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Old 12-05-2013, 04:50 PM
 
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Maybe they aren't superficial.

And it's all about your perception of attractiveness. I like a girl with long hair and glasses, jeans and t-shirts; but makeover shows and movies seem to think that women should have styled hair, contact lenses, skirts, high heels, and caked in make-up. Not my thing but maybe it's yours.
Half the guys in Seattle walk around with crumbs in their beards and their shirts buttoned wrong.
We're a city that's a little more educated than the average city, a little more intellectual/artsy than the average city, and a little less focused on fashion and style. I don't think there's any less usage of soap and toothpaste, it's just that a lot of us, especially guys, are pretty clueless when it comes to fashion. It's just not a priority.
Part of it may be dictated by the weather. Why walk around in the drizzle wearing makeup, fashionable clothes and styled hair if they're just going to get messed up in the rain?
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Old 12-05-2013, 05:41 PM
 
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Half the guys in Seattle walk around with crumbs in their beards and their shirts buttoned wrong.
Gee, blanket statement?
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Old 12-05-2013, 06:42 PM
 
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Gee, blanket statement?
I was just trying to be fair
There was some discussion earlier that women in Seattle were lacking in style and had no fashion sense. I was just pointing out that men in Seattle maybe didn't either? Geez, just trying to get a cheap laugh.
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Old 12-05-2013, 07:17 PM
 
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I've always avoided driving woes in the Bay Area by using public transit. Really eliminates one potential source of aggravation. Never came across violence or aggression; to the contrary, a pretty mellow vibe. Never ran into anyone who mentioned the college they went to or how much money they made. That's always been pretty taboo behavior among the people I know in the area. If you don't like Silicon Valley types, don't hang out there. IDK, I never run into those people. Someone (from Seattle) said on a Bay Area thread recently that they'd never seen so many laid-back down-to-earth people as they have in Oakland. I think Oakland and Berkeley are pretty mellow. Apparently, though, YMMV. Go figure.
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Old 12-05-2013, 07:24 PM
 
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I've always avoided driving woes in the Bay Area by using public transit. Really eliminates one potential source of aggravation. Never came across violence or aggression; to the contrary, a pretty mellow vibe. Never ran into anyone who mentioned the college they went to or how much money they made. That's always been pretty taboo behavior among the people I know in the area. If you don't like Silicon Valley types, don't hang out there. IDK, I never run into those people. Someone (from Seattle) said on a Bay Area thread recently that they'd never seen so many laid-back down-to-earth people as they have in Oakland. I think Oakland and Berkeley are pretty mellow. Apparently, though, YMMV. Go figure.
I, too, feel that San Francisco gives off a completely different energy than does Seattle. I would describe Seattle as 'passively confrontational,' in that people here are all smiles, but lurking beneath the surface is the desire to 'engage' regarding personal philosophy. And if you fail to match their viewpoints, you're not worth dirt.

By contrast, San Francisco is more extreme ideologically, but far less aggressive in attempting to purvey that belief structure.

Were I to employ an analogy, I would describe San Francisco as a place that 'won a war' a very long time ago, and whose conquering ruling class is quite comfortable. In contrast, Seattle feels like a city in the midst of some kind of internal civil strife, fighting to oust all 'enemy' ideals. It doesn't matter that Seattle is extremely liberal, or just elected it's first socialist city councilor in forever - nay, subversives still lurk here, somewhere. They must be ferreted out.

And make no mistake, this isn't just about politics. It's a social anxiety that infects everything here. We have the best coffee. We have the best mountain views. We have the best seafood. Did Kansas City just take the record for loudest outdoor stadium? Harrumph! They don't deserve that! We must take it back! We have something to prove!

San Francisco? San Francisco doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. San Francisco is. Seattle wants to be.

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Old 12-08-2013, 12:27 PM
 
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I, too, feel that San Francisco gives off a completely different energy than does Seattle. I would describe Seattle as 'passively confrontational,' in that people here are all smiles, but lurking beneath the surface is the desire to 'engage' regarding personal philosophy. And if you fail to match their viewpoints, you're not worth dirt.

By contrast, San Francisco is more extreme ideologically, but far less aggressive in attempting to purvey that belief structure.

Were I to employ an analogy, I would describe San Francisco as a place that 'won a war' a very long time ago, and whose conquering ruling class is quite comfortable. In contrast, Seattle feels like a city in the midst of some kind of internal civil strife, fighting to oust all 'enemy' ideals. It doesn't matter that Seattle is extremely liberal, or just elected it's first socialist city councilor in forever - nay, subversives still lurk here, somewhere. They must be ferreted out.

