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Urban living empty nesters

March 5th, 2007 · Comments · By Matt

The Zillow blog has a post from Sabra Davis who writes about her experiences recently downsizing from a 3,200 square foot home and three cars to a 1,200 square foot apartment in Belltown:

Spontaneity has become a big part of our lives now. We see movies, baseball games, and go to the theatre, concerts and museums without planning ahead since they are all within easy reach. We often stroll to our local park, where there’s almost always some sort of event or concert going on. An added bonus to all of this activity is that we are healthier and stronger than we’ve been in years.

A lot of what she writes about are the same things that excite me about living downtown. However, I still own a car (though it’s barely functioning) in order to get to hockey twice a week (we play in Renton, Kent, Everett and Kirkland.)

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  • jcricket
    You area aware the lovely elevated structure will be unavailable for quite some time during the rebuild, and will likely no longer have the lovely views (because the new side barriers are required to be 2-3x as high, and solid).

    Let's strike a balance. Drivers can have money for I5, 405 and 520 improvements. Downtown Seattle gets the streets + transit option for 99. Compromise.
  • Brian
    I don't know shawn, most people would probably rather have the lovely elevated highway structure rebuilt that we all enjoy every day in our little cars moving to and fro through downtown.
  • mhays
    The sculpture park will never been a homeless haven. It's privately owned and staffed round the clock, with funding in perpetuity, and won't allow it. Also, it has lots of "draw" other than being a green space. Its numbers will fall after people have seen it, but it'll keep going with tourists, locals dropping by again, locals who haven't seen it yet, neighborhood residents who go often, people who work nearby, etc.

    Some parks get lots of use -- Westlake, Steinbrueck, parts of Seattle Center, Broadway reservoir (whatever that new park is called).

    We need more parks. This will dilute the street people, and provide green spaces close to more people.
  • shawn
    "We often stroll to our local park, where theres almost always some sort of event or concert going on."

    Do tell: where is this? Olympic Sculpture park is probably closest to what you describe. However I bet that after this initial buzz wears off, it'll become just like every other park downtown - mostly unused with the exception of the disadvantaged using it as their home.

    I wish Seattle's downtown had a park that even comes close to what Chicago has along its waterfront, in terms of usage by its residents and an overall "this is a nice place to be" feeling.
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