A LOT of people whiz on by when I'm waiting to cross roads on my bike. But you're required to stop for bikes too! We also would like not to die!

source: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bike-program/rules-of-the-road

The detained individual threw a milkshake in response to a young woman being detained for unknown reasons. The video shows police kneeling on this man’s neck and smashing his face to the pavement while showing no signs of resisting arrest physically or verbally. All witnesses were clearly disturbed by this extreme response. Sharing for visibility and accountability.

I know this isn’t a Seattle specific issue but this is where I live so I’m gonna rant.

I find it extremely rude and inconsiderate to be walking while smoking your cigarette. Especially if you know you have people behind you. Vapes not so much. I don’t mind the smell of watermelon ice. But if you’re actively smoking a cigarette why must you walk and do it. I don’t want your smoke blowing in my face my entire walk. Especially when I’m down wind. Can’t you just stand to the side for two minutes and enjoy your smoke. The lack of self awareness in this city sometimes is baffling!

End rant.

(Edit) I see I’ve pissed off a lot of smokers. If this felt targeted at you and you felt a sense of defensiveness maybe you’re part of the problem.

Edit 2: Every argument against my point is basically the Seattle mentality of not my problem I don’t care if it negatively affects someone around me. I bet y’all park like assholes too. Y’all have fun name calling and fighting it out in the comments. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Opinions don’t have to be mean and name calling. ✌🏼

Come support your teachers and staff tomorrow

What does everyone think of the new bus routes??? I haven't seen anything about it posted on here, and I'm a bit confused why. The change to the 45 has made it much more annoying to get where I need to go. I also predict that a lot of other UW affiliated people who rely on the 45 to get to campus will also be irritated. The vast majority of people riding the 45 get off on the campus stops and now the bus doesn't even go into campus. Also, who is riding it to get to the UW light rail?? If you live in Greenwood, then you get off at the Roosevelt stop. If you live near UD you get off at the UD stop. What's the point of rerouting it to go to the University station if no one on the bus will actually need to get there? There's literally no benefits from what I can think of and it just makes it more annoying to the many UW people who use it everyday to get to work and school.

Also, there's been also no signage regarding this change?? Admittedly I haven't ridden the bus for about a month due to unrelated reasons, but when riding it today I saw no signs about the route change and was completely taken off guard when my bus went a different route than usual.

AHH. Very annoying and I hope they change it back once students start complaining.

EDIT: Ok, I am a little less mad now that y'all have explained some of the reasoning behind the change, but I am still sad :( I will mourn the loss of the 45 that was unreliable but extremely convenient to me.

Sooo I’m staying by with friends at the moment, but am very close to being completely unhoused. I tried applying for low income housing, but everythings full or no ones gotten back to me.

Does anyone have resources? or somehow know of apartment listings or looking for roommates/housemates that are like 800$ or below?

I’m really running out of options and not sure what to do.

Thank you so much.

Wanna start this off by saying ive lived in several different north american cities before seattle and then i ended up trying seattle out for a month in an airbnb as a remote worker. Im not a tech worker btw, im in communications and my salary is sadly much less lol. What began as only being a month long thing ended up being 2 years and me signing a lease here. I just wanted to share my experience here since I hear so much about the “seattle freeze” and other complaints. I actually personally did not experience this at all. I met so many cool, unique people that were not like people from other cities i had been. I love that noone cares what you wear or what labels you own. I love the music scene. I lovee how walkable it is, i havent owned a car in my 2 years here! Seattle is by far my most favorite city ive lived in so far.

The reason im moving is that changes in unemployment have made Seattle hard to afford and I just cant justify cost of living at this point. Ive been to a couple different other major cities this year and noticed the cost of food and drink is cheaper than it is here, and offers more of a world class food and drink scene. Cities that are larger and more international have actually become compareable in price or even cheaper. I went to what is known as one of most expensive cities in the country this weekend and was shocked to see that my food and drink bills were cheaper. So for now, I just cant justify how expensive things are.

I know this is a lot of yapping, but wanted to share because i love this city so much and am kind of just hoping seattle gets to a point where the prices dont seem to be aimed towards tech workers.

I feel like The Murder City Devils deserve their due. What a unique, badass, PNW, punk band. Their members went on to play in Modest Mouse and Pretty Girls Make Graves. PECKED BY THE SEAGULLS! HANGIN FROM THE GALLOWS! SWINGIN IN THE BREEZE! DRIPPIN SOMETHIN ON STREET!!!

Flying down from Canada solo for my 40th.