And make no mistake, this isn't just about politics. It's a social anxiety that infects everything here. We have the best coffee. We have the best mountain views. We have the best seafood. Did Kansas City just take the record for loudest outdoor stadium? Harrumph! They don't deserve that! We must take it back! We have something to prove!

San Francisco? San Francisco doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. San Francisco is. Seattle wants to be.
This is one of the more accurate interpretations of Seattle I've read. I've always felt like Seattle had a huge inferiority complex, and the residents go out of their way to make nonsensical comparisons to other (real) cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, or San Francisco. Just the other day someone I know compared it to Amsterdam because of the marijuana thing... He actually compared it to the 900-year old capital of the Netherlands and financial center of Europe! Give me a break!
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Old 12-08-2013, 08:50 PM
 
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I, too, feel that San Francisco gives off a completely different energy than does Seattle. I would describe Seattle as 'passively confrontational,' in that people here are all smiles, but lurking beneath the surface is the desire to 'engage' regarding personal philosophy. And if you fail to match their viewpoints, you're not worth dirt.

By contrast, San Francisco is more extreme ideologically, but far less aggressive in attempting to purvey that belief structure.

Were I to employ an analogy, I would describe San Francisco as a place that 'won a war' a very long time ago, and whose conquering ruling class is quite comfortable. In contrast, Seattle feels like a city in the midst of some kind of internal civil strife, fighting to oust all 'enemy' ideals. It doesn't matter that Seattle is extremely liberal, or just elected it's first socialist city councilor in forever - nay, subversives still lurk here, somewhere. They must be ferreted out.

And make no mistake, this isn't just about politics. It's a social anxiety that infects everything here. We have the best coffee. We have the best mountain views. We have the best seafood. Did Kansas City just take the record for loudest outdoor stadium? Harrumph! They don't deserve that! We must take it back! We have something to prove!

San Francisco? San Francisco doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. San Francisco is. Seattle wants to be.
Awesome assessment. I don't know why Seattle feels a need to prove itself. It shrunk the world thanks to Boeing and brought in the computing age with Microsoft. And it gave us some brilliant musicians, like a fella named Hendrix. Seattle has nothing to prove.
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Old 12-08-2013, 11:04 PM
 
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This is one of the more accurate interpretations of Seattle I've read. I've always felt like Seattle had a huge inferiority complex, and the residents go out of their way to make nonsensical comparisons to other (real) cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, or San Francisco. Just the other day someone I know compared it to Amsterdam because of the marijuana thing... He actually compared it to the 900-year old capital of the Netherlands and financial center of Europe! Give me a break!
Or maybe... its just a city?
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Old 12-09-2013, 12:12 AM
 
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I, too, feel that San Francisco gives off a completely different energy than does Seattle. I would describe Seattle as 'passively confrontational,' in that people here are all smiles, but lurking beneath the surface is the desire to 'engage' regarding personal philosophy. And if you fail to match their viewpoints, you're not worth dirt.

By contrast, San Francisco is more extreme ideologically, but far less aggressive in attempting to purvey that belief structure.

Were I to employ an analogy, I would describe San Francisco as a place that 'won a war' a very long time ago, and whose conquering ruling class is quite comfortable. In contrast, Seattle feels like a city in the midst of some kind of internal civil strife, fighting to oust all 'enemy' ideals. It doesn't matter that Seattle is extremely liberal, or just elected it's first socialist city councilor in forever - nay, subversives still lurk here, somewhere. They must be ferreted out.

And make no mistake, this isn't just about politics. It's a social anxiety that infects everything here. We have the best coffee. We have the best mountain views. We have the best seafood. Did Kansas City just take the record for loudest outdoor stadium? Harrumph! They don't deserve that! We must take it back! We have something to prove!

San Francisco? San Francisco doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. San Francisco is. Seattle wants to be.
You pretty much put into words everything I ever thought of seattle since I moved here but never could really put my finger on it. People in Seattle tend to be overly in love with themselves and their little corner of the country they live in. God forbid you say anything you don't like about the area, they are super quick to make you feel like you're crazy for thinking the way you do.
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Old 12-09-2013, 02:03 PM
 
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You pretty much put into words everything I ever thought of seattle since I moved here but never could really put my finger on it. People in Seattle tend to be overly in love with themselves and their little corner of the country they live in. God forbid you say anything you don't like about the area, they are super quick to make you feel like you're crazy for thinking the way you do.

Someone has obviously never been to Texas...
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