Posted Sat, Mar 15, 1:26 p.m.

Editors Pick Right!: The two editors' picks are perfect. ddmiller and mhays are smack dead on the nut of the issue. Families & Square Footage. Who gets to have kids? And how many? Just how many square feet do you get and why? Why can't density be family friendly? Wouldn't ...

Posted Tue, Oct 9, 6:23 p.m.

Shocking, just shocking!: Why can't this guy act like other politicians?

Posted Wed, Oct 3, 9:21 a.m.

Thanks: I'll be darned. I was expecting another Stranger-class yowl. I live in SoLU and I think it is going to be a great neighborhood. It isn't there yet, but you are absolutely right, it is moving very, very fast. I can't wait to ride the S.L.U.T! I worked in ...

Posted Thu, Sep 13, 12:53 p.m.

It's scary out there!: Knute you are right. City people get lost, hurt and killed when they get off the pavement. Regular, too. They do everything they read about, whistles, bells, emergency tube tents, gorp, compass and damn if the bear doesn't eat them anyway. Breaks your heart. Snakes. Yellowjackets. ...

Posted Tue, Sep 11, 11:21 a.m.

Mary, Mary...: Bellevue? Silly, Bellevue hates density. Bellevue likes sprawl and shrubbery and parking garages and four lane streets without sidewalks. Or so I gather. I try to steer clear. But look at what generates discussion on CrossCut. Honest, how many blank threads can CC tolerate? Contrariness is good, Mary, ...

Posted Tue, Sep 11, 9:55 a.m.

The crush of public opinion: Although it's still pretty early, I would suggest its time to start stopping what people aren't clicking on. And doing more of what people are posting on; the threads need to be longer, the posts shorter. Growth, density, downtown, crime, transportation, cops, robbers, grit, glitz ...

Posted Tue, Aug 21, 3:16 p.m.

Walkabilly!: Follow the logic on this a little more strenuously. Fo'ard, harsh! To walk you need something to walk to, yes, jobs, shops, groceries, cleaners, entertainment, bars (always a good idea to walk from) and such. Flip that around and think about what all the businesses we're walking to and ...

Posted Sat, Aug 18, 10:50 a.m.

Carrying Capacity: There is an endless sea of urban baby boomers -- and behind them Gen-Xers -- with the money and the desire to escape the city and build a home in God's country. Endless. There's plenty of land and plenty of county commissions hungry for property tax revenues generated ...

Posted Fri, Aug 3, 2:11 p.m.

RE: First they came for the homeless drunks...: No stick. The stick is more harmful than the problem you're trying solve. Nag all you want with public service announcements, but no compulsion. Police states are not healthy.

Posted Fri, Aug 3, 1:56 p.m.

RE: Is there another way to think about health-care costs?: Exactly right. Insurance is not health care. We're letting ourselves be actuarialized into a tight corner. Where does it stop? I'll tell you where, single payer.

Posted Fri, Aug 3, 1:22 p.m.

Density behind every bush: This is going on everywhere. What it's got to do with density, I dunno. Between Wenatchee and Orondo on U.S. 97 out in the middle of freakin' nowhere, they're ripping out apple trees and building these dirigible hangars to live in, like Malibu mansions. Outside of ...

Posted Fri, Aug 3, 11:53 a.m.

RE: fat is the new smoking: Choices are good, even bad ones. The more choices we have the better. If by doing SOMETHING you mean limiting other people's choices, and fining them or throwing them in jail when they defy you, I'm agin it. Putting up with other people's stupid ...

Posted Fri, Aug 3, 11:11 a.m.

fat is the new smoking: and pretty soon old will be the new fat. Seattle is where we lefties prove the right has no exclusive on intolerance. As for being sick and tired, I'm S&T of the "We're ALL paying for it" crap.

Posted Thu, Jul 26, 9:33 a.m.

RE: Seattle is not a two-dollar whore: Well, I guess we now know who only has a buck-seventy-five.

Posted Wed, May 30, 9:27 a.m.

Density is local.: Density -- here, on Crosscut -- is argued regionally. That's a mistake. Growth is regional but density is a local strategy. Problems associated with regional growth (business flight, homelessness, crime, etc) all centralize. In other words, as Kirkland and Bellevue and Aurburn and Kent and Shoreline grow, ...

Posted Thu, May 24, 10:25 a.m.

RE: The Take Away: Dye the hair, get a perm, grow a beard, put on a few ... Emmett, is that you under all that moss?

Posted Wed, May 23, 2:27 p.m.

RE: The Take Away: I don't care about Las Vegas' monorail. It is as relevant to our traffic problems as otter slides in Minnesota. What I do care about is that Seattle's traffic problems go on without solution, and I think that's the idea: Lessor Seattle by monkey wrenching Seattle.

Posted Wed, May 23, 2:16 p.m.

RE: esponse: 1. Services won't be constant. Services will increase to keep pace with increasing problems. Urban problems always centralize. That's why sprawl sprawls. If you live within Seattle city limits you pay. Do you want help paying or not? 2. Can't argue with your taste. So what do you ...

Posted Tue, May 22, 7:19 a.m.

Is my trip to Vegas deductible NOW?: Seattle's neighborhoods died with the monorail. You can stop dancing now, Mr. Berger.

Posted Tue, May 22, 6:49 a.m.

RE: Dense is Good, BUT No Free Lunch: OK.... 1. Taxes will increase certainly if you have fewer people carrying the same increasing load. The costs of growth will be borne disproportionately by the City of Seattle. The homeless will always migrate downtown. Crime will always be a problem downtown. ...

Posted Mon, May 21, 2:26 p.m.

Density solves WHAT problem?: Traffic congestion and affordability are symptoms of growth as well as metro Seattle's geography, neither of which we can do anything about. Density (at least planned density) is a way to deal with with something else altogether. Think of it this way: Mayor Greg Nickels wants ...