Wallingford Sucks

There is nothing in Wallingford. When you tell someone you live in Wallingford their eyes immediately lose focus as they cast about inside their head for any point of reference. Usually they don’t come back without another prompt: "Uh, Gasworks Park?" "Oh, I thought that was in Fremont."

And there’s an active portion of the population there that likes it that way, so much so that they give the distinct impression that if they could just throw up a wall, a guardhouse and a "Wallingford Pines" plaque the rest of the city could just forgot all about them we’d all be better off. "Nothing to see over here. Just our fantastic park and skyline/water views and grab bag of mediocre sushi restaurants. Certainly no place to host a summer concert series."

So there are some Wallingford residents who don't want the Summer Nights concerts there. The fact is that they’re traumatized by the Fourth of July when 60,000+ fireworks gazers wedge themselves into Gasworks. The Summer Nights concert series plays to crowds of 3,800 - It’s not exactly Simon and Garfunkel Concert In the Park (although that would be kick ass). Gasworks should have a semi-permanent concert series and the City Coucil should vote on Monday to pay for the upgrades needed to make it happen. And they probably will, despite any door-to-door earplug passing campaigns on the part of Wallingford’s NIMBYistas. And finally there will be something in Wallingford. We haven't seen this year's lineup, but honestly Summer Nights isn't even that cool. At least it's something, though.