Comments for Wallyhood

Comment on Festering Pit, Fester On by Alex

Alex — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:12:17 +0000

Declare it a lawless pit where the disgruntled and disenfranchised Wally residents can battle each other with no restrictions. Put up some cheap bleachers and we all have a new hobby by Wednesday.

Comment on Festering Pit, Fester On by Sparky

Sparky — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:06:05 +0000

Let’s buy it and organize to fundraise and proudly donate and engage local talent to design and build a community center with a skateboard park and a P-Patch and a swimming pool and a dog playground and a weekly farmer’s market a sound stage and workshop space and affordable rentable living spaces all in green buildings in a forested, blooming park-like setting. Why not? Call me a dreamer but I’m not the only one . . .

It would help to put the #16 Metro bus back along Wallingford Avenue N on its way to there.

Comment on Wallingford Walks Seeks Walks by Chris W.

Chris W. — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:44:43 +0000

I am a sucker for a fruit tree walk during harvest time!

Comment on Liquor Returns to Wallingford by iyqtoo

iyqtoo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:31:02 +0000

Feeling kind of feisty this morning, but calling a bum a bum is not NIMBY or hateful, it’s honest. Can’t speak for anybody else, but the resentment i feel about this subject is the failure on many folks in Seattle to distinguish ‘homeless people’ who truly need help and are often too proud to ask from the substance abusing bums who are perfectly capable of doing productive work, but are allowed and encouraged to take advantage of the limited resources that have been set aside for the truly needy.

If you find that giving money to bums helps you feel less guilty, you might try looking at the long term too. You are enabling their own self-destruction. Not so different from giving a whining child cookies or TV time to shut them up while you finish a task without thinking about their future as a fat person. Far better to teach yourself how to say ‘no’ in a respectful way.

The barriers might be slightly higher, but recoginizing your own guilt and reserving your coins for the Real Change vendors or organized support agencies is a whole lot better for everybody in the long term.

Comment on Dim Sum by Inna

Inna — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:47:32 +0000

Awesome! I can’t wait!

Comment on Liquor Returns to Wallingford by Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:05:26 +0000

Wow, it’s interesting to see how much fear and resentment this brings up over homeless people. I’m definitely in agreement with those who point out how unproblematic the old one at Stone Way was. The businesses many homeless people seem most likely to hang out at are convenience stores and grocery stores. You don’t see a lot of homeless people that can afford hard alcohol.

And all this “aggressive panhandling” stuff I hear about is, to me, complete nonsense. Maybe it’s because I often make eye contact with homeless people, talk with them, give them some change, or, if I don’t feel like giving them anything, say “Not today, sorry,” and look them in the eye. Basically, I don’t think of them as “bums” or “ramptrash” or whatever hateful terms people on this forum are calling them. They’re people, period. I’m not saying they are saints, just that they are people, often with substance abuse problems. If it bothers you to see people out of doors who have problems, support Real Change, support SHARE/WHEEL, support Nickelsville, support Solid Ground. That’ll do something to change the situation and change your own attitudes about homelessness. Fearful NIMBY attitudes keep homelessness and poverty in place.

Comment on Festering Pit, Fester On by Cheryl

Cheryl — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:46:23 +0000

How about allowing the mobile food trucks to park there? Make it a rotating one so we get diversity of food.

Comment on Festering Pit, Fester On by moira

moira — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:37:22 +0000

i second ryans idea for a dog park!! preferably with tunnels and dirt to bury treasure in

Comment on Festering Pit, Fester On by Terri

Terri — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:09:56 +0000

I have imagined looking down into a huge party with lights strung along the perimeter. From the top, I could look for my friends and scan the crowd for who I want to meet along the way.

Comment on Festering Pit, Fester On by Rob

Rob — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:40:53 +0000

Wait, the neighbors fought replacing that old skanky Safeway?

What part are you leaving out because that seems kind of dumb.