Do Seattle natives REALLY hate Californians? (Pacific: transplants, new home, buy)

[XXclimberX]

Originally Posted by eastwesteastagain

Sorry to reply a bit off the topic of the thread, but wow! That's quite a statement, my friend! Care to elaborate on your opinion?

Ya all people from the east coast should be deported tommorow.

[eastwesteastagain]

Originally Posted by XXclimberX

Ya all people from the east coast should be deported tommorow.

I can't imagine where non-natives get the idea that Seattle-ites dislike "outsiders," be it Californians or east coast folks.

Personally, I'm not so sure I'd be proud that my city's claim to fame is being unwelcoming. I actually think it's kind of sad.

[pw72]

These type of threads encourage outrageous quick replies.

With that having been said, my theory is that many who move here want to make sure they are the last to arrive, and will try to keep everyone else out. Which of course, while making no sense, feels good at the time.

[JesseJB]

I think the sentiment comes from a lot of local publications. I cant think of any specifics but I know I've read lines in The Stranger and on PI Sound-Off's that have had some pretty xenophobic sentiments about outsiders, NYers and ex-Californians.

That kinda stuff always comes up when outsiders move into conservative regions.


Man I love calling out Seattle as conservative. Feels so...against the grain (=

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by texastrigirl

Gets out of her Mercedes with her baked skin, hard body and perfect blond color job in her high heels and strides away. I have to say the first thing I muttered to myself silently was something not nice and then I said out loud to my son "She needs to go back to California".

I lived in Texas and the Californians don't always fit in there either and have a similar complex...but most of them did fine as long as they embraced local culture and didn't expect it to be CA.

I understand...and Bellevue Square has a reputation for courting those high maintenance types who've probably never lifted a finger in their lives...and those types are not well liked by many Californians, either.

I probably got along very well when I lived in metro Atlanta because I was really enthused about living in such a great progressive city where the insider/outsider sentiment had been reduced to a trickle...and this is in a city that was burned to the ground in the Civil War some 125 to 130 years prior.

[texastrigirl]

Let's just say those types don't do well anywhere no matter where they are from. I am married to a native Californian and we visit all the time and really enjoy it...just don't want to live there amidst it 24/7.

[Siobhan18]

I am from N.California and have lived in San Diego for three years now. I understand about the fake people down here , I was lucky to make some close down to earth people in S California. I want to move to WA with my family and am a bit worried that people up there will assume I am like most of the people down by LA. A good thing is here in SD the people do not get along with LA people because they make all S California people look bad. I just had an email sent to me from some guy up in Seattle telling me to not come up there and they hate all fake bastards from California. I am not a person who complains nor do I like it always sunny here.

[Siobhan18]

Oh yes and I am not tanned and I have red hair and I am short and not super skinny :-)

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by toughguy

Back in the 80's when Californians started moving here en masse, there was some resentment, but that is ancient history now. You will find that your Californian heritage will not raise any eyebrows, or even spark conversation. The area is so saturated at this point that it is not considered out of the ordinary to even have California plates on your car. The exoticness of "Californians" was lost 20 years ago. It doesn't make you any better or any worse in most people's eyes to be from Cali.

Edit- If you drive like a maniac on the freeway, you might get the occasional "Go back to California!"

Those are San Diegans! lol

[iskray917]

Unfortunately yes, many do have this natural disdain for us that I can't figure out but cest la vie. just don't tell people you're from California.