![]() There is a super-friendly side to Seattle. Then I started reading it, and it’s actually pretty good. I have experience in sales and I like engaging with the public. “‘Free coffee! I’ll check the place out.’ As soon as I come in, it’s already too good to be true. A Real Change vendor walked by Nick and said, “There’s coffee around the corner!” Nick heard about Real Change just at the end of last year while at the Compass Center in the same block. I have my birth certificate now.”ĭESC (the Downtown Emergency Service Center) transferred him to their Queen Anne location. I tried staying in the downtown DESC at Third and James.” He felt safer on the streets because his wallet was stolen, which still affects him. I keep fit, because I don’t get an electric wheelchair.” Nick researched Seattle to make sure the bus system would be adequate transportation. That’s when I learned to start racing around really fast. I was home taught and then decided to go to high school for the experience. I broke my legs 32 times before I was 12. Nick has used a wheelchair since he was a kid. Making his way around Seattle wasn’t easy. Long story short, we were here and I couldn’t handle being in the car with them anymore.” I had some friends who wanted to travel around. “I stayed in Portland, but that was part of my homelessness - it’s worse than here. With the resources I have, I was like, ‘just go there and make it.’ My fiancée gave me my cat back, and if he didn’t run off on me, I’d probably still be in Oregon. I started selling my paintings and making a little bit of money. There’s a bunch of artists associated with that group. “I was hanging out with Zane Kesey, the Merry Pranksters. Nick Lopez had reasons for moving to Seattle. ![]()
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