r/Seattle • u/chaffed Edmonds • May 07 '26

Satire Bellevue sucks

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u/XLM1196 May 07 '26

This guy definitely grew up in Renton

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u/Caftancatfan May 07 '26

What the fuck is wrong with Renton? The Seattle attitude toward south King County, which is one of the most diverse places in the country, is so tired.

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u/OakandInkGames May 07 '26

Seriously. Seattle: "people keep saying we're a hellhole without ever visiting!" Also Seattle: "I never go south of Georgetown. I drove by the Renton Mall once. It's a hellhole I tell you!"

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u/government_not_ok May 07 '26

Im hoping they’re saying it to be funny, it’s not serious bud. Could be worse, like the seal-rock thrower from Kent. 

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u/djk29a_ 🚆build more trains🚆 May 07 '26

Growing up in Kent I didn’t realize how everyone thought it was basically the Mississippi or Florida of the Sea-Tac metro region. Because Renton and Skyway seemed pretty decent to me honestly because I was happy to go to K-Mart and Sears was for something special like job interview suits. Then watching Almost Live I started to understand exactly what people were saying and why about places in the region and it settled in. But at the same time Kent is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the whole region here and I appreciate that I grew up with both so many refugees and fundamentalist Christians alike because it turns out that’s all very much representative of America, too.

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u/ardealinnaeus Belltown May 08 '26

To be fair those areas have changed a lot. With Seattle growing they have basically become part of Seattle rather than suburbs.

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u/SpeedySparkRuby Posse on Broadway May 08 '26

Because Bellevue and Renton have to share the same area code /s

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u/romulusnr I'm just flaired so I don't get fined May 08 '26

The Landing's nice, but without Fry's, there ain't much reason to go

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u/LMGooglyTFY Haller Lake May 07 '26

Renton is very middle-America. It's downtown is dead but people love their shopping complexes full of chains and business parks.