Tacoma Populist Message of the Day

This new neighborhood isn’t built yet, but the folks at Point Ruston LLC are ready and waiting to take your money. Well, maybe not your money, gentle reader, but someone-who-has-a-lot-of-money’s money.

With condo prices ranging from the $300,000’s to over $2 million, townhomes going for about $750,000 to more than $2 million, and eco-friendly single-family homes selling for an implicitly exorbitant unlisted amount, there will be a lot of pretty damn premier people who can’t afford to live at Point Ruston.

Graffitist: 1

Gentry: 0

On the other hand, what did you expect them to do, Idealist Vandal? Clean up Asarco and build a shantytown?

Idealism: IMPORTANT

Reality: COMPLICATED

P.S. Point Ruston, a neighborhood is only as premier as its citizens. Remember that.


~ by Jennifer on August 22, 2008.

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5 Responses to “Tacoma Populist Message of the Day”

  1. The Asarco site has been a polluted wasteland for 90 years cursing both Tacoma and Ruston in a great many ways. We will see if there is the will to have a different future for these cities.

    Erik B. said this on August 22, 2008 at 11:07 am | Reply

  2. possibly related:

    http://tacomasds.org/node/811

    RR Anderson said this on August 22, 2008 at 11:19 am | Reply

  3. Gracias, RR. Very related.

    Jennifer Boutilier said this on August 22, 2008 at 1:12 pm | Reply

  4. Graffitist: 1
    Gentry: 0

    Nice. I used a similar “scorecard” idea on one of my recent blogs. Weird. There must be something in the water here.

    You write well and are funny. Really nice to see that.

    Chris said this on August 26, 2008 at 9:00 pm | Reply

  5. I am linking this blog to my blog. I am an organic gardener and hope that Tacoma/Pt Ruston do the right thing for the people and the land.

    greenfringegarden said this on April 1, 2009 at 10:10 am | Reply

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