What Are People In the Seattle Area Like? (Starbuck: living in, price)

[Ancalagon]

Originally Posted by Freebird2007

are you kidding? Driven by Pioneer Sq lateley? Walked along Pike Place Market? Not the cream of the crop there.

Driven?

I took the train there, and the bus (Number 7, woot, woot!) home after drinking at Fuel (number 27 mug, D-Dirty Johnson).

What of it?

You ever been outside the lily white Pacific Northwest Bubble? Been to a real city? You'd laugh at the 'low income' (code for dark) neighborhoods and people here.

[NewtoSD?]

Originally Posted by Seacove

Oh brother. And a handful of non-locals seem to be obsessed with defining the Seattle personality even though they don't live here. And they think the fifth time they say the exact same thing is just as interesting as the first time. Locals might find them dull and repetitious but they consider themselves the height of social sophistication.

Maybe you missed the part where I said I find Seattleities to be uniquely friendly. Should it be said a sixth time LOL? Lighten up dude. I lived in eastern WA for 10 yrs and been to Seattle 35 to 40 times now. I'm pretty familiar with the area. No one could change my perception of that area, which includes things I really like and some social norms I find to be a little odd. If you wanted to have a conversation about it in person, I'd not shun you. That's the difference.

[Count David]

Man, I swear the Seattle I've been going to my entire life isn't the same place we're talking about here.

[Seacove]

Originally Posted by David Aguilar

Man, I swear the Seattle I've been going to my entire life isn't the same place we're talking about here.

No kidding! We usually ignore the posters that get on a tirade but a lot of this is just comical.

[2ForTheSea]

Originally Posted by daroosta7777

I agree that folks in Seattle are civil, and well behaved in public.....anyone can do that...

Nope. Not in South Florida. I can't wait to be somewhere where people are civil and well behaved.

Originally Posted by Ancalagon

During summer I wear linen pants, bright floral shirts and flip flops EVERYWHERE. My wife hates it, but who cares? I am loud (very deep voice, and being an ex-machinegunner quite deaf) and strike up random conversations with strangers. I don't feel uncomfortable at all just b/c others aren't so out there. No one gets mad at me and most people find it refreshing. End up having lots of great conversations.

Also, maybe you are just going to the wrong places? I went into my neighborhood Starbucks today for the first time (moved here in April) and even then it was only b/c a friend wanted me to pick them up something. Try going to sports bars and hanging out at parks. Play some croquet and drink beer out of red cups and you'll have people coming up to you in no time. Go to your neighborhood Art Walk. There are tons of stuff to do in this city and tons of people to meet.

I wanna be friends with you guys!

[LookinForMayberry]

Originally Posted by artriotnow

I am looking for a place that is both friendly, helpful and proactive. A place where people are a little more willing to help out others and try something new even if it might fail. So what are Seattle people like?

Seattle is very liberal and believe that people should be charitable, as long as it means just walking in a Walk-a-thon and getting the t-shirt, but if you want to do something to help the homeless they start ranting like you've just fondled a child.

They tend to be very friendly when introduced, and cannot wait to tell you about all their personal possessions, their great trips to exotic places, and the mountains they've hiked or climbed. Later, you will overhear them talking about you, your clothes, that hair, but when they realize you overheard they will be so "embarrassed" and then act as if they were just praising you -- obviously you misunderstood what they were saying.

They will be certain to tell you about all the best places to go, most of which is over-priced, involves sitting in heavy traffic for long periods of time, and then having to either stand in lines, or just press through the crowds. Later, they will tell you how great a time they had and look forward to next year.

They are very intellectual, have an opinion about everything, and are very proud of their everything, and at the end of the conversation will ask about you, only to look at their watch and exclaim how the time has flown, but it's really been great.

[Freebird2007]

Originally Posted by Ancalagon

Driven?

I took the train there, and the bus (Number 7, woot, woot!) home after drinking at Fuel (number 27 mug, D-Dirty Johnson).

What of it?

You ever been outside the lily white Pacific Northwest Bubble? Been to a real city? You'd laugh at the 'low income' (code for dark) neighborhoods and people here.

yeah, unlike some people here I have been to a real city and not spend my whole life in Seattle.

I drive by because no way in hell am I walking through that shady area and getting mugged.

[daroosta7777]

there are two websites devoted to the addressing of the Seattle social climate.....they are very expressive, candid, and a bit harsh......so I wont post them.....containing 1000's of posts and threads...

[swerver]

Seriously roosta? You know that people can make a website about anything they like, right? Or are you one of the internet generation? "I read it on the internet so it must be true!" Go ahead and google "I hate " + any city, and you will find similar sites. Even San Francisco, or New York. What??? How could that be??? Those are truly great cities!!!

The comments on the I hate Seattle sites are even dumber, more trivial, and more generic (less about life in Seattle vs. life elsewhere, and more about any interaction at all in which someone didn't act exactly how the author expected them to, in which case, of course, the other person is an a-hole who is "freezing" the author out), than the ones here.

You've said several times, roosta, that Seattle is a nice city but not for everyone. I would agree. Why not just leave it at that? Don't associate yourself with folks that can't figure out the things that are making them upset within their own life and making the mistaken connection that it must be the people of Seattle causing all their problems. Plenty of people get along fine here, and, gasp... actually love it here. If someone hates where they live, they should by all means figure out a way to resolve that. Blaming the people who live there is about the dumbest excuse for one's own misery that I can think of.

[seattlenextyear]

People in Seattle are nice, mean, conceited, humble, introverted, outgoing, intellectual, down to earth, old, young, complete jerks, compassionate, passionate, bored, excitable, shy, happy, depressed, friendly and shy.

Their hobbies include frisbee, cars, knitting, cooking, reading, writing, biking, blogging, drag racing, chicken farming, eating, sailboating, fencing, video games, antiquing, film noir, comic books, golf, motorcycle touring, swimming, hiking, ping pong and gardening.

In other words, people in Seattle are very similar, individually, to people in any other major American city. As a whole we dress a little differently, we are a little more active, and perhaps a little more introverted. But, statistically, you're bound to find someone just like yourself.