What's the one thing you miss most about living in Seattle?
Personally, there's not much I miss about Seattle life. But damn do I miss the used bins in the record shops.
I made my first trip back town since the summer of 2020 for a quick row peter puffer reunion and started at Easy Street in West Seattle (shout to @CFetters_Nacho_Lover ) for breakfast and a bloody mary, then onto to Silver Platters SODO, and finally Jive Time and Daybreak in Fremont. Bought about dozen used LPs altogether, all collectible and in great shape.
It will be depressing to venture back into Ranch (Smith Rock) Records in Downtown Bend. They rarely get good used records. I suspect all these old logging camp, Ducktards just never amassed much in the way of good vinyl collections back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
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Everything Seattle 80’s. Everything.
Sonics, Kingdome, Pioneer Square, UDistruct. Fucking everywhere was awesome and aside from a little gang problem in the CD, safe as hell. Traffic wasn’t shitty yet. Housing still within reach. Incredible time.
Nothing Seattle 21st century. Miss fucking nothing. Haven’t been for about six years and don’t intend to go back. SEA on connectors and that’s it. -
Well I still have family there so I have my hot spots... Kells, Canlis, lots of restaurants and bars... haven't been there in 2 1/2 years though and my son is now telling me that downtown is dangerous at night and he is not sure I should be staying at the high level skyline hotels downtown that I normally frequent... [that says something, he is 6'3 and 225 lbs of solid weightlifting muscle]
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When I was ghost writing a book for Herb Mead, he had all these stories about Canlis in the 60s and 70s and Sinatra tipping the valet guy $500, etc. I still haven't been to that restaurant.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:Well I still have family there so I have my hot spots... Kells, Canlis, lots of restaurants and bars... haven't been there in 2 1/2 years though and my son is now telling me that downtown is dangerous at night and he is not sure I should be staying at the high level skyline hotels downtown that I normally frequent... [that says something, he is 6'3 and 225 lbs of solid weightlifting muscle]
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My stepsister has lived in Arizona for about 15 years. She was bringing her new boyfriend to Seattle and they were going to stay downtown. I asked her if she was fucking crazy, do you have any idea what has happened? She moved her reservation to Redmond.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:Well I still have family there so I have my hot spots... Kells, Canlis, lots of restaurants and bars... haven't been there in 2 1/2 years though and my son is now telling me that downtown is dangerous at night and he is not sure I should be staying at the high level skyline hotels downtown that I normally frequent... [that says something, he is 6'3 and 225 lbs of solid weightlifting muscle]
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(You forgot the serial killers of the 80s along with CD gangs.)PurpleThrobber said:Everything Seattle 80’s. Everything.
Sonics, Kingdome, Pioneer Square, UDistruct. Fucking everywhere was awesome and aside from a little gang problem in the CD, safe as hell. Traffic wasn’t shitty yet. Housing still within reach. Incredible time.
Nothing Seattle 21st century. Miss fucking nothing. Haven’t been for about six years and don’t intend to go back. SEA on connectors and that’s it.
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@DerekJohnson
So when i was a kid, Peter Canlis was among the top restaurateurs of the period, and Canlis, Rosellini’s Four-10 and the Other Place, Trader Vic's, The Windjammer, etc were the best places to eat in town.
As the town grew the restaurant scene exploded as downtown became a vibrant environment. My sister's high school boyfriend was Tony Canlis so we were quite familiar with the family and knew of them anyway because we regularly went to the restaurant as a family. Over the years a lot of family event dinners [weddings, Wakes and family social occasions] were held at Canlis.
The sizzle and pop of Canlis throughout all of their history was always their ability to create a quietly elegant atmosphere with superb service, the highest quality steak, Caesar salad and drinks in town, combined with a cool nighttime view of the water.
