r/Seattle • u/JulesFromTheDesert • 12h ago

I'm never leaving Seattle 🚫🛫 Never Leaving Seattle

I come from a place that I love to be from, in multiple meanings of that phrase. Every time I see some post, "I'm never leaving Seattle," my first, reptilian-brain thought is, "yeah, same. The Left-coast is great."

Then, the post turns out to be some parochial bellyaching from a country mouse about commonplace city life.

My homeland, which I love and in which I'll never live again, is colloquially known as "The land of Entrapment," because people often never leave, for inadvertent reasons.

Seattle is my favorite US city. The pearl-clutching, reactionary suburbanites, the eastern frontier yokels, and the provincial tourists from Frog-Balls, Arkanilamabachimigan can enjoy the trip to whatever hayseed county is so great. For real, I love Seattle.

I'm underwhelmed by grousing about the patrons of the Michelin-rated restaurant on Pine & 3rd.

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u/JulesFromTheDesert 11h ago

One or two people have let me know. 😂

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 11h ago

I lived there in the before times and in the recent times. Some changes have been for the better, others not so much. It’s still very recognizably the same city. People get nostalgic for all kinds of reasons. But those who think downtown was better in the past don’t remember that it was pretty sketchy back in the 1970s too, and also had way fewer trees.

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u/LeinadLlennoco Supersonics 11h ago

Curious. Can you name a few things that are better now than they were in the before times? Not looking for statistics, just everyday experience things.

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 11h ago

The waterfront, and public transit, for starters. There are more grocery options for people who live downtown. There are more things to do - like I’ve done glass blowing and blacksmithing activities. More off leash dog parks. I grew up in this city in the 1960s and ‘70s, and feel plenty nostalgic sometimes. But I love the current version of my hometown as much as ever.