Seattle people are unsociable
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4/25/2006
I lived in Seattle for over ten years and I am glad to be moving away from it.
Seattle is a very clean city, has fresh air, little crime, and the people are polite. However, IMHO Seattle is a boring place to live
and although people are polite..... they are distant. In other words they tend to keep themselves to themselves and I would
descrive them as "politely unsociable". A co-worker described Seattlites as
'friendly but they don't want to be your friend'.
It is VERY difficult to get into any social circles here. Most people I've talked to only have, at most, two friends outside
their family unit. Most socialization is within the family unit and rarely extends outside of this.
Although on paper, Seattle is a good place for singles, I have found that it is a very family oriented city. You may not get
a very warm welcome in resturants if you ask for a table for one. In one particular instance at a resturant the staff
member said "....did you say a table for TWO ?" in a desparate hope that she heard wrong. With a reluctant scowl she found a
table for me. Although I got a table, I really didn't feel welcome.
I grew up in the UK and knew all the people down our street. You could wave to them and say good morning and they would wave back.
However, if you try and do that in Seattle, they would think youre crazy and give you a strange look and speculate what criminal motive
you have. Seattlites treat strangers as either (a) criminals - who wish to do them harm , (b) sex preditor - recently released from prison
(c) terrorist - for anyone who looks middle-eastern.
In one instance the first year I was in Seattle I'd just returned home from shopping and was parking my car in the apartment complex carpark
when I saw two caucasian females walk out of their repective apartments. They spotted eachother and then immediatly shot back inside their apartments.
After a while one was brave enough to exit her apartment and get into her car and drive away. After a few short moments the other female thinking it was now safe enough to exit
from her apartment did so and then proceeded to get into her car and drive away. What I don't understand is why people here in Seattle are so afraid of eachother ??????????
In another instance, I was taking an evening class; and when it finished I talked to the lecturer for a few moments before heading out to the car park.
As I walked to the buildings reception area I saw a small crowd gath
Sai | Sammamish, WA