This is now the 3rd generation of ownership... after Peter died, Tony and his brother Chris took over the company, eventually Chris wound up being the owner operator, and now Chris's kids are operating the business.. I haven't been there in a while but the place has remained timeless over the last several generations so I doubt that much has changed. -
I miss a lot of old Seattle of the 80's - 90's listed above...going to Pioneer Square, clubs and such, but since moving I really miss the restaurants (and the variety of them), and the little hole-in-the-wall bars and mom-and-pop cafe's we found over the years. ATBS, most of those places I would probably not venture into in 2022-era Seattle. Greenwood / Freelard was starting to turn quickly when we decided to vacate...We hung at Green Lake a lot, and now it's dead...
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Green Lake today...Fishpo31 said:I miss a lot of old Seattle of the 80's - 90's listed above...going to Pioneer Square, clubs and such, but since moving I really miss the restaurants (and the variety of them), and the little hole-in-the-wall bars and mom-and-pop cafe's we found over the years. ATBS, most of those places I would probably not venture into in 2022-era Seattle. Greenwood / Freelard was starting to turn quickly when we decided to vacate...We hung at Green Lake a lot, and now it's dead...
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Seattle was fucking great until about 2000 and when the population was under 700k.
All the new stick skinny tech fags and their 300lb girlfriends have ballooned the population to over 800k and they all suck, have no character, no sense of humor, are fully loaded with social justice bullshit, and live through their fucking phones.
The speeding meteor of death cannot come fast enough for this dirty sphincter city. -
I only ever lived in the U District. There isn't much there to miss. Taking shrooms amd walking around campus and the nicer residential streets on warm spring days when girls wear sun dresses. Good, cheap food of all flavors, record shops, decent bars and even live music all within walking distance.
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But what’s something positive that you miss?TurdBomber said:Seattle was fucking great until about 2000 and when the population was under 700k.
All the new stick skinny tech fags and their 300lb girlfriends have ballooned the population to over 800k and they all suck, have no character, no sense of humor, are fully loaded with social justice bullshit, and live through their fucking phones.
The speeding meteor of death cannot come fast enough for this dirty sphincter city. -
Worked just on the south edge of Belltown in the 90s. I miss the little pubs and restaurants in the area and that it was fun to just people watch at lunch. I loved Two Bells tavern, went to lunch there many times and never made it back to the office. The Ballard Beaver was a cool little place with great shakes and burgers, decor was old Ballard high school stuff. The Dog House a block from the office, the grill at Frederick & Nelson, just to name a few. Used to catch the bus in the tunnel to go to Mariner games at the King Dome and walk back after with no fear for safety. I guess that's all just nostalgia, overall I miss the variety of restaurants and bars.
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These days there are sections that resemble a Calcutta slum. But more menacing.booker14 said:Worked just on the south edge of Belltown in the 90s. I miss the little pubs and restaurants in the area and that it was fun to just people watch at lunch. I loved Two Bells tavern, went to lunch there many times and never made it back to the office. The Ballard Beaver was a cool little place with great shakes and burgers, decor was old Ballard high school stuff. The Dog House a block from the office, the grill at Frederick & Nelson, just to name a few. Used to catch the bus in the tunnel to go to Mariner games at the King Dome and walk back after with no fear for safety. I guess that's all just nostalgia, overall I miss the variety of restaurants and bars.
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The Ave never had a good used record scene in my day. Mostly just CDs. Now it sucks even for that.chuck said:I only ever lived in the U District. There isn't much there to miss. Taking shrooms amd walking around campus and the nicer residential streets on warm spring days when girls wear sun dresses. Good, cheap food of all flavors, record shops, decent bars and even live music all within walking distance.
Not much else.
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I’ve had other meals on par with Canlis, but nothing tops that place for the experience. And the location/ view is tits.TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:@DerekJohnson
So when i was a kid, Peter Canlis was among the top restaurateurs of the period, and Canlis, Rosellini’s Four-10 and the Other Place, Trader Vic's, The Windjammer, etc were the best places to eat in town.
As the town grew the restaurant scene exploded as downtown became a vibrant environment. My sister's high school boyfriend was Tony Canlis so we were quite familiar with the family and knew of them anyway because we regularly went to the restaurant as a family. Over the years a lot of family event dinners [weddings, Wakes and family social occasions] were held at Canlis.
