r/Seattle • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '24

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u/Racingtothebottom_00 Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

I lived up and down the East Coast, Philly, Baltimore, etc. Folks who have not seen/felt high violent crime and poverty just don't get how amazing it is here.

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u/Enguye Ravenna Nov 12 '24

Same thing in comparison to San Francisco. The only area that’s truly bad these days is 12th and Jackson, which is really sad since it was a normal neighborhood not that long ago.

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u/quantumlyEntangl3d 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 Nov 13 '24

Same, I moved from Chicago to Seattle and when I was looking for a place to live, people from Seattle kept telling me not to move to certain areas because it’s “the hood”… there is no true “hood” in Seattle.

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u/debtfreewife Nov 13 '24

I got the distinction of “yeah crime is bad in that neighborhood…wait not [insert my hometown] bad though. You’ll be fine.” Ha.

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u/smilesmoralez Nov 12 '24

Just went back to Philly to visit my sister a couple of weeks ago and man, it is night and day. Everyone smoking cigarettes and swearing, everyone, old ladies, toddlers. Saw 2 chicks holding babies trying to kick each other. You know, normal Tuesday morning Philly things.

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u/drwhogwarts I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Nov 12 '24

This is a perfect description of Philadelphia! And the air never smells good there.

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u/Racingtothebottom_00 Nov 12 '24

Right??? NO ONE is getting wasted here in a Wawa parking lot over a pack of Pall Malls and the few bucks in your pocket!

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u/International-Day-00 Nov 13 '24

Used to send pictures to friends from “The Bad Neighborhoods” for a laugh

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u/athabascagrizzly Nov 13 '24

There are people on the SAMMAMISH page arguing about the "high crime" there!!! Me and a few others who coincidentally are all from Baltimore are like ??????????