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View Poll Results: Will Puget Sound Area population BOOM and which direction?
Seattle South 9 42.86%
Seattle North 6 28.57%
Seattle East 10 47.62%
Seattle West 1 4.76%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-23-2015, 08:07 PM
 
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Western Washington, especially the Seattle-Tacoma -Everett and 'the Eastside' region , ( Bellevue, Redmond ); the region often referred to as "The Greater Puget Sound Region" seems to have an energy now. One could envision the "Peninsula" expanding out from Bremerton also. Many highly educated locals and young immigrants from other states as well as Asian countries and other's have been steadily streaming in. Many skilled U.S. Veterans serving out of JBLM, Bremerton, Everett have 'discovered' how beautiful it is here. Just the number of CRANES in Seattle is an indicator of a lot of $$$. Makes one think that the area is going to experience some serious growth. Limitations will be geography, nimby, bridges , boats, and transportation generally and a growth management philosophy. This area seems to be one of the places that Silicon Valley may leak to. Any thoughts?

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Old 07-23-2015, 08:13 PM
 
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I believe the pressure to move EAST along I-90 and even 520 will overwhelm and overpower local political will to limit growth.
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Old 07-23-2015, 09:38 PM
 
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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I think there will likely be a lot more high density infill building happening in many of the existing suburbs. The Puget Sound area doesn't have a lot of land left to build on. I imagine areas like the new Angle Lake light rail station in Sea-Tac will be transformed with new high density residential building. Similar development to what Vancouver has built on its sky train lines through Burnaby and Coquitlam, BC
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Old 07-23-2015, 09:49 PM
 
Location: South Beach and DT Raleigh
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2025 is less than 10 years away. Barring any collapse of the economy, all fast growing metros will continue to grow for the next decade. Why would it be any different for Seattle?
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Old 07-23-2015, 10:10 PM
 
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I think the main question for all high growth areas is what is the outlook for public transit/light rail/rail etc? I can only safely report on the washington dc/maryland/virginia metro area and it is an absolute nightmare here. Seattle is beautiful, I hope the leaders are moving fast on rail and smart growth
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Old 07-23-2015, 10:14 PM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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This is really a rather obvious poll. The only room to grow is east. The Cascade foothills will be filled by 2025, and also away from huge earthquake risks. City governments can curtail this, but so few do.
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Old 07-23-2015, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Tualatin Oregon
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everybody will move out by then and come to Portland as to increase our rents by 300%
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Old 07-23-2015, 10:21 PM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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everybody will move out by then and come to Portland as to increase our rents by 300%
Haha, I thought that already happened!
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Old 07-23-2015, 11:25 PM
 
Location: TOVCCA
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The "boom" will probably be on the earthquake fault line

The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle - The New Yorker
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Old 07-24-2015, 08:36 AM
 
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Well written article. Every now and then we get hit with a fierce windstorm. People can lose it after 4 days without electricity. Imagine how horrific it will be when the big one hits.
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