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Originally posted by speeder
It was grey and drizzly the whole time, which gets old in a hurry
One complaint I had, which I have in all smaller cities, is the lack of awesome+cheap food everywhere that you take for granted in a big city.
My one and only trip to Seattle was for a weekend, and the afternoon I got there was the day that Kurt Cobain killed himself, so the whole weekend had a bit of a down vibe over that. The hipster parts of town really do have a dreary, junkie feel to them. It's undeniable. Seattle is where the term "skid row" originated, and you can see why.
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you came on the perfect weekend for a Californian
my first time in So. Cal. they had a smog alert for a week. but i still lived there for 3years. glad i came back to the pacific northWET
no cheap food? man you really didn't get a good tour of the city. some of the best prices for fresh local seafood. also many local joints that have gotten lots of press nation wide.
http://www.bethscafe.com/index.html
where else can you find a 12egg omelet
just a FYI "SKID ROW" has nothing to do with bums/homeless.
it is "SKID ROAD" it refers to when they were still logging in the city back in the 19th century and were sending (SKIDDING) the logs down the hill to Elliott Bay to ship out to other city's like SanFrancisco, that had already used up their wood by then. it used to be one of the dirtier parts of town. but is getting quite a clean up now.
like all cities we have our good parts and bad parts...
when you get here hook up with the "northenders" and drive down to the XXX Drive-In for our monthy get-together and drive.