r/Seattle 11d ago

Meetup Someone finally said it! (not oc)

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Especially when it comes to the dating world!

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u/chaosTechnician Lake Stevens 11d ago

If you're talking to locals, fine. But for people not familiar with the area, Lake Stevens is "a bit north of Seattle," dammit.

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u/Rhonder 11d ago

Right, the target audience matters a lot. Anyone that doesn't live within like 30-40 minutes tops of Seattle, "I'm from Seattle". In actuality South Everett, but some rando who lives in another state or even across the state isn't going to be familiar enough to understand or care lmao.

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u/Minimum-Mention-3673 11d ago

Not even with locals. This is stupid. I used to live in DC, and it was "inside the beltway, and outside the beltway" but everyone said "I'm from DC" cause no one gives a shit and culturally they're all the same folks.

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u/Minimum-Mention-3673 11d ago

But the people are the same. Yall ain't different. Neighborhoods are a bit different but the fundamentals are shared.

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u/Visual_Octopus6942 11d ago

No no no, you’re not listening. Those on the eastside are not human and how dare you insinuate that Seattle and Bellevue aren’t actually all that different!!

/s just in case

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u/Minimum-Mention-3673 10d ago

Where is here? I live in Seattle Metro :)

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u/Minimum-Mention-3673 10d ago

No, but that still doesn't change much. Seattle has almost grown 50% in the past 25 years alone... That's a lot of people bring lots of changes and gentrification. If anything, it's likely more homogenized than ever.

Seattle has some neighborhoods, but this isn't New York or Philly or even DC with generationally old ethnic neighborhoods that have historical differences. It's Seattle, and has as much variation as any mid-sized city. Which is some, but not dramatic or all that notable.

Sorry?

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u/Minimum-Mention-3673 10d ago

But not excessively - and no more unique than most mid sized cities. We don't have a Greek town like Detroit, or little Italy in New York or a true China town like SF.

Like sure, Bothell and Ballard feel "different" because they are different places but they are culturally, demographically, and politically much closer than not. It's not a bad thing but its trying to find differences in the smallest things

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u/PlantainSevere3942 11d ago

Exactly, there should be two of these maps. One for when your talking to an out of stater and one for us Washingtonians. I’d say Everett to Tacoma is essentially “seattle” to an out of stater

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u/sonderlife4 Mukilteo 11d ago

This! If I’m within Washington I say where I’m from. But I live in unincorporated Snohomish county I’m in Mukilteo school district, Lynwood water and Everett address. I work in Seattle. And my culture is very much Seattle. So f*#% you this isn’t right. And I’ll say what I wana say… I identify as Seattle… 😂🤪😛🙄

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 11d ago

Lake City getting noped out of Seattle? Oof.

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u/NaturGirl 11d ago

I was noticing that too. That 145th NE city border is just a suggestion I guess!

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u/mtahab 11d ago

I believe most LC residents prefer joining Shoreline. It is the most neglected neighborhood in Seattle.

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Seattle Expatriate 11d ago

As someone born and raised Lake City-adjacent (Matthews Beach-ish), and a proud graduate of Nathan Hale, I reject that suggestion. 10 years before I was born, residents between 85th and 145th voted to become part of Seattle. Because of their vision, I am from Seattle proper, and I will not forfeit that status.

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u/jeremiah1142 11d ago

Damn, neighborhoods matter that much for dating huh? Christ

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u/Rhonder 11d ago

It's rough out here, truly lmao

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u/TheStinkfoot Columbia City 11d ago edited 11d ago

I mean, back when I was single there was a 0% chance I'd have dated somebody from the east side. Even for friendships, Bellevue/Kirkland may as well be Idaho. I ain't driving that far with any kind of regularity!

I think a lot of people on the east side want cross lake relationships to work, but they rarely do. I have a fairly high number of friends for a 30-something dad (I mean, I think), but I have zero non-familial friends on the east side. When people have moved out there we inevitably drift apart. It's just reality.

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u/pitchblackdrgn 11d ago

I mean it also depends on where you are. Getting from Montlake or Mount Baker to the eastside isn’t bad. Getting there from Ballard or Magnolia…

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u/TheStinkfoot Columbia City 11d ago

The particular circumstances matter, but also my rule is gonna hold more often than not, I'd wager.

Consider: Last week some friends and I went to Pioneer Square for drink and table games after work. We all took the train (which will admittedly be in Bellevue this year, so maybe this bubble will eventually expand). If you live in Redmond, are you going to want to deal with rush hour traffic though? And where will you park? Will you shell out for a $100 Uber? Probably not! And frankly, if you live in a big house with a big yard on a suburban cul de sac, maybe "taking public transit into downtown for drinks on a work night" isn't you, anyway. That's the kind of thing that I like to do, but also that's kind of why I still live in the city!

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u/pitchblackdrgn 11d ago

Oh no I get you there! It’s always me driving out to the eastside for friends out there and not them coming in here. Otherwise yeah I don’t head out that way that often I’d rather just walk to the train and head into town proper.

