Seattle Freeze/ Washington State Rudeness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading this thread has convinced me more than ever that I belong in Seattle.

Dude, move ASAP. There's a particular type of mercurial person that doesnt fit in anywhere else but thrives in Seattle. Kind of like the kid sitting alone at the lunch table personality. If that's you... head west!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's because they are all California transplants. Natives are very kind.

Absolutely false.
I lived there. Went to school there. Grew up in Bellingham, Washington, and the most hypocritical wanna-be hippies, pseudo-intellectual snobs who hated anyone who moved from anywhere else - live in Northwest Washington State. Didn't realize how bad it was until I travelled a lot, and had the pleasure of meeting genuine people from all over the states, and world. Seattle, Bellingham, NW WA in general is a cesspool of self-indulgent deadbeats. All with that glaze in their eyes. It's weird. I've been back to visit every few years and it hasn't changed. Not from the 70s or 80s or even 90s. It's really still the same vibe - extraordinarily rude, insincere, hypocritical zombies. And every other one thinks he's a unique artist or alternative type of something. Brain dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's because they are all California transplants. Natives are very kind.

Absolutely false.
I lived there. Went to school there. Grew up in Bellingham, Washington, and the most hypocritical wanna-be hippies, pseudo-intellectual snobs who hated anyone who moved from anywhere else - live in Northwest Washington State. Didn't realize how bad it was until I travelled a lot, and had the pleasure of meeting genuine people from all over the states, and world. Seattle, Bellingham, NW WA in general is a cesspool of self-indulgent deadbeats. All with that glaze in their eyes. It's weird. I've been back to visit every few years and it hasn't changed. Not from the 70s or 80s or even 90s. It's really still the same vibe - extraordinarily rude, insincere, hypocritical zombies. And every other one thinks he's a unique artist or alternative type of something. Brain dead.

+1. The California transplants is what make Seattle somewhat bearable. My family lived there for a few years and while there were some positive experiences for sure, we moved to California and never looked back.

[Anonymous]

The crazy liberalism perpetuated by the city council makes many Seattlites think they have to fight everyone about everything.
There is too much drinking the liberal koolaid and people here are so closed minded, they can’t even realize it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the apathy you speak of has to do (at least in Seattle's downtown) with the horrible drug problem they were having in the Nirvana days.

I'm in SF and used to be horrified to see someone in the Mission turn towards a building to light his crack pipe. Now I walk by a passed out guy with no shoes, filthy, bleeding feet who has a needle hanging out of his arm and mentally just shrug. I'm becoming apathetic.

Recently in SF after many years away, shocked to see all the drug addicts on the streets, needles in the open. Never have seen that in any other city even NY or detroit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the apathy you speak of has to do (at least in Seattle's downtown) with the horrible drug problem they were having in the Nirvana days.

I'm in SF and used to be horrified to see someone in the Mission turn towards a building to light his crack pipe. Now I walk by a passed out guy with no shoes, filthy, bleeding feet who has a needle hanging out of his arm and mentally just shrug. I'm becoming apathetic.

Recently in SF after many years away, shocked to see all the drug addicts on the streets, needles in the open. Never have seen that in any other city even NY or detroit.

That SF liberals for you. Seattle is getting like that as they take over political control.
Detroit, NY aren’t nearly as left.... yet, but could Head themselves down the SF way if voters are not careful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I moved to the Seattle suburbs from Fairfax County 10+ years ago. Seattle has grown tremendously in a decade and is still booming.

It is hard to find people who are native or have lived here for 20+ years. Many arrived from someplace else in the last 10 years - CA, TX, CO and of course various European countries, India, China, Korea etc.... for the high tech companies.

I have found the eastside suburbs to be very similar to Fairfax County. Clicks of mean PTSA moms, competitive co-workers, stressed out SAHMs etc...

+1

PPs have me thinking it sounds like this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White DC transplants who think they've "made it" are much nastier.

+1

Plus, the resentful locals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, lots of "natives" are of Scandinavian descent. This means a certain amount of superficial friendliness but lots of passive aggressive behavior.

I'm from Seattle originally, Scandinavian descent. Lived in DC 10 years but now live in Minneapolis. This area has a familiar dynamic to home--lots of Scandinavian heritage. Haven't seen this since WA.

This is interesting, and something I've observed from MN natives in the DC area. They come off as rather stoic and unemotional/cold. But again, I'm of Scandinavian heritage and grew up in similarly a stoic/unemotional/unaffectionate home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, lots of "natives" are of Scandinavian descent. This means a certain amount of superficial friendliness but lots of passive aggressive behavior.

I'm from Seattle originally, Scandinavian descent. Lived in DC 10 years but now live in Minneapolis. This area has a familiar dynamic to home--lots of Scandinavian heritage. Haven't seen this since WA.

WHAT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I moved to the Seattle suburbs from Fairfax County 10+ years ago. Seattle has grown tremendously in a decade and is still booming.

It is hard to find people who are native or have lived here for 20+ years. Many arrived from someplace else in the last 10 years - CA, TX, CO and of course various European countries, India, China, Korea etc.... for the high tech companies.

I have found the eastside suburbs to be very similar to Fairfax County. Clicks of mean PTSA moms, competitive co-workers, stressed out SAHMs etc...

+1

PPs have me thinking it sounds like this area.

Yes, but a whole lot more expensive!!!!

[Anonymous]

I have many friends in Washington and I have never noticed this. Everyone has been very nice to me when I was there. I thought the people in Oregon were more standoffish.

[Anonymous]

I lived in Eastern TN for 18 months and I wouldn't characterize the region as "helpful to strangers". In fact, I experienced southern people as very greedy & short term motivated. They're nice on the surface only and go out of their way to negatively view others. Ive also lived in Pacific North West. There is a historical migration trail that goes from the south to Nevada and ends in San Francisco (Donner party). Historically migrants settled along there or turned right going north along the Oregon trail. Pacific north west has those southern roots present in their passive aggressive culture. N. Cali even has a distinct hill billy accent. They just traded in their bible thumping for liberalism. The culture; the meanness, the greed, the judgementalness, the passive aggression--- its all rooted in southern culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Eastern TN for 18 months and I wouldn't characterize the region as "helpful to strangers". In fact, I experienced southern people as very greedy & short term motivated. They're nice on the surface only and go out of their way to negatively view others. Ive also lived in Pacific North West. There is a historical migration trail that goes from the south to Nevada and ends in San Francisco (Donner party). Historically migrants settled along there or turned right going north along the Oregon trail. Pacific north west has those southern roots present in their passive aggressive culture. N. Cali even has a distinct hill billy accent. They just traded in their bible thumping for liberalism. The culture; the meanness, the greed, the judgementalness, the passive aggression--- it's all rooted in southern culture.

Current resident of RDU...cannot agree more with the last sentence.