Comments on: Condomania http://www.wallyhood.org/2009/01/condomania/ Wallingford, Seattle - News, Happenings, Goings On and Gossip Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:28:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://www.wallyhood.org/2009/01/condomania/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Anonymous Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:27:00 +0000 http://66.147.240.163/~wallyhoo/?p=37#comment-79 eM, it sounds like you may be talking about townhouses and not condos if you're referring to something with a 2-car garage. Townhouses are different than condos, particularly within the city of Seattle. (I live in one.) eM, it sounds like you may be talking about townhouses and not condos if you’re referring to something with a 2-car garage. Townhouses are different than condos, particularly within the city of Seattle. (I live in one.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.wallyhood.org/2009/01/condomania/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Anonymous Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:14:00 +0000 http://66.147.240.163/~wallyhoo/?p=37#comment-50 Yeah, what work is there in Wallingford to walk to besides the occasional office? Please....do tell. <br/><br/>Why not just send all of the autos down to 40th street, where the other 7 million go through, right alongside the kids going to school and the coffee shop. Oh, and we cannot forget the bus system - exchanging 50% emissions with 500% noise pollution. Anyone know the decibals the seattle buses give off when they start/stop? I would be curious to find out for when I sue the city. I swear when I moved here there were very few buses on this street. Yeah, what work is there in Wallingford to walk to besides the occasional office? Please….do tell.

Why not just send all of the autos down to 40th street, where the other 7 million go through, right alongside the kids going to school and the coffee shop. Oh, and we cannot forget the bus system – exchanging 50% emissions with 500% noise pollution. Anyone know the decibals the seattle buses give off when they start/stop? I would be curious to find out for when I sue the city. I swear when I moved here there were very few buses on this street.

]]> By: andrew http://www.wallyhood.org/2009/01/condomania/comment-page-1/#comment-45 andrew Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:31:00 +0000 http://66.147.240.163/~wallyhoo/?p=37#comment-45 I had written a whole response to the condo thing but it got lost somehow. Now instead I will saw that I have web hosting and could easily set up some forums for wallyhood to use if you're interested. Jordan let me know: I'm aocole on twitter. I had written a whole response to the condo thing but it got lost somehow. Now instead I will saw that I have web hosting and could easily set up some forums for wallyhood to use if you’re interested. Jordan let me know: I’m aocole on twitter.

]]> By: eM http://www.wallyhood.org/2009/01/condomania/comment-page-1/#comment-39 eM Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:44:00 +0000 http://66.147.240.163/~wallyhoo/?p=37#comment-39 when the huzbeau traded his work at home job for a go to the office one, we moved from Bainbridge Island to west wallingford so he can walk to his job at Google. It's lovely, we love it.<br/>Except for the rows and rows of god awful condos that are now on our block. just when you think you've seen the ugliest one, the next one is worse. and since they sell for $500 - 700+ K a pop, I don't think they qualify as "affordable housing". The oldest ones on the block, built about 5 years ago, are already in need of a paint job - but the worst aspect of these is that almost all of them do not have adequate parking spaces. Yes, we wish everyone walked to their job, or worked at home, but the reality is that there are two or more cars associated with each of those condo units, and they typically have one tiny almost-impossible-to-get-into space. One of the condos boasted "2 car garages". Those puppies sold like hotcakes. Condos typically do not keep people out of their cars.<br/>I think better transit options keep people out of their cars. It's a tragedy for Seattle neighborhoods that there are not more stringent design guidelines for all the "density". when the huzbeau traded his work at home job for a go to the office one, we moved from Bainbridge Island to west wallingford so he can walk to his job at Google. It’s lovely, we love it.
Except for the rows and rows of god awful condos that are now on our block. just when you think you’ve seen the ugliest one, the next one is worse. and since they sell for $500 – 700+ K a pop, I don’t think they qualify as “affordable housing”. The oldest ones on the block, built about 5 years ago, are already in need of a paint job – but the worst aspect of these is that almost all of them do not have adequate parking spaces. Yes, we wish everyone walked to their job, or worked at home, but the reality is that there are two or more cars associated with each of those condo units, and they typically have one tiny almost-impossible-to-get-into space. One of the condos boasted “2 car garages”. Those puppies sold like hotcakes. Condos typically do not keep people out of their cars.
I think better transit options keep people out of their cars. It’s a tragedy for Seattle neighborhoods that there are not more stringent design guidelines for all the “density”.

]]> By: Mike D http://www.wallyhood.org/2009/01/condomania/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Mike D Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:35:00 +0000 http://66.147.240.163/~wallyhoo/?p=37#comment-38 I agree with this in theory, except for two major caveats:<br/><br/>1.) What happens to a couple with two spouses who work in different locations? What happens when you lose or change jobs?<br/><br/>2.) Wallingford (for example) doesn't have much walkable industry aside from UW and maybe Adobe/Google in Fremont. How do we encourage job creation to go along with the condos?<br/><br/>Condos and density alone aren't complete solutions -- we also need to work on our transit infrastructure to allow practical commutes by bus or light-rail. I agree with this in theory, except for two major caveats:

1.) What happens to a couple with two spouses who work in different locations? What happens when you lose or change jobs?

2.) Wallingford (for example) doesn’t have much walkable industry aside from UW and maybe Adobe/Google in Fremont. How do we encourage job creation to go along with the condos?

Condos and density alone aren’t complete solutions — we also need to work on our transit infrastructure to allow practical commutes by bus or light-rail.

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