Living life on Capitol Hill. Transit and urban planning nut. Insta: flyguy84

Seattle, WA
Joined March 2009
Aaron J retweeted
if i take a walk in my little walkable neighborhood to buy fresh flowers and crunchy nectarines and i see your tesla loudly flip in the air and destroy my serenity, i will blow up your car with a rocket launcher
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A prolonged job search doesn’t just sap job seekers of time, money and energy — for many, it takes a devastating toll on their mental health. Studies show unemployment is linked to the development of mental disorders, including anxiety and depression. wapo.st/3VIzL6E
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Aaron J retweeted
It's really annoying how every few years the entire country is like "hmm, maybe Republican leadership would be better. Oh, no, no they're not." Like can't y'all just learn and remember instead of dragging us through this shit?
Trump approval (ages 18-29 only) Approve: 18% Disapprove: 78% —— Net Approval 🟤 Sep 2025: (-36) 🟤 Jan 2026: (-42) 🔴 Sep 2026: (-60) —— Generic Ballot 🟦 DEM: 64% 🟥 GOP: 29% NYT/Siena (A+) | 9/8-13 | LV
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funny that swedish .org isn't some website about the swedish language, but instead a hospital in Seattle and zoo .org isn't some kind of inter-zoo governing body, but just the Seattle zoo Seattle has a lot of primo domain names due to microsoft etc adjacency in the 90s
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Aaron J retweeted
Excellent, given that it’s been over a decade that we’ve known we’d have a station and growth center here, I’m sure Seattle already upzoned around it, right?
🚈 Next stop: Pinehurst Station! September 30, we’re opening the doors to our newest Link station — and our very first infill station. Pinehurst will bring new connections to north Seattle, making it easier to get to the people and places that matter most. We’re celebrating with the community on opening day! 🎉 Check our website for details as we get closer: soundtransit.org/pinehurst
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Seattle today for the game 🫶🫶⚽⚽
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🎶 The biggest American soccer match you've ever seeeeen is in Seattle! in Seattle!!!! 🎶
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Seattle doesn't have the density of NYC. So the customer to restaurant ratio just isn't the same. Seattle restaurants must charge more per a slice of pizza than in NYC because they don't have people in their shop all day buying $3.50 slices. Seattle must densify to lower prices.
I’m visiting NYC and I’m SHOCKED how much cheaper food here is compared to back home in Seattle…
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The escalator at Judkins Park station is already broken lol #crosslakeconnection @SoundTransit
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Oh ok thanks drag race for giving my Friday nights back early. 😒 #DragRace
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Aaron J retweeted
the walk score of my apartment is 95. the walk score of the house my grandma thinks i should buy in the suburbs is 12. twelve. the nearest grocery store is a seven-minute drive. no thanks i'll take my $1,800 one-bedroom where i can stumble to coffee in my pajamas
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Because a decent chunk of Real Estate in this country relies on cheap gas. Its only accessible via car, and because of its low density its built far away from real job centers. This means that the value of these properties would tank if the price of gas/energy rises to the point where commuting from these places costs more than the saved value of moving out here to own these homes
Idk why gas prices are so culturally salient in america. You could drive an hour a day and it probably comes to less than $3k/year. Is it because they put the price on billboards along the road?
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lousy Smarch weather
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americans really spend 4 years in a walkable community (college), say “wow, those were truly the best years of my life. oh well!” and then proceed to buy a house & car in the middle of a suburbanite hellscape
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Wear a daily moisturizer with SPF every day.
Gay men over 40, what is 1 piece of advice you would give to gay men in their 20s?
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Aaron J retweeted
Capitol Hill Super Bowl victory party
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Now overlay the political party affiliation map. I think some things will become clear.
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Can the evil people start dying instead?
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Aaron J retweeted
Easy to see why, as a millennial, I've become more liberal the older I've gotten When I was a college freshman, Bush won the presidency. Since then, Republicans have been wrong on every major policy issue of my adult life: Launching wars, voting rights, torture, LGBTQ+ rights, taxes, social services, COVID, healthcare, school lunch for children, vaccines, ICE, and immigration. Every single one
"People always drift right as they get older"... Nah mate, Millennials put a stop to that shit
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I'm really curious if they actually tried to workshop this name before changing it. No one was asking for this name change and no one uses it to refer to SeaTac airport. Also SeaTac is simply easier to say than S-E-A so that alone will make it win out in the end.
Still calling us Sea-Tac? Whoops… it’s SEA.
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