Life in the Pacific NorthWet, an updatery

[lagilman]

It's strange, living outside a major city for the first time in over a decade.

But there are benefits, too. If I walk 15 minutes in one direction, I'm in the middle of a thriving small city, with all the conveniences thereof. And if I turn the other direction, just a few steps away, there's the North Creek trail.






It made me think of what the NJ meadowlands could have been, if they'd listened to conservationists before pouring everything over with concrete and turning it into The Meadowlands - ducks and coho thriving, and hikers/dogs-with-humans sharing the path, with office buildings on the other side and down an embankment (and not landscaped monstrosity corporate parks, thank ghu). And nice to see water levels looking healthier.

Best use of land? I don't know. But starting with a compromise is better than having to play fixit later.  And having this be my backyard does a lot to offset the annoyance at not having a supermarket within an easy walk (it's 3 miles away, which is a smidge beyond my defintion of a reasonable walk, carrying things).

Comments

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

This looks beautiful. We're about the same distance (probably 4 miles) from a supermarket and lost the village shop a year or so ago, so organisation r us.

[lagilman]

I've become accustomed to having everything I need within a mile walk of my apartment. 70% of what I need isn't quite the same.

(missing: walkable supermarket, walkable drugstore, walkable vet's office, walkable decent diner. Although I have hopes for a drugstore and a diner showing up sooner rather than later...)