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The Blue Flower

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2. That kind of dense development ruined my neighborhood in Ballard

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:24 AM

Apr 22

3-story condos built in backyards, with rooms so small you couldn't fit furniture into them, but very expensive. Big apartment complexes on every corner. Car traffic on streets and foot traffic on sidewalks became impassable. Single-family homes torn down and construction from corner to corner of what had been front and back yards and tidy lawns. No thanks. And at the same time, homelessness and drug trafficking exploded.

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'Taller, denser, faster': Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announces plan to supercharge city's housing growth [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 21 OP

Oh FFS. All they do is build. LisaM Apr 21 #1

That kind of dense development ruined my neighborhood in Ballard The Blue Flower Apr 22 #2

I know! None of this building has solved anything. LisaM Apr 23 #3