The sizzle and pop of Canlis throughout all of their history was always their ability to create a quietly elegant atmosphere with superb service, the highest quality steak, Caesar salad and drinks in town, combined with a cool nighttime view of the water.
This is now the 3rd generation of ownership... after Peter died, Tony and his brother Chris took over the company, eventually Chris wound up being the owner operator, and now Chris's kids are operating the business.. I haven't been there in a while but the place has remained timeless over the last several generations so I doubt that much has changed. -
Only thing that jumps to mind are the gyros and shawarmas from Aladdin Falafel on the Ave. I used to go there almost daily while attending UW. Haven't been there for several years.
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I used to live Aladdin Gyrocery. Their back room looks like the place where @PurpleBaze filmed all his death to the Great Satan videos.BleachedAnusDawg said:Only thing that jumps to mind are the gyros and shawarmas from Aladdin Falafel on the Ave. I used to go there almost daily while attending UW. Haven't been there for several years.
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Dicks, UW, 1991-1996
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I'm not qualified to rate them like you do. When I say record shop I'm actually referring to a place where I bought cds. I know they had vinyl in there, but i didn't look at it.YellowSnow said:
The Ave never had a good used record scene in my day. Mostly just CDs. Now it sucks even for that.chuck said:I only ever lived in the U District. There isn't much there to miss. Taking shrooms amd walking around campus and the nicer residential streets on warm spring days when girls wear sun dresses. Good, cheap food of all flavors, record shops, decent bars and even live music all within walking distance.
Not much else. -
Yeah I think 2000 was the point of demarkation between good Seattle and woke faggot Seattle. I remember wanting to move here by my "senior" year at UW in 2002.TurdBomber said:Seattle was fucking great until about 2000 and when the population was under 700k.
All the new stick skinny tech fags and their 300lb girlfriends have ballooned the population to over 800k and they all suck, have no character, no sense of humor, are fully loaded with social justice bullshit, and live through their fucking phones.
The speeding meteor of death cannot come fast enough for this dirty sphincter city.
When I was a kid, the population was 500,000 and it was liberal but not leftist. We just called SJWs annoying, bleeding heart liberals then. -
Summers there are awesome...of course the last tim I was there, it hit 100 fucking degrees, but for the most part
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I remember my Seattle phase
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I’ve had 3 distinct Seattle phases. Doubt there will be a 4th. We’ve got irreconcilable differences though now.MikeDamone said:I remember my Seattle phase
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Too many things I miss about "old" Seattle
The Mercer Arena
RCKCNDY
The Fun Forest
The Coliseum
The seats in the Coliseum/Key Arena/Climate Pledge Arena. those red velour seats!
The Kingdome
The Lusty Lady
Free busses downtown
Building that were landmarks. The Natural gas building. The spice building. The PI Building
The strip clubs
Jimi Hendrix' old grave site
Tower Records off Mercer
the radio stations
90.5 KCMU.
The Ave in the 80s-90s
The theater chain that showed arty fartsy films/ The Guild, The Varsity, Seven Gables
The Viaduct
the waterfront
520 with no tolls
When Seafair was a party
Chinatown and none of this PC International District
Seahawks original colors
Pioneer Square
Tuba Man
Frederick & Nelson
the Azteca on Eastlake
The Blob
Nordstrom with the computer font times and the service you would get then
The Grit. some graffiti, a few homeless, a few drunks. Not over run like it is now
If you had to pinpoint it to one thing that was the tipping point to new Seattle, for me it would be when Vulcan or whoever bought up those small properties in south Lake Union and just developed the shit out of SLU and Mercer St
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I miss the FREE hydroplane races, camping over night on the shores of LW before the races.
Shooting pool at The 211 on iirc Pine (wasn't good nuff to play snooker)
Being an old fart - Concerts at Eagle's Auditorium
Wrestling at the Masonic Temple on Capital Hill
Free concerts at Volunteer Park, Golden Gardens of Seward Park (rare)
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Great listEl_K said:Too many things I miss about "old" Seattle
The Mercer Arena
RCKCNDY
The Fun Forest
The Coliseum
The seats in the Coliseum/Key Arena/Climate Pledge Arena. those red velour seats!
