Attention All Issaquah Highlands Residents, Do You Have L’esprit de Cul du Sac?

Written by: rebecca and filed Under Blog, Events, Issaquah Highlands, Misc, Other Development, Real Estate, Restaurants, Retail Development |

Recently I ran across an interesting editorial piece - 72 hours in the Issaquah Highlands - about Issaquah Highlands. It talks about real estate, retail, entertainment, dining, overall community as well as the lifestyle. At first I thought it was somewhat amusing, but I am continually drawn back to it and each time I read it makes me fume (just a little).

Maybe it was all in good fun. Maybe there is a bit of truth to it. Maybe I have a grey hair or two. But does that give someone the right to point it out and rub it in? I can take a joke just as well as the next person, but I take a lot of pride in the community that I live in as well as the people that help define it. As a resident, I feel it is my privilege and obligation to share all the wonderful things about this great little place I call home.

Just to indulge the author, some of the more amusing quotes from the article include:

Unless accustomed to the intensely exciting pace of Highlands life, you should take a mild tranquilizer (Xanax or Valium) three times a day during your visit.

and

Amateurs often have difficulty identifying which of the 47 shades of grey have been used on the exterior of each home.

and

With hundreds of TV channels available via cable or satellite, Highlanders can choose among an almost infinite variety of nighttime entertainment.

So what’s the point you ask? Well as a resident of Issaquah Highlands, I know for a fact that several of the characterizations in the article are far from true; especially the ones about the sights and people. I’ll give the author credit for the retail comments and maybe even the ones about dining.

I propose a challenge/contest to the residents of Issaquah Highlands. For those that are up to it, I would like to see a “Visitors Guide To Issaquah Highlands” written by a resident. The guide should be written in similar fashion, travel guide style, and should cover the following categories.

Events
Dining/Nightlife
Shopping
Art and Music
Activities
Lifestyle

The guide should be informative and witty. The winner of the contest will be published on this site with full credit and receive 2 FREE MOVIE TICKETS to either Regal or Loews or a $15 Gift Certificate to Cafe Ladro. The deadline for submissions will be January 15th. Please email me all submissions or if you have any questions.

Comments

2 Responses to “Attention All Issaquah Highlands Residents, Do You Have L’esprit de Cul du Sac?”

gene on January 8th, 2008 12:17 pm

The article appears to have been written by a typical Seattle urbanite who feels that one isn’t really living unless you have to climb over panhandlers (err, PC- homeless people) to get into your condo and they can’t get to sleep unless there is a siren every 5 minutes. As far as amenities, they also tend to feel that if there isn’t a needle exchange within walking distance then you are living in a sterile environment with a lack of diversity. Those folks would no more live in a suburban home than most of us would go live in a downtown high-rise condo. The big difference is that us living in the suburbs really grates on them whereas them living downtown is just fine with us.
Bottom line, it doesn’t matter what the urbanites think about our lifestyle so let’s keep enjoying it (and do look out that they don’t work to eliminate our ability to choose our lifestyle).
rebecca on January 10th, 2008 11:04 pm

I think I would have to agree with you Gene. Cheers to the suburban life!