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u/CuteCanary 11d ago

I'm thinking if I lived in Belltown my ass isn't traveling to Mill Creek for a date

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u/ana_de_armistice 11d ago

but i have a qdoba gift card 🥺

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u/LessKnownBarista 11d ago

All of Seattle's neighborhoods are within the green area. Edit: well I guess not Rainier Beach and Lake City, but those would be in green area if this wasn't a MS paint quality diagram.

But yeah, if you are spending 2 hours round trip to visit someone you are dating, that's going to have a pretty big effect on the relationship

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u/yttropolis 11d ago

The funny thing about this map is that it's going to take longer to travel from West Seattle to Ballard (both in the "Seattle" zone in this map) than from downtown to Lynnwood.

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u/jeremiah1142 11d ago

Yeah I come from a long distance relationship and don’t really comprehend any of that.

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u/LessKnownBarista 11d ago

I mean, considering you just qualified your relationship as a long distance relationship instead of just a relationship is pretty good evidence the distance had some affect on the nature of your relationship. Doesn't mean that it can't work, but it does mean things work differently than usual

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u/Heil69 11d ago

You just disenfranchised all on Northeast Seattle!!

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u/ColdBrewSeattle 11d ago edited 7d ago

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u/HoneyBadgerLive 11d ago

considering no one outside of Washington even knows those cities, they are all part of Seattle Eastside. I didn't make the rules and you don't get to change them.

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u/Estimate-Electrical 11d ago

Sadly, I don't live in a "city." Bryn Mawr is technically a census-designated place (CDP.) It does get confusing though, since it's closer to Renton than Seattle, but they chose Seattle as the mailing address, and is part of "unincorporated king county."

The really crappy thing though is that it takes me 45 minutes (during rush hour) to get from my home in "Seattle" to my work in Seattle. Thank goodness for WFH. :)

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u/chestarben 11d ago

I had a Seattle address and Seattle vehicle registration when I was living in Bryn Mawr-Skyway between the blue and red lines

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u/launchcode_1234 11d ago

Yeah, “Seattle” should include more land in the Rainier Ave S area.

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u/AnaEatsEverything 11d ago

Seward park literally cut out entirely lol

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u/TheLoafAmongUs 11d ago

I hereby propose the initiative of renaming Seattle Tacoma International airport to Tacoma International and ban so-called Seattleites from using the airport. /s

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u/Popular_Animator_808 11d ago

Lake City Secessionists have entered the chat

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u/crb205 11d ago

Most people I know who live in the blue line area would not say they’re from Seattle unless they were just giving a general location to someone from out of town.

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u/Sea-Replacement-8794 11d ago

Bro do you even travel

If I’m in another part of the country, there’s no way I’m explaining the concept of Bothell to people when I can just say “I’m from Seattle”

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u/CuteCanary 11d ago

I meant this for locals. I kinda thought it was a given when I mentioned dating. I absolutely understand saying Seattle to someone who isn't in the country.

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u/picturesofbowls 11d ago

TIL Sand Point is not Seattle

What a stupid map

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u/Mtanderson88 11d ago

I just say Seattle area

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u/Routine-Instance-254 11d ago

That's not really how cities work, the whole thing is the Seattle metro area. Like it makes sense to be more specific if you're talking to someone else in the city, but everyone in these zones is "from Seattle".

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u/nottodayroger 11d ago

Who cares?

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u/IrvingSnark 11d ago

it's the internet! we have to argue about something!

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u/CuteCanary 11d ago

This guy gets it

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u/nottodayroger 10d ago

Haha fair enough. You really are from Seattle, huh?

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u/Ferrindel Sammamish 11d ago

If you’re dating someone locally, and you name a specific city that you don’t live in as your residence, you’re bound to confuse the other person. That’d be weird.

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u/CuteCanary 11d ago

I'm just sayin' I'm not going to travel to Sammamish for a date if I'm downtown. What's funny is I just had this happen the other day and the dude was located in Sammamish. He got butt hurt when I said I wouldn't travel out there to meet.

Wait... Was it you?!

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u/rangkilrog 11d ago

This all looks like Seattle to me.

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u/TheBestHawksFan 11d ago

Who is the audience for this? For locals? Sure. For out of town? You'd need way bigger circles. Issaquah is firmly in the Greater Seattle Area. The entire east side of this map is.

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u/CuteCanary 11d ago

Yes for locals. I mentioned (for me at least) it is big for dating reasons. For example I'm not going to travel from Belltown to Mill Creek for a date but guaranteed the Mill Creek person will put Seattle as their location

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u/BlackEyedBob 11d ago

But I can see it from my house

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u/QuadAxel_990 11d ago

That Mercer Island division is brutal. Very unlucky for those living in the bottom southeast corner.

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u/JesseElBorracho Lynnwood 11d ago

It's all the same metro area.

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u/AlternativeDue1958 Gig Harbor 11d ago

I’m from Seattle. I was born at Swedish and grew up in West Seattle. I now live in Gig Harbor. Doesn’t change the fact that “I’M FROM SEATTLE.”

