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Seattle Is the Most Likable City in America
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The most generally favorably viewed member of my family is my second-youngest nephew, who never does anything to offend (or interest) any of us. At holiday gatherings he sits around behaving pleasantly and unmemorably toward all and sundry. I'm going to start calling him Young Seattle.
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+1 @5
This, by the way, is why Detroit has some amazing stuff going on (in the arts, in literature, in music, and in every other aspect), while Seattle and Portland are just crammed full of wannabe hipsters. "Likable" is more a curse than a blessing.
This, by the way, is why Detroit has some amazing stuff going on (in the arts, in literature, in music, and in every other aspect), while Seattle and Portland are just crammed full of wannabe hipsters. "Likable" is more a curse than a blessing.
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You'd never know LA is so despised from looking at the housing prices. Anything west of Vermont Ave that you wouldn't be afraid to walk out of is a million gawdamn dollar$ /end rant.
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I find likability rather unlikable, myself. Cue Sally Fields.
@9, IT WAS MEANT TO BE ORANGE. ORANGE IS WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE, BY GOD, AND ORANGE IS WHAT IT WILL BE ONCE MORE.
@9, IT WAS MEANT TO BE ORANGE. ORANGE IS WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE, BY GOD, AND ORANGE IS WHAT IT WILL BE ONCE MORE.
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Yes, Detroit has cornered the market on artists making $7k a year and living in mansions. Meanwhile the city is going bankrupts and has one of the highest murder rates in the USA. But hey, St. Andrews rocks!
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Oh, take it. Seattle is one of the most pleasant cities to live in and you know it. And so do the Washington Republicans who spend their days criticizing us and calling us Marxists or whatever. We have perfect weather, clean air and water, decent transportation (for now), two or three quality colleges, an educated workforce, a generally sweet citizenry who waits at light to walk across the street, and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest all around us. And crime's low. What's not to love? Haters gonna hate.
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And yes, I am a halfwit; I failed to notice that the video link was the selfsame Sally Field -- not Fields -- clip I thought I was being clever in referencing. Pfft. Oh, well, great minds think alike, which means Paul may be in trouble.
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@11
It's like painting bright pink nipples on a lovely white marble statue of Venus--sure, they used be there, but maybe it's not a good choice any longer. (to be clear: I am not actually comparing the Needle to a naked woman).
It's like painting bright pink nipples on a lovely white marble statue of Venus--sure, they used be there, but maybe it's not a good choice any longer. (to be clear: I am not actually comparing the Needle to a naked woman).
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I agree with @2. I moved out of Washington State years ago, but never encounter negative opinions of Seattle when I tell people that's where I'm from. But I'd never move back, either.
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This is great - I'm starting to feel more likable already!
I'm even starting to like some of the annoying people around me.
I wonder ... does the aura of likability extend to Tukwila?
I'm even starting to like some of the annoying people around me.
I wonder ... does the aura of likability extend to Tukwila?
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It's not "orange". It's "Galaxy Gold". And I think it's lovely.
As for Seattle, I love the city. It's the people that annoy me.
As for Seattle, I love the city. It's the people that annoy me.
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Hey I'm a native that -- because of my career -- moved from Seattle to Los Angeles for 25 years before I moved back. The good news is I I sold in LA at the height of the market. The even better news is I LOVE being back in the Great Pacific Northwest!!!
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And for those complaining about the new paint job on the space needle, are you REALLY Seattleites? That is the original color of the needle and is being done until the fall to honor the 50th anniversary of the Century 21 Exibition, which singlehandedly took Seattle to be a backwater nothing town to a World Player.! So shut up!
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Galaxy Gold +infinity +1!
And without the 1962 World's Fair, we'd be Portland...who would want that?
And without the 1962 World's Fair, we'd be Portland...who would want that?
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@25
That's precisely my view of Seattle too: "I love the city. It's the people that annoy me."
Rife with cliched hipsters that take themselves SO seriously, yet are laughable to anyone who's ever lived in a real city. The dullest, lamest whiteys I ever did meet, I tell ya. If we could just take a firehouse to the locals, directing them toward Spokane and then replace them with anyone from *any* other region of the U.S., this place would be awesome.
One can dream!
