A divided Rainier Beach (& Valley) post-Paroline; I rest my case

Not even 24 hours ago, I wrote a post about the 2 very different Rainier Beach neighborhoods.  Here is the jist of it: There is not 1 Rainier Beach, there is 2.  Fascinatingly enough, they are not mutually exclusive, geographically speaking. In fact, one can be in the nice, quaint, dog walking Rainier Beach on one …

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Let's be honest, Brown & Paroline show there is not 1 Rainier Beach

I’ve said it before and I’ll take this time to say it again: I used to live in Rainier Beach, a stone’s throw from Safeway. In fact, I lived there before Safeway was remodeled, before it was a “nice” place to do one’s grocery shopping. Well before lightrail. Long before anyone was putting together “improvement” …

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