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1 April 2008
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Things people in Seattle apparently like

I’ve now lived in Seattle for one year, so I thought I’d write up a little list of things I have learned about Seattle in my short time here.

Things people in Seattle apparently like:

  • Knee-high boots
  • Roundabouts
  • Not knowing how to properly use roundabouts
  • Subarus
  • Outdoor activities (camping, hiking, climbing, kayaking)
  • Nice sunglasses (which seems odd, given the weather)
  • Complaining about their not-that-terrible weather
  • Not carrying umbrellas
  • Making it known to you that they don’t carry umbrellas
  • Galoshes (which seems contradictory, given the umbrella thing)
  • Fighting gentrification that has already happened
  • Having a selection of 23 craft beers, even though they’re all the same variety
  • Using turn lanes to merge into traffic
  • Condos!
  • Mediocre coffee

Feel free to add more in the comments!

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  1. Jim Ray @ 1404 hrs on 9 April 2008

    Being passive aggressive
    Lacking a sense of fashion (”you mean I can’t wear this REI fleece to the opera?”)
    Adamantly refusing sensible public transportation
    Subversively marketed but mediocre cupcakes

  2. gb @ 1350 hrs on 10 April 2008

    Ben: There are heaps of roundabouts near my work, and I cringe every day I drive through them, as invariably there’s always someone taking a left by turning in front of the rotary-bit, or people treating it like a four-way stop and glaring at me for just blowing right through when I have right of way. You’d think they think it’s a regular intersection that has a strange flowerpot in the middle.

    I will say that Seattle’s drivers simply destroy the insipid jackasses I had to deal with every day in Utah, though. They’re just a bit slow on the draw and timid.

    Jim Ray: so you’re saying you don’t like cupcake royale… ;) Frankly, I’m not that impressed either, and the tea I got there was terrible.

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