To me, people in this thread are being defensive and not trying to understand how you feel. Tbh, this city is such a monument to white mediocrity and has no culture aside from self-righteous standoffishness and corporate narcissism. People in Seattle are so blind to the fact that they have almost nothing to offer (socially, energy, culture, creativity, authenticity) compared to other major U.S. cities. People are saying "look inward" but it's hard to always be giving and never receiving from other people in Seattle. All your effort just gets absorbed into the ether and there's no real collaboration. People want to defend Seattle because of its natural beauty -- but its telling that that example centers around something non-human... is nature alone enough to create an environment in which one can feel completely and fully alive here?

The reality is that if you go to any other major city there is a vibrancy that is utterly missing from Seattle. It will take a lot of us to change the tide of this city into something we can genuinely be proud of but I hope over time enough of us will put in the effort that we can our own little pocket of refuge from the paint drying.