My dad marked a milestone trip by grabbing a case of rum, sitting on a beach, and sharing drinks with any local who’d join him. His dad had his own version of that tradition during WWII, sharing a bottle with his squad and some of the allies they met along the way.

Figured I’d keep it going.

I’m catching DMB at the Gorge Friday, then I’ve got three completely open days and no interest in spending them doing tourist checklist stuff.

Anyone up for a drink and a story worth bringing home?

Boat, rooftop, dive bar, backyard, weird local tradition. I’m open.

Not looking for anything fancy. Just good people, a little rum, and something I can tell my kids about when I pass the tradition along.

40 year old male, married with kids, but have a lifetime of stories of my own.

I very regularly use the 554 to go from Seattle to issaquah’s transit center. Unfortunately the 554 got removed for reasons that I don’t know. Is there any new bus that goes to issaquah?

And no, it’s not partially eaten, and that’s before any tax and fees as well. And the $32 pricing is the same as the in-restaurant menu price: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57f43f8b6b8f5b5682b9d946/t/6a8de60dfeeecf4f83b67d04/1787684365665/wgs_081226.pdf

Edit: no, of course I’m not complaining about the lack of plating for the dish. I’m not even complaining about the high price by itself. The complaint was with regard to the portion size (maybe 4oz of beef tops) and the mediocre flavor for the high price.

As we approach a potential strike with Seattle Public Schools. I was doing some online research to try and better understand why we don’t have enough budget to pay our teachers and it feels line we are constantly underfunding everything.

I came up with some a top 10 list of where Seattle tax dollars go in 2026 below.

The amounts ade attribution estimates based on taxes generated by Seattle residents/ businesses including those collected by the City, county, regional agencies, etc.so I estimated each agency’s tax-funded amount attributable fo Seattle’s portion of the relevant tax not agency’s entire budget

Theses numbers are far from exact and I backed into many them from 2024 or 2025 numbers asreference points.

I think this gives a pretty good picture of where Seattleites’ tax dollars are going, ranked highest amount to lowest. Interested to see if this looks off to anyone or notice ant interesting patterns that emerge.

2026 Seattleite tax allocations

1. Sound Transit ~$625–675M

(Seattle-origin sales tax, MVET, property tax and rental-car tax supporting Sound Transit)

1. Seattle Public Schools ~$500–650M

Primarily Seattle property-tax levies, including operations and capital levies.

Difficulty identifying the portion state taxes generated in Seattle that is attributable here.

1. King County Metro ~$350–400M

Primarily Seattle's share of Metro's countywide sales-tax and property-tax funding.

1. SDOT ~$300–350M

Seattle-origin tax support allocated to the transportation department not entire $674M budget.

1. Seattle Police Department ~$285–300M

Mostly Seattle General Fund/tax support after

1. King County government ~$250–275M

Seattle's share of countywide property/sales-tax-supported general government.

1. Seattle Parks & Recreation ~$210–225M

Includes Seattle Parks District property tax plus tax-supported City funding.

1. Seattle Fire Department ~$200–225M

fire operations for Seattle not the entire department budget

1. Seattle Human Services ~$140–175M

Tax-supported portion of city human-services spending, not state/federal grants.

1. Seattle Office of Housing ~$125–150M

   housing investments through the City's General Fund and levies

Estimated 2026 tax burden generated by Seattle

- Washington State: ~$4.1–$6.5 billion

- City of Seattle: ~$1.2–$2.0 billion

- King County: ~$0.8–$1.5 billion

- Regional governments/agencies: ~$1.2–$2.0 billi

Total: ~$7.3–$12.0 billion per year

Reverse Image search reveals its name is Planet Nine registered in the Caymans.

Why is this happening in seattle!? Wtf...

The last few days they were expecting almost a half an inch for Wednesday and like .3 for Thursday. I was so excited for a big long rain 😭

pretty cool

Are these your keys? If so they are at gasworks on a tree stump colored with rainbow.

One of my good friends passed away awhile back and he sold his car shortly before he did. He always wanted to restore it but never had the time or money. I’d love to purchase it and have it professionally restored to honor his memory but I have no idea how to start. I know it’s a total long shot to ever even locate the car but figured I should at least try. It was a Mercury Cougar. He sold it on marketplace and from what I remember it was loud, and had some rust (maybe on the floor boards if I recall correctly?)

Yeah quite a lot of information huh? a couple photos and a couple vague descriptions are all I have unfortunately. Not sure how many red Mercury cougars exist out there in the greater Seattle area, for all I know it could be scrapped by now but I really want to give this a shot. I’m not sure if the plate is helpful at all or not? Was sold from Snohomish maybe a year and a half ago if I recall correctly.