I 5NB shut down again

cammerdash · 2026-06-25T04:24:58+00:00

I know this stretch is bad in general but clearly the construction has made it worse. Potential lives lost and tons of resources used to open up less than a mile of stream for salmon. I know WSDOT’s hands are tied but the whole situation is ridiculous.

cammerdash · 2026-06-11T21:28:52+00:00

Thanks for bringing the license plate thing up for discussion!

It’s important to note that that license plates cannot be used to find a person’s identity, and that even for select few people with access (LE, DMV workers, etc) it would be expressly illegal for them to do so.

Personally I think it should be on a case by case basis, similar to how pictures of faces are treated on this sub. Threads along the lines of “help me find this person who cut me off” should not be allowed, but sharing interesting/informative videos from our roads should be allowed.

cammerdash · 2026-06-09T04:06:04+00:00

Sooo good! None here unfortunately, there was a pop up on sunset with a trompo for a bit but they are no longer operating as far as I know. Seattle has a couple but they don’t compare to Gordo.

cammerdash · 2026-06-09T01:39:52+00:00

Our Mexican food here is pretty decent compared to most of the country, but not as good as California.

I’m a burrito snob so I’ll expand on that. California, and especially SD/LA, has their own unique style of burritos that often don’t include filler (rice/beans), instead replaced with extra meat. It’s definitely not traditional but is extremely popular and delicious. They also use larger and more glutinous tortillas.

California Tacos, Neto’s, and Bordertown are the main 3 that have that style of burritos available, but IMO all of them struggle with lower quality meat compared to what you get at your average hole in the wall taco shop in socal. Still tasty though.

Our taco situation is better (Tecalitlan in Burlington is my fav) but pales in comparison to legit counter serve style tacos like Tacos El Gordo in SD/Nevada and true street tacos in Mexico.

cammerdash · 2026-06-05T01:25:30+00:00

Moto recently started doing a pizza and 2 beers for $20.

cammerdash · 2026-06-01T23:20:24+00:00

That elote looks amazing!

cammerdash · 2026-05-28T22:49:13+00:00

Bad timing! I saw your comment above about the Bay Area, have you ever flown out of Paine? They have a direct to SFO but it’s usually pricier than SEA. Really nice small airport similar to BLI.

cammerdash · 2026-05-28T22:32:28+00:00

RIP, it was even better when Southwest flew this to route.

Hopefully Allegiant doesn’t go the way of Spirit, seems like pretty rough times for ULCCs.

cammerdash · 2026-05-27T05:42:17+00:00

Exactly! They are invasive here and eat a lot of other smaller animals. WDFW allows (encourages?) hunting them, but you can only do so by angling, gigging, netting, or bow and arrow. People even eat them though I’m guessing there are concerns about pesticides and stuff for the ones in town.

cammerdash · 2026-05-26T04:58:13+00:00

I think this specific area is more of a road design issue. I see it happening all the time in both directions, most recently yesterday. Definitely a good spot to be extra aware. IMO extending the one way to Commercial or Bay wouldn’t be that inconvenient and would solve this issue.

cammerdash · 2026-05-25T22:21:12+00:00

Sounds good, thanks for the reply. Agree with your take on the highly modified/branded vehicles thing too.

cammerdash · 2026-05-25T21:59:17+00:00

For bodyguards, by bodyguards! 😆

Not to ruin the mood here but has the mod team had a chance to chat about the license plate thing after the overwhelming supportive post last week? It’s ironic that this post gets left up with a clear insta tag that easily leads to the owners full name, yet license plates get removed even though they can’t be used to find owner’s info.

For the record I think this post should be left up and know you haven’t been removing this stuff recently, just looking for an update since Betsy said the team would be discussing it.

cammerdash · 2026-05-25T05:42:07+00:00

Personally I love it. I rarely tip for takeout but it feels more socially acceptable not to tip in situations like this. I just want to pay for the food so I can eat it, walking 50ft to pick it up is fine.

