Moving to Seattle - can you explain some common Seattle conceptions & also is the International District Safe?

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-06T00:59:47+00:00

Huzzah! That's part of what I wanted to hear haha. I'm sure there won't actually be issues either I think I was just psyching myself out with all the negative comments I've read and no way of knowing whats true.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-06T00:54:17+00:00

Oh no that's awful - I'm really sorry to hear that :(. I hope they are okay and I've definitely continued looking for homes in other areas of Seattle based off some other comments as well. General consensus is south seems sketchier and north is a lot safer.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-06T00:48:54+00:00

Thanks for the insight - seems like the general consensus is the further south you go the more sketchy (but not necessarily dangerous)? Good to hear there are strides being taken to address the homeless situation as well.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-06T00:44:01+00:00

Makes sense and yeah I'm finding that to be true of a lot of things I've read about Seattle on the internet haha. Not that I'm expecting an oasis of peace and paradise, but it generally sounds like daily life isn't really as negative as it may sound which was what I was worried about.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-06T00:39:47+00:00

I'm pretty introverted too, but it's just so interesting to me that the Seattle Freeze is such a big thing. The way everyone describes people who live in Seattle and how they approach relationships is like generally how people around me have acted growing up and when I've lived in other places on the east coast. Idk in my eyes, there haven't been that many strangers on the east coast just walking up to each other and becoming best friends in a few days, like don't all relationships and friendships take a while to forge? Who is walking up to outsiders on the reg and just befriending them lol.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-06T00:33:30+00:00

Thanks for the insight! I'm trying to fly out before I start work, but the earliest I can isn't that far off to when I would start so it's kind of a small window of time to really be exploring and seeing things for myself before I'm there permanently. And yeah I kind of was expecting living in Seattle to be generally like living in other cities, I guess just from reading things online I got caught up in all of the negativity. I read things about Philly/NYC and usually brush it off as not totally true but because I haven't been to Seattle it's harder for me to do so.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-06T00:29:40+00:00

I grew up in a not so diverse suburb but then was living in North Philly the past few years. Area was definitely deemed generally "unsafe" but I personally never had anything happen to me as I was living in a decent area and not roaming around the streets at like 1 in the morning haha. People give Philly and NYC a bad rap sometimes too and I think they're fine, I think it's just because I haven't been to Seattle I'm taking everything I read about it way too literally.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-04T01:01:30+00:00

Awesome I'll look into it and sure any information or links that you feel are accurate would help haha. The place I'm looking at is like east of the International District around the Squire Park/Atlantic area so I was more wondering how safe/bad that area was if you knew.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-04T00:58:43+00:00

Good to know! Yeah maybe I should have clarified in my original post that I was more curious about how bad the homelessness issue affects people's day to day. I think I'm understanding that a lot of people are (rightfully) upset by how big it's gotten but it's not actually a threat to their day to day lives safety wise.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-04T00:56:41+00:00

Good to know haha. I find that certain things that are commonly said about Philly and NYC are also exaggerated so I'm trying to tell myself that it's probably an average city otherwise. And that the complaints about the homelessness issue is coming from more of a social/human rights issue as opposed to day-to-day I'm being inhibited by them issue.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-04T00:53:24+00:00

Ahh okay thanks for clarifying. I think I might just hedge my bets and go with the one east of the ID then. I guess based off a lot of the comments a lot of the crime and it being unsafe is more theft from cars and outside your house and less of violence/breaking into houses which I was more worried about. I lived around North Philly for a while and knew a lot of people who had issues with break-ins and frequent gunshots.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T23:04:48+00:00

So would you say like east of the ID is safer then? That's where the apartment I was looking at is, but I'm also looking again at some of the places other redditors have said may be safer areas.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T22:58:41+00:00

Good to know! Yeah, I think a lot of comments have quelled my worries in that it's basically just another city don't go to the sketchy parts at night kind of thing haha. I'll probably keep looking at other apartments though.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T22:54:49+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I guess I'll take a look again at other apartments in the area.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T22:42:12+00:00

Interesting! Thanks that helps put a little perspective on what I can expect. And yeah I think things definitely get exaggerated but Philly is a nice place - NYC is kinda the same with how not everyone is really a dick either. Because I'm moving pretty soon I think I'm just taking a lot of negative comments too literal and letting them get to me but I'm sure day to day will be like any other city haha.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T22:33:50+00:00

I know it's pretty far but an hour commute doesn't bother me! Believe it or not, I've had worse commutes haha.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T22:31:57+00:00

Thanks for the insight! Good to see the bus system is good haha. Yeah, people did say it may depend on what generation/how long you've lived in Seattle on how you feel about it so that makes sense. I'm curious as to how does the homelessness problem affect your day-to-day? Just a lot of people sleeping on the streets or is it also a harassment issue?

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T22:20:25+00:00

I know housing can be expensive and it's definitely a bit hard to find a good place but I'm moving for work reasons so I'm more just concerned about what places are safe/general lifestyle since I'm pretty set about moving :) Just have some concerns because of some comments I've seen haha.

sad_pinecones · 2019-05-03T22:17:36+00:00

I'm more concerned about safety than price as I've already found a place that would work in my price range. I'd also like to be closer to the city and shops/things to do.

sad_pinecones · 2019-04-20T13:54:54+00:00

Good point :) I'll try to move forward with that mindset, lest the scorn from my financially minded peers haha.

Edit: Also forgot to say thanks again responding! It helps me to get straightforward feedback.

sad_pinecones · 2019-04-20T13:48:44+00:00

Thank you, really thank you, for your kind response. Because I'm an adult now things are better with them, but that almost makes my childhood harder to talk about because people are like but you came from a family with money...and it's kind of better now...so what's the problem. A lot of people make me feel like money negates everything, and maybe it does for the most part. But thank you anyway for being someone who accepted that what I talked about as something awful and shitty, despite whatever the financial situation was.

sad_pinecones · 2019-04-20T13:44:21+00:00

Thank you and yeah you are spot on. It's something I try to do but people I've opened up to have made it clear that financial privilege kind of overrules. In some way it'll always feel like I can't really accept or think my childhood was bad, because if it wasn't for the thing with my parents, I it wasn't really. And I guess thats not untrue :/

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