Post #382715 by beadtiki on Tue, May 27, 2008 3:59 PM

The Seattle area (which is where Ballard is) has decided to mash as many of those CrackerJack boxes in as little space as possible. No one here seems to know how to take a bus, so there is very little in the way of public transportation - even though the city is getting more dense, they still won't add more buses - very frustrating. Then they build these monolithic pieces of crap without parking spaces and the people who buy these things have 2 plus vehicles and nowhere to park them except where anyone wanting to come into the area to shop would park. So, that makes it not worth the trip into the city. Lost revenues to businesses (and the folks that buy condos there don't usually shop there except groceries). It's very sad to see the city I grew up in turning into some cookie-cutter center of bordom. Not many interesting buildings left, old homes have been torn down to put in McMansions or developments where you can reach out your bedroom window and ask the neighbor if they have any Grey Poupon, no road improvements and higher taxes. Sigh.