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Residents in neighborhoods of color have 32% less park space per person than residents in predominantly White neighborhoods. Residents in low-income neighborhoods have 51% less park space per person than those in higher-income neighborhoods. Meanwhile, Seattle ranks near the bottom among the nation's 100 largest cities for several park amenities, including sports fields, recreation centers, bathrooms, and basketball courts. Seattle currently provides about 8.3 acres of parkland for every 1,000 residents. Other growing, high-density cities provide substantially more. Denver offers approximately 9.9 acres per 1,000 residents, Washington, D.C. provides 11.8, and Minneapolis offers 12.3. ~ 99% of us live ten minutes from a park. Nobody is measuring what is waiting when you get there.

I’m an IT guy, I’m currently in Upstate New York and have been thinking about moving to the pnw. I was wondering what city would be better for my field/ what the community is like ?

Good morning! It's Monday! It's time to see what City Council will be up to this evening. This week they will be discussing an ordinance to make knowingly or recklessly exposing youth and other dependent persons to controlled substances a misdemeanor offense - it is not currently. Also on the agenda, proposed 2027 utility rates - there could be an increase, or there is a proposal for none. Today's presentation lays out that proposal. Then! City Council will spend about 2 hours interviewing candidates for the Finance Director position. There's not a ton on the agenda for today, but especially the utility rates affect a lot of people. As always, show up in person at the Council Chambers on 44th, watch online or watch the archived footage later. Also, the YOUTH COUNCIL is now a working organization and their first agenda is online! I am really excited about them.

We just moved to Washington, specifically the Kitsap peninsula, this year from Arizona. We love the weather compared to where we came from and we really like to keep our windows open, often times all day. Assuming that we close the windows during heavy rain, what issues are we possibly running into with leaving the windows open as long as we do? We have a two story home, should we get a couple dehumidifiers?

My wife and I are flying across the country and visiting Seattle for the first time over Columbus Day Weekend. We are staying in Northern SeaTac about half an hour south of The Needle. We have plans to go to Pikes market, see the glass sculptures, go up the Needle. What local events/activities/attractions are “can’t miss” when we are out there? Cannot wait to see Seattle. Thanks everyone!

6:55am this morning, east Queen Anne on Taylor and Newton

I got this comment from a friend in SE Washington, "...went to coffee in Uniontown to talk with the old farmers. Things look bad. They mostly got through this season using the fuel they had bought up last fall, but with the price of diesel so high, they can't figure how they can face spring planting. The cost of wheat could climb to match, but that is unlikely, and there are no assurances. I wonder how the banks are viewing this."

Hi yall! Hope everyone’s having a good start to their week. My partner and I are moving to Seattle next June. We’re really really excited!! We’ve been researching neighborhoods/areas/suburbs a lot, but I thought it would be nice to hear from real people who live in Seattle! Right now, we’re looking to live outside the city for work and budget reasons. We’d like to pay around $2k/2.5k monthly, but is that realistic for Seattle? We’re both LGBT, so somewhere friendly and welcoming would be nice. Public transit into the city would be a big plus! What suburbs/areas/neighborhoods would you recommend we check out?

Public school districts across Washington are starting classes with fewer staff this fall. [...] The percent of state general fund dollars that has gone to schools has dropped from 52% in 2019 to 42% in 2025. The Franklin Pierce School District, where Kellogg works, is starting the fall with about 50 fewer positions, many of them educators. [...] In Port Angeles, the district is beginning the school year with eight fewer teaching positions. And Bellingham Public Schools are starting back up with about 60 fewer positions, over half of them teachers. ~ Ten points of the general fund moved somewhere else between 2019 and 2025. The constitution still calls K-12 the paramount duty.

The admins taking down posts about ice in Seattle hows that not worthy of posting. Half of this is just shitpost and when ice comes it’s not worthy? Shows the opinions of the admins. I’d say join the other subreddits