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What's behind Seattle convenience? Today So Far ( www.kuow.org )

For most of my independent life, 7-Eleven has been there for me. At 16, with a fresh drivers license, I would pack up my Volkswagen Vanagon with friends and head to the nearest 7-Eleven, where a high schooler could afford to shop, mostly for slurpees. While other cars had retro dice hanging from their rearview mirrors, I had...

Enjoy paying more tolls ( lemmy.world )

Beginning July 1, the SR 520 toll rates will increase between 20 cents and $1 for vehicles with two axles, with similar increases for vehicles with additional axles. The rate of increase depends on the time of day. Drivers with a Good To Go! pass will continue to pay the lowest toll rate on all toll roads (more information in...

Want to sue your landlord? Seattle-area tenants ran into a roadblock … ( archive.is )

Issaquah tenant Mary Marks, whose rent had shot up 23% in the previous year and a half, suspected the algorithm could be behind her rent increase. Her property management company, Avenue5, was named along with the software maker RealPage in one of the lawsuits filed in Seattle. Late last year, Marks wondered if she could join a...

Sound it Out: what is a Community Land Trust? ( www.kuow.org )

It’s a piece from last year but Homestead CLT needs to be more widely known. My wife and I are born and raised here and didn’t think we would ever be homeowners, but thanks to the program we have have had a house for 4 years now. Our mortgage is cheaper than rent and our property taxes are fixed to the same below market...

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