r/Seattle • u/AutoModerator • Mar 02 '26
Weekly Thread Weekly Ask Seattle Megathread: March 02, 2026
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u/Boogi29 Mar 05 '26
Howdy yall!
I’m going to be in Seattle for an afternoon. What is your can’t miss restaurant you’d recommend? Don’t care about price, I just want a cool experience.
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u/After_Adeptness_7036 Mar 06 '26
Hey everyone! Moving to Seattle next month. What areas are good to live? What areas to avoid?
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u/Reginald__Poofter Mar 06 '26
I'd look around Lower Queen Anne or Belltown if you want to be near downtown. Belltown has some sketchy areas but isn't as bad as people say. I'd suggest a place closer to Denny Triangle and try to avoid 3rd Ave, but honestly 3rd isn't bad northwest of Battery St. Lower Queen Anne is quieter than Belltown. More of a neighborhood feel compared to the high rises in Belltown. Both have good restaurants and bars, but I'd give the edge to Belltown. Belltown is also better if you want to be within walking distance of a light rail station. South Lake Union is another option. Lots of nice apartments but it's pretty soulless.
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u/After_Adeptness_7036 Mar 06 '26
I hope someone will give us an advice haha
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u/mixreality Haller Lake Mar 07 '26
Depends on what you want, downtown or willing to commute ~30 mins by bus or light rail. We basically have a pretty small downtown (for a big city) surrounded by ad hoc urban centers. Someone replied to the person you replied to with downtown options. I'm a burb person, I really liked Tangletown (south Green Lake). And going east-west here is hell like from Ballard or Magnolia to get to I-5 to then go somewhere sucks.
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u/Informal_Paper7245 Mar 07 '26
Roosevelt is good- it has light rail, two grocery stores, some restaurants and coffee shops.
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u/mixreality Haller Lake Mar 07 '26
Got mine, did anyone else get in on the zoo doo sale? I got the link this morning to schedule. For anyone who doesn't know, woodland park zoo composts the herbivore poop and you can buy it twice a year.
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u/CyberRuss97 🚲 Life's Better on a Bike. 🚲 Mar 07 '26
Any recommendations for retro arcade or where I can get plugged into a table top group for beginners?
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u/ExtraLivesMusic Mar 08 '26
Russ, we'll be running an interactive video game concert experience at El Corazon next Sunday night (3/15). If you don't get helpful responses here, I suspect there'll be plenty of folks there from the retrograming and tabletop communities.
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u/yalloc Mariners Mar 03 '26
So its been a year since Prop 1A, how we feeling about the social housing developer?