Blogs Feb 24, 2014 at 2:06 pm

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NIMBY graffiti!
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Wow, Brendan, you live in a really nice neighborhood.
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My neighborhood is "very hot". Shit is selling before the Windermere signs go up.
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It's got Victorian trim, inside and out. That's plenty of wrong, if you ask me.
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Maybe one of the 12,500 new people who moved into Seattle last year can buy it.
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actually, the thing that's wrong is that it's a house. not many SFs are going to survive in LR zones.

"tear down that bitch of a bearing wall and put a window where it ought to be!"
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I could tell you what will replace SFR but you'd mock me, even though I'd be right
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@8: I'm sure no one around here would use mockery in an attempt to silence you.
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@3 Windows can be replaced, insulation can be injected into the walls. Plumbing and electrical are easily updated. I do it all the time and it wastes a lot less resources and energy than demolishing this house (that could at least be "deconstructed" but likely wont) and throwing it in a hole to allow new construction. It's also much, MUCH, cheaper while still providing good employment opportunities. And if the owner likes, they can chop it up into sublets that are much more affordable for all you young hipsters complaining about high rent and low density in our city. I mean you know they're not gonna tear down houses and build shiny new apartments just so they can rent them for cheap, right?
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Cheap or not this town needs TONS of new apts. 5% growth over 2 years has to go somewhere.
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There's way more vacant homes than homeless. We dont have a hiusing problem we have a resource allocation problem. and If you're really serious about all the enviro friendly stuff you'll look for better solutions than razing homes and building boxes. Their energy consumption once built may be better (if done right) but the inputs required to build them cancels out decades of energy savings.
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@12: True if they're just rebuilding, but what exists now is a single family home, and they're likely installing a block of apartments or something similar.
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@1 it is not NIMBY graffiti- It is "why are you tearing down houses that we will never be able to have again"

http://gawker.com/if-you-start-saving-no…
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@13 so? My point is just as relevant either way...

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