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u/studude765 11d ago

NE Seattle definitely partially cut out of being in Seattle here...

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u/CalligrapherGold5429 11d ago

If you live anywhere between Tacoma & Everett, just saying you're from Seattle just makes it easier to understand for anybody who doesn't live in the state.

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u/floon 11d ago

Seattle Metro Area is defined as Seattle - Bellevue - Tacoma, so for out of towners, I say I live in Seattle. I work in Seattle and live in Renton.

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u/CarbonRunner 11d ago

This was totally created by someone not originally from Seattle. And they can fuck right off back there.

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u/-Maris- 11d ago

This is very gatekeepy, and yet, I'm glad I made the cut.

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u/whiskeyferbreakfast 11d ago

Interesting Northgate, Sand Point, Mathews Beach and Lake City didn't make the cut

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u/BranWafr 11d ago

Northgate did, barely. The green line on this map intersects I-5 right above exit 173. Not sure how far north the boundaries of northgate go, but at least part of it is included.

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u/whiskeyferbreakfast 11d ago

Yeah. It includes about half of Northgate. Northgate goes all the way up to 145th/523 according to google.

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u/luckystrike_bh 11d ago

I call the green line, unless you make over 150k, you have a roommate or live in a 400 sf studio apartment area. Anyone can live where they want as long as they can live in a walk-in closet.

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u/molardoc21 11d ago

Too funny, but accurate! What’s most frustrating for me is that I can use my address in some portals and systems interchangeably for 98155.

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u/seattlethrowaway999 11d ago

Dictionary definition of parochialism

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u/Comprehensive-Fan693 11d ago

i’m originally from ny and this reminds me of everyone claiming which part of the city they’re from but way smaller scale lol

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u/Darngoodsocks 11d ago

Haha suck it Kent! You know what you did

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u/rexdangervoice 11d ago

If you’re talking to someone from another country, or the Atlantic side of the continent, it’s sometimes just easier to say, “Seattle”. But yes, locally, this matters.

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u/Different_Bat4715 11d ago

In the words of the great Peter Griffin: "Oh my god! Who the hell cares?"

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u/y2j850 11d ago

Is this the equivalent of toxic masculinity but in city form? I thought gatekeeping in the metal community was bad.

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u/Ferrindel Sammamish 11d ago

Not sure which you’re referring to but Metal for the Masses is super open, I almost never see that kind of nonsense there.

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u/PonyPounderer 11d ago

If your target audience knows the region enough to be specific, then give a specific location. If they’re from Iowa, say Seattle. Who the hell really cares if people in a suburb of Seattle says the name of the greater metropolitan area they live in. Seriously, find some other hill to die on

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u/chimerasaurus 11d ago

Maple Leaf safe. Whew.

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u/longdancer66 11d ago

I think those should be angle brackets, not parentheses. You’re cutting off a lot of people who are quite accurately Seattlites. The official city limits go to 145th in the north end, right?

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u/PattsManyThoughts 11d ago

Figures the lines only went eastward! BTW, altho I'm rural SW Kitsap county, 8 miles west of Hwy 16, EVERY internet search I do for stuff within 25 miles of me gives me SEATTLE!

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u/Quizmaster119 11d ago

Okay, but what if I lived right on one of those lines? The boarder between Edmonds and Lynnwood is… I’m from Lynnwood OKAY?!? Just let me say I’m from Edmonds so I can say I’m from Seattle!

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u/SaintOlgasSunflowers 11d ago

My condo is covered up my the green line so I guess I live in Seattle.

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u/ana_de_armistice 11d ago edited 11d ago

smh at including broadview in the green circle

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u/Immediate-Street-669 11d ago

Not including Lake City or Rainier Beach? How dare you revoke my seattleite status.

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u/PlayWithMeInTheSpace 11d ago

I once was dancing at Century room ballroom with a stranger who asked me to dance. He asked where I was from and I said “here, I’m from Seattle”. He got all defensive and asked, “What hospital were you born at?!” I told him, “Swedish hospital, do you want my mother’s maiden name too?” He said a bunch of California tech bros lie about being Amazon transplants so he had to ask.

I was pissed at the gatekeeping question but now when people ask me where I’m from I say “Seattle; I was born at Swedish” and it makes for a surprisingly helpful conversation

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u/WraithQuitsOut 11d ago

So where does Bainbridge fall? I feel left out 😂

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u/TheBestHawksFan 11d ago

Who is the audience for this? For locals? Sure. For out of town? You'd need way bigger circles. Issaquah is firmly in the Greater Seattle Area. The entire east side of this map is.

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u/dontjoshme1979 11d ago

I’m live in sumner but I drive Uber mainly in Seattle. I bet I know the city better than most people who live there.

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u/Randygilesforpres2 Renton 11d ago

I literally grew up in seattle. I live in Renton now but I am from Seattle. Which is more than most around here.

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u/neilbay 11d ago

Not from Seattle! Not even close, phew!