Bellingham: what you won't find on the web

[bartonizer]

Originally Posted by Snowman05

You know, greasy.. people doing drugs on their front porch, blasting Passenger at 2 am, peculiar smells, overgrown algae, stray cats, etc.

LOL. I'm not a fan of people doing drugs on their front porch, but it sure sounds like you'd prefer to live in a sanitized, generic housing environment. We LOVE the fact that many Bellingham neighborhoods are funky, easy to walk and bike through, etc. I'm also not sure how or why you think that Birchwood or Maplewood are any less "greasy" than other core neighborhoods, as they're just as prone to algae, stray cats, and peculiar smells. Is it the fact that they're slightly more off the beaten path, so you're less likely to see them?

[Snowman05]

Originally Posted by bartonizer

LOL. I'm not a fan of people doing drugs on their front porch, but it sure sounds like you'd prefer to live in a sanitized, generic housing environment. We LOVE the fact that many Bellingham neighborhoods are funky, easy to walk and bike through, etc. I'm also not sure how or why you think that Birchwood or Maplewood are any less "greasy" than other core neighborhoods, as they're just as prone to algae, stray cats, and peculiar smells. Is it the fact that they're slightly more off the beaten path, so you're less likely to see them?

I was never a big smoker or drug person so its preference. They are funky but too funky. When I was younger I wouldnt care. I frequent the squalicum park area for leisure so to me its more like the clean suburbs I grew up in. It seems more well kept, probably because the single family houses predominantly there. The duplexes and rentals draw a different crowd (which I live in btw).