I miss you, West Seattle

[VVT]

I moved.

West Seattle was my home for four years. Four years was the longest time I’d spent in one place since college. My landlord is selling the house, I am priced out. Now, instead of having a two-bedroom house with a little backyard for my dog, I have an apartment in Madison with a roommate. I can be happy anywhere, and we (dog and self) are happy in our new neighborhood.

But I miss my dead-end street, and my secret routes to bypass rush hour, and my Chevron station where the clerks and I knew each other by name. And the festivals and the garage sales and the coffee shop where I could bring my dog.

I hope I can find that in my new neighborhood. Goodbye, West Seattle!

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[WSB]

Sorry to hear you had to go. Thank you for sharing your goodbye here. Hope Madison will be a pleasant place to live – Tracy

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[Sonny]

Woah! Are you from Madison? Have you already moved? Please text me at 206-855-5533 and I’ll try to help you find a place here.

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[22blades]

WT,

I hope you find that Madison is just as welcoming as WS. It’s been awhile sincec I’ve been over there but I found it to be a pretty nice neighborhood with a sense of community.

It goes both ways. Our fantastic neighbor of 20 years just had to move away since the house got sold. We dearly miss them. Six months later, the grass is tall & weeded. An occasional pick-up shows up but I barely remember what he looks like. Big dreams, you know; Add an extension, redo the kitchen. What they don’t say out loud is they’re going to flip it. These guys are killing our neighborhood.

Hope you get to know your neighbors in short order and build on to your new community. It’s changing fast here, but we’re still here… C’mon back anytime :-)

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