Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Bad Friend Rental Ad: Yeah Walkscore...and...

 The following may or may not refer to any actual property for rent from a community still bizarrely dear to RantWoman's heart. 


The property for rent IS in better condition than the snapshot at this bus shelter.

Bus shelter missing glass and light on the grafitti
Sometimes this bus shelter
has glass on 3 sides.
Sometimes it gets caked in graffiti.
Mercifully the bench is permanent
Probably RantWoman should not quit all her other transit and walkability agitation and write copy for this situation, but here is the copy that came to mind when RantWoman received the actual notice.


Very earnest, sincere, and persistently ableist University District faith community who have kicked many property stewardship decisions down the road for many years now desperately hopes that there is a community organization that does not care about physical accessibility and is willing to assist about monthly cash flow issues by renting two upper floors of a building with LOTS of stairs and ZERO wheelchair accessibility.

5 Bedrooms
2 full baths
Laundry onsite
Parking onsite
Walk score: astronomical

RantWoman can in fact imagine some circumstances the building would be ideal for but since suggestions from RantWoman AND some other members of the community have been ignored for a very long time, RantWoman is not inclined to play matchmaker.

Great new sidewalk. Silly placement of No Parking sign
No Parking sign
Note extremely pedestrian UNfriendly
placement mid-sidewalk

Please note: RantWoman generally strongly approves of real estate listings that talk about Walk Score. 


If RantWoman were to delve into more depth about what information goes into walk score, though, RantWoman is pretty sure the result would be lower. 


The property is close to MANY forms of public transportation. 


There are a variety of issues with sidewalk and sidewalk discontinuities, partly due to construction in the neighborhood, and partly due to proximity to the ship canal bridge.


Readers interested in the property can find the actual ad on Zillow.





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