Old Ballard: drunk Norwegian fishermen New Ballard: high (or strung out), mentally unstable homeless people
I miss drunk-fighter Ballard…
I normally agree with everything you say, but on this one point we differ. Ballard is better than it has ever been. There are rows of great fucking restaurants there, and people have invested in their homes and there are far fewer run-down little craftsman style places than there once was. I mostly didn't like Ballard back in the day, but I do now.
As for Yella's original question, I don't miss anything because I'm still here. We still have the restaurants, we still have Dicks (lolz), the U-district has always been a shit hole, or at least the Ave, and still is.
The only think I really miss is not having to see tent cities every fucking place I look. I do miss the absence of that, for sure.
Well, aside from that.....C'mon dude. Seattle voters have made the homeless scumbag populatoin priority #1, completely above the law and unaccountable for anything they ruin - like every park and greenbelt in the City.
It's the people who vote, man. They all suck ass.
Seattle voters get the government they deserve. This is obvious and I think most here would agree.
My attempt here though was the reminisce about the good things that I for one miss. Even in 2022 Seattle has some worthwhile amenities.
It's far beyond the point of needing to be nuked. There's no saving it.
Meanwhile, I'll eat Dick's burgers, do Happy Hour at Matador, and keep filling my 1/2 price growlers every Monday at EBB. I will also smoke cigars while walking my dog, blowing smoke in the faces of masked idiots, then faux apologizing for it as I proceed along the walk, chuckling.
Pizza at the Northlake Tavern, and Fiddler's Inn, along with a Shepherd's Pie at the George & Dragon are still worth eating, too.
But that's it. Everything else needs to die a violent death.
The Northlake might be my all time favorite eating establishment in Seattle. Different vibe but I miss Varlamos a ton and Costa the owner.
Fiddler's Inn was a long time spot for me.
George and Dragon and I never hit it off cause I think soccer if for fags.
Seattle Soccer is for fags. Dominated by Lesbians. Worse than the crowd at Storm gaymes.
Is there a gayer City than Seattle, though? Perfect fit, no?
I left in 2006. I miss my outdoor soccer team, the view of the sound from my deck overlooking Alki, and the constant smell of rain. It smelled of new opportunities.
I left in 2006. I miss my outdoor soccer team, the view of the sound from my deck overlooking Alki, and the constant smell of rain. It smelled of new opportunities.
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aka the Soak and Poke.
Maybe worse, was a place in Everett called the Sun Spot.
Pools of bubbling bodily fluids.
Pools of bubbling bodily fluids.
reminds me of a punchline in a gay joke