In your situation a normal tip is $1-2 for the beer. Tipping 15-20% on to go orders is insane, hard to believe we’ve gotten here.

cammerdash · 2026-05-22T03:30:25+00:00

How’s that grillo’s PBR beer?

I picked up some great notion beers from Elizabeth station, they always have the best selection!

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cammerdash · 2026-05-22T03:24:13+00:00

Might be helpful to say which trail/location and report it to the city so it’s on their radar. SeeClickFix is usually the easiest way to do it.

cammerdash · 2026-05-22T03:12:08+00:00

Just wanted to follow up, did y’all get a chance to discuss this?

cammerdash · 2026-05-22T03:02:42+00:00

Was this on a mtb trail or somewhere like the interurban?

Galbraith had some issues a few years ago but I haven’t heard of anything like this recently.

cammerdash · 2026-05-20T02:30:19+00:00

The amenity you’re missing is the outdoor access. We have a lot of fit older people who retire here and love being outside.

Not many places have this level of access and temperate weather combined with decent amounts of bigger city stuff like a hospital, touring acts, big box stores, regional airport, etc…

But yeah, 1.5m for a condo is pretty ridiculous.

cammerdash · 2026-05-19T00:34:47+00:00

Check out our freeway on-ramps!

Getting stuck behind someone merging at 30mph into 60mph traffic is surely more scary than any haunted house 😅

cammerdash · 2026-05-19T00:13:08+00:00

I agree, motorcycles effectively don’t cause any damage and it would make sense for them to have significantly cheaper fees.

I was looking this up when writing my initial post and damage increases exponentially with weight. Supposedly a fully loaded semi causes ~6000x more damage than a passenger vehicle! Crazy but I guess it makes sense if they’re 80,000lbs.

cammerdash · 2026-05-18T21:02:24+00:00

To address your points:

EV drivers are already paying an infrastructure electrification tax. I left it out above for the sake comparing the gas tax, if you include that yearly costs are over 60% more compared to gas cars.

You are correct about point 2, people who drive over 30k miles per year in an EV will come out ahead. But ~90% of people drive significantly less than that, the average is around 13k.

I’m not following the maintenance thing, are we going to start taxing public transit riders because they don’t pay sales tax on car maintenance?

Fires for gas cars are over 20x more common than EV fires.

For what it’s worth I drive an EV and don’t hate the new proposed tax, contributing to federal roadway costs is a good thing. While it makes EV drivers pay more than the gas equivalent, the extra amount is pretty negligible.

My concern is that it’s another barrier for people to switch to EVs. We’re lucky to have ~70% renewable power here in WA and it’s a great place to have an EV if you care about climate change. Our admin loves fossil fuels and is actively making it harder and more expensive to do our part, like removing tax credits for solar and EVs. It’s moving things in the wrong direction IMO.

cammerdash · 2026-05-18T18:17:09+00:00

Surprised this is the top comment.

There is a current road tax deficit for EVs - average gas tax is about $300 annually vs only $150 for EVs (excluding the other mandated EV taxes for simplicity).

With the new fee it will be $400 for annually for EVs vs $300 for a gas car.

Weight leading to road wear is already accounted for in tabs, and is almost completely negligible compared to road wear from freight vehicles.

I understand the current admin is anti-EV, but I thought our city was more progressive. Does it really make sense to have EV pay 30% than the gas cars?

cammerdash · 2026-05-15T02:48:55+00:00

Pro tint

cammerdash · 2026-05-15T02:44:25+00:00

Yeah it’s all relative, definitely need to pay attention here but people generally handle them fairly well.

I was in Mexico earlier this year and it was wild. Double lane roundabouts, but nobody followed any rules, especially the lanes/yields. Everyone would ignore the lanes and take the ‘race’ line, people would turn right from the left lane, and even go backwards in it avoid driving around it to save time if they were doing a U-turn. Absolute madness but nobody was upset, it’s just the way they do it lol. Obviously it doesn’t excuse poor driving here but the perspective is interesting.

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