The negativity about our city and our neighborhood of Queen Anne that was expressed by John Fox and Carolee Colter’s column [“Workers Flee to Suburbs Despite Density Push,” Aug. 14] was surprising to me.
The upside of gas prices rising and city homes holding their value is that people are more likely to cherish the lifestyle you get in an urban neighborhood. Seattle Public Schools have more students now than a decade ago. Microsoft has commuter vans getting people out of single-occupancy cars for people who do live far from work.
People realize that living with 4,000 square feet of beige carpet in the suburbs isn’t nearly as meaningful as a home that still meets all your needs and sits close to jobs, schools, shops, public transit, churches, youth activities and sport fields.
We have acres of beautiful parks, people are fixing up their older homes, and I don’t care if my house has three bedrooms instead of seven.
Lower-income housing has also been constructed recently in a large, new building in Interbay, taking the place of some underutilized and run-down buildings.
How is this negative growth? Mr. Fox and Ms. Colter are free to move away. I am happy to stay on Queen Anne, where I both live and work.
Mary Chapman
Queen Anne
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