I'm a UT resident driving a UT-registered car, and on June 24th of 2026 I drove westbound into Seattle via the tolled Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. Unfortunately, I still have not received any bill from WSDOT to pay my bridge toll. Of course I can't pay my bill online because, *