That's precisely my view of Seattle too: "I love the city. It's the people that annoy me."
Rife with cliched hipsters that take themselves SO seriously, yet are laughable to anyone who's ever lived in a real city. The dullest, lamest whiteys I ever did meet, I tell ya. If we could just take a firehouse to the locals, directing them toward Spokane and then replace them with anyone from *any* other region of the U.S., this place would be awesome.
One can dream!
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@32
So you're more interesting than everyone else in town?
Sounds like one of those "cliched hipsters that take themselves SO seriously, yet are laughable to anyone who's ever lived in a real city" to me...
So you're more interesting than everyone else in town?
Sounds like one of those "cliched hipsters that take themselves SO seriously, yet are laughable to anyone who's ever lived in a real city" to me...
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I have lived in Seattle for almost 2 decades now, and I love it! Winters can be rough, but if you pick up a fun activity, like snowboarding, you'll make it through to the outstanding beauty of spring, summer & fall.
And to the fool who keeps repeating the "Seattle is so White" mantra, you may wanna google the census results for 98118, the most culturally diverse zip code in the nation. Heck, I'm an immigrant, and my hood 98144 is largely immigrant working families. You may be confussing lack of sun exposure to whiteness.
And to the fool who keeps repeating the "Seattle is so White" mantra, you may wanna google the census results for 98118, the most culturally diverse zip code in the nation. Heck, I'm an immigrant, and my hood 98144 is largely immigrant working families. You may be confussing lack of sun exposure to whiteness.
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I should add, that I travel all over the US for work, and Seattle is definitely up there: largely progressive, clean, cultured, diverse, laid back, outdoorsy... What's not to love? (oh yeah, the weather, I hear you there, but global warming seems to be in our favor also)
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@34 yep, Seattle stuffed all its minorities and crime in one slowly gentrifying hood. Columbia City bakery is about as diverse as Wonder Bread.
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@35 Seattle is diverse? Thanks for the laugh. Last US census showed Seattle was as white as Bellevue.
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2010 census:
Bellevue - 62% white
Seattle - 69.5% white
But keep the myth alive that Seattle is diverse!
Bellevue - 62% white
Seattle - 69.5% white
But keep the myth alive that Seattle is diverse!
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@ 36-39 And your wide brush stereotypes keep rolling in. That's fine, biggots like you should stay away anyhow.
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And what exactly is so horrible about white people. Sorry, I was born this color. Does my race make be a bad person ? So sick of racism.
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So we don't bitch about the weather anymore, just the white people? I move away for school for 3 years, and you guys switch it all up on me like this? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN CA FROM MOVING HERE WITH TALK LIKE THAT?
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@ 44 Does it make sense to blame people for "ruining everything" because of their color ? Even if they are a majority ? Are all white people responsible for the actions of individual white people ? Sounds like racism to me.
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@2, I live here and love it here.
@8, I'm from metro Detroit but left there in 1994, finally returning last March for spring break. While I met some very nice people in the city, I'm glad to be back in Seattle again, thanks. There's just more going on here. It's more vibrant.
@8, I'm from metro Detroit but left there in 1994, finally returning last March for spring break. While I met some very nice people in the city, I'm glad to be back in Seattle again, thanks. There's just more going on here. It's more vibrant.
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I tell people that I would live in Seattle and Portland, in a heart beat, if I was white. While I enjoyed how green Seattle is, I left because I got tired of being a token and of seeing the occasional confederate flag. Not surprisingly, I am feel more at home in Oakland (where I live) and LA (where I wish I lived)!
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I am glad my city is unlisted in this poll, though Forbes said we are the most livable in the USA. The French say: "to live well, live hidden". Seattle seems not hidden.
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"most unpopular is Detroit, which only 22% see positively and 49% negatively"
Welcome to Blacktopia.
Welcome to Blacktopia.
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hysterical reading hipster after hipster try to out-self-hate each other. Yea you don't like the people 'cause they're just like you. Try moving to a less hip neighborhood, you might actually enjoy life like the rest of us.
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I like Seattle fine - I mean, it's my hometown and I'm still here, so obviously I don't hate it - but it doesn't hold a candle to Hilo. If I could make a living in Hilo, I'd move there tomorrow.
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