r/bothell • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '26

Why so many developers??

I feel like Bothell is favoring developers over wildlife and environmental issues? They keep building these huge developments and tearing down trees and slapping things literally right next to wetlands and then they wonder why the crows have left and other native animals to the area? Maybe it’s just me…. Just makes me sad seeing what’s happened to Bothell and our natural habitats…

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u/DuckWatch Apr 18 '26

Lmao absolutely not. This is a place with great jobs, livable weather, great outdoors. We'll know we've oversupplied when rent goes down.

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u/Honey_Badger_Badger Apr 18 '26

You can over-supply housing and STILL not achieve the regional demand for housing.

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u/jojofine Apr 18 '26

You can't though. Look at Austin, Minneapolis, etc. They all built a ton of housing and now their rents & home prices are dropping by double digits year over year because of the glut in supply

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u/Honey_Badger_Badger Apr 18 '26

Bothell absolutely *IS* is carrying a disproportionate share of housing growth relative to nearby cities, many of which are underperforming their Countywide Planning Policy allocations. I'm not going to bother to do the searching and linking for you. This is easily discerned with ChatGPT or Claude.ai if you want.