You take 18?
Fuck that road.
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You take 18?
Fuck that road.
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Weekends and mid day is usually ok over the mountain. Unless I90W exit to 18 is backed up for miles. Nobody's died on that stretch going on 4 weeks now I think, so there's that.
A whole month! Wow.
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I drove west over the pass and back to Issaquah yesterday in perhaps the heaviest rainstorm I've ever driven through.
The exit for 18 was backed up with stopped traffic for about a mile.
Folks were driving up to the head of the line in lane two and coming to a stand still and trying to "zipper merge".
Saw one 18 wheeler fully locked up and get a tank slapper on trying to avoid one of these clowns.
State Patrol should be allowed to pistol whip people who do this.
Going by that exit when it's backed up makes me irrationally angry. When I first moved here I made the mistake of taking the NB Way on ramp and had to try to merge on 90 without dying. I really don't understand why people do 70 in the lane next to 2 miles of stopped traffic, just move over to the left two lanes for fucks sake! They should change that "Seattle traffic keep left" to "All thru traffic left 2 lanes only" or something.
And I only mention that to say if I had to take 18 with any regularity I would be ready to murder people within a month.
That happens on 18 too. But not in a couple of years.
I'm in the Wallingford/Green lake area. If you're commuting equally to those three locations I would consider this neighborhood if you can swing it. Ballard is 10 minutes, Bellevue 20 to 30. Tacoma could be 50 or 90, just depends.
I have kids in elementary, middle and high school in the local public schools. Speaking for just these schools, they are more than fine for our needs. Yes, SPS is hellbent on whatever their vision of equity is, but our high schooler still has tons of opportunities for AP and honors classes. I think they're being set up just fine for college.
Issaquah and a few other Eastside locales would seem like a nice location if you wanted a bigger space and weren't as concerned with walkable amenities, but driving to Ballard and Tacoma wouldn't be very fun.