The Kingdome
The Lusty Lady
Free busses downtown
Building that were landmarks. The Natural gas building. The spice building. The PI Building
The strip clubs
Jimi Hendrix' old grave site
Tower Records off Mercer
the radio stations
90.5 KCMU.
The Ave in the 80s-90s
The theater chain that showed arty fartsy films/ The Guild, The Varsity, Seven Gables
The Viaduct
the waterfront
520 with no tolls
When Seafair was a party
Chinatown and none of this PC International District
Seahawks original colors
Pioneer Square
Tuba Man
Frederick & Nelson
the Azteca on Eastlake
The Blob
Nordstrom with the computer font times and the service you would get then
The Grit. some graffiti, a few homeless, a few drunks. Not over run like it is now
If you had to pinpoint it to one thing that was the tipping point to new Seattle, for me it would be when Vulcan or whoever bought up those small properties in south Lake Union and just developed the shit out of SLU and Mercer St
I guess you could do this about any city -
Fourth of Jul-Ivar's parties at Gas Works
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Smith & Wessons at the Doghouse at 6 a.m. after an all-nighter in Belltown.YellowSnow said:
But what’s something positive that you miss?TurdBomber said:Seattle was fucking great until about 2000 and when the population was under 700k.
All the new stick skinny tech fags and their 300lb girlfriends have ballooned the population to over 800k and they all suck, have no character, no sense of humor, are fully loaded with social justice bullshit, and live through their fucking phones.
The speeding meteor of death cannot come fast enough for this dirty sphincter city.
Driving without having to dodge retarded bicyclists who need special lines, lanes and lights, or else cannot function in traffic.
Greenlake without homeless surrounding it and not seeing HEAPS OF TRASH FUCKING EVERYWHERE.
FUN bars and GOOD restaurant food, vs. overpriced, mediocre "artisan" everything that sucks.
Good service in bars and restaurants.
Bar taps with a variety of craft beers instead of 20 different IPAs and one stout.
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Paul Allen offered to donate ALL THAT LAND to the City for the Seattle Commons park, and the same Antifa-type assholes we see today opposed it and the proponents couldn't get the 60% they needed from the public to vote it in. So Allen said, "Fuck You Guysm, Then" and developed the fuck out of SLU, instead.El_K said:Too many things I miss about "old" Seattle
If you had to pinpoint it to one thing that was the tipping point to new Seattle, for me it would be when Vulcan or whoever bought up those small properties in south Lake Union and just developed the shit out of SLU and Mercer St
I guess you could do this about any city
If this doesn't convince you how fucking stupid Seattle voters actually are, nothing will. -
I remember my Seattle phase
Robin and Maynard - Roy OtisEl_K said:Too many things I miss about "old" Seattle
The Mercer Arena
RCKCNDY
The Fun Forest
The Coliseum
The seats in the Coliseum/Key Arena/Climate Pledge Arena. those red velour seats!
The Kingdome
The Lusty Lady
Free busses downtown
Building that were landmarks. The Natural gas building. The spice building. The PI Building
The strip clubs
Jimi Hendrix' old grave site
Tower Records off Mercer
the radio stations
90.5 KCMU.
The Ave in the 80s-90s
The theater chain that showed arty fartsy films/ The Guild, The Varsity, Seven Gables
The Viaduct
the waterfront
520 with no tolls
When Seafair was a party
Chinatown and none of this PC International District
Seahawks original colors
Pioneer Square
Tuba Man
Frederick & Nelson
the Azteca on Eastlake
The Blob
Nordstrom with the computer font times and the service you would get then
The Grit. some graffiti, a few homeless, a few drunks. Not over run like it is now
If you had to pinpoint it to one thing that was the tipping point to new Seattle, for me it would be when Vulcan or whoever bought up those small properties in south Lake Union and just developed the shit out of SLU and Mercer St
I guess you could do this about any city
The Blade
Spoonman at Pikes Place
UW football
Lunch at The Met
The shoe shine guy on 1st and Columbia
