Yeah that shit was crazy.

Went in there a couple of times for snacks and drinks.

Well on the plus side that was before a big Amazon expansion.

There was this billboard near I5 which said "It is cheaper to own than rent!" And I had two buddies purchase condos there for under $100k

Years later they sold those condos for 4X + what they paid and put down payments on houses which have since appreciated even more.

I'm the tard who rented

Stay off the public transportation.  It's contaminated with meth and fentanyl.

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you'll want a heavy dooty wudderproof logger boot.



steel toe for inflicting max damage on el zombies (allegedly in minecraft of course).  wudderproof so you don't get any on you and for the rains down in the seattle.  vibram sole for protection from the pot HIV needles.

Don’t necessarily disagree, but you’re citing a murder from 2001. That was when the SPD was largely still down to boogie. Hell, now they probably wouldn’t even be at a large event, so no scandal possible.

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The Sounder train is pretty safe, its like Amtrak. Mostly people just minding their own business and going to/from work. Never seen anyone getting high on the Sounder, the occasional tradesman drinking a beer on the ride home is it.
The Sounder station is at the south end of downtown near the stadiums. To get to anywhere else in Seattle using public transportation, you take a bus or the lightrail depending on your destination.

The lightrail and the bus are an adventure in the making, just a matter if you roll the 87 sided die and come up with one of the exciting Tweaker/mentally unhinged/homeless people that use public transportation on your trip. 98% of the time there isn't an issue, 2% of the time there's something going on that you can probably avoid by getting off or not being next to the person creating the issue.

A guy I used to work with was having some sort of interpersonal issue with 2 guys half his age on a bus and it looked like they were going to throw down while the bus was on the freeway and couldn't stop.  He pulled out his brass knuckles, put them on and dropped his backpack and they had a sudden change of heart , they were just pranking him, didnt really want to fight him, "it's all good bro, we just playing, we cool"

I believe R/Seattle on reddit has some of the greatest hits on film.  I've seen several people smoking fent on the lightrail, or passed out with their foil in hand on the lightrail. I've seen people smoking weed on the bus, but not fent. Doesnt mean it doesnt happen, I just havent seen it personally.

That being said - I carry pepperspray/ a coin purse sap/ a pistol. There's only been one time in Seattle I thought I was going to use the sap on a guy at a lightrail station - he walked right past me and kept trying to start confrontations with other people who were just trying to avoid him while waiting for the lightrail.

Seattle is "relatively safe" in most places, but there areas that are shitty and filled with shitty people. These shitty people also go where ever the fuck they want, so no where is "safe".  

Do they still throw fish at the market? I swear I heard the had to stop? Was going to take some friends after we hit the Museum of Flight. Speaking of MoF, there is a place to spend some time. I’m not sure if the armor and flight museum opened back up yet after the sale? That’s another good place to spend time.

As long as you aren't dealing fetanyl you are probably fine.

But also don't be surprised if you catch a stray round

I dont like being unarmed or going to the city, sometimes both happens at the same time.  I just plan to mitigate risk.

A normal trip would look like: Drive through the deep woods and park at the ferry. Walk on the ferry and enjoy a ferry beer or two. Get off ferry and Uber directly to restaurant. Eat, drink and then Uber directly to concert venue. Uber directly back to ferry and maybe have another ferry beer if the galley is still open. Get back to truck and have the wife drive home.

I am trying to limit my exposure to humanity while still trying to enjoy events.