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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

No it's different.  This is a social thing.  You will talk to someone and they just- don't respond to social cues.  The other day I told a woman behind the counter as she was checking me out how great the service was and she stared at me for several seconds (at which point the awkwardness was through the roof) and then just said "Oh."

That's probably the least grating form though- the worst is the needlessly cutting you off in traffic, being purposefully mean in the most passive aggressive way, and refusing to hold eye contact.  Like if you are a pedestrian, it's as though people will purposefully speed to cut you off- even if they are walking also.  I have never really encountered anything like it, but it goes beyond normal urban apathy.  If you google "seattle people suck" (The statements people make are pretty hyperbolic- strong feelings about Washington people, apparently) you can probably find better examples from people who have been their longer.  But it's very strange and honestly somewhat shocking. [/quote]

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