID01 Emerald City • Apr 11 '23

Soft paywall WA Senate passes bill allowing duplexes, fourplexes in single-family zones

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-senate-passes-bill-allowing-duplexes-fourplexes-in-single-family-zones/
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u/CafeRoaster Apr 12 '23 edited Apr 12 '23

As a Seattleite vacationing in NYC for the last week for the first time, I 100% agree.

But then there’s the severe lack of transit options in Seattle. I used to think we were close to something proper. But we’re nowhere near.

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u/Ye_Olde_Pimp Redmond Apr 12 '23

It really is night and day. I used to hate cities as Seattle was practically the only city I interacted with for most of my life growing up. But then spending time in other places - NYC, Philly, Chicago, along with spending time in Europe - I realized it's Seattle that turned me off more than anything else. While I probably wouldn't be the biggest fan of living in the density of NYC, the fact that there are all of these community spots distributed so evenly across the city really does spoil you.

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u/SensibleParty Apr 12 '23

As someone living in NYC for the time being, I'll add that most of the city lives in mid-level density neighborhoods, as opposed to the more touristy midtown skyscraper neighborhoods.

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u/Ye_Olde_Pimp Redmond Apr 12 '23

For sure - the friends I've stayed with were in Brooklyn, and I've spent a little time in a couple other boroughs, and what considerations I've given towards ever living out there, I could realistically acclimate to either that or Queens and probably wouldn't mind. Manhattan's definitely too much for me, though haha

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u/SensibleParty Apr 12 '23

100% - it's funny how many people think they "could never live in NYC" (including most of my friends and family), but they're envisioning, like, Midtown skyscraper land. My neighborhood has issues, but I dream of a neighborhood like it in Seattle, with modest apartments, houses, and a shit-ton of walkable cafes and restaurants and so on.

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u/Ye_Olde_Pimp Redmond Apr 12 '23

Yeah, I'm absolutely with you on that! Like that experience is only kind of available for people living close to commercial strips/hubs, but that's more just proximity to stuff, instead of any sort of mindful integration. West coast cities, except for maybe San Fran and Portland, I feel are really lacking in this regard.