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Growing up, I lived in a sequence of urban Seattle (apartment, duplex), streetcar suburban Seattle house, suburban Boise house, close-in Boise house, and Seattle house that was surrounded by apartments.

Much of my love for cities dates to ages 9-14 in suburban Boise. I was a really dysfunctional place to grow up...you're at a friends house or riding your bikes to the Circle K but otherwise you're mostly dependent on drivers. By contrast, central Boise was walkable heaven. And I as very excited to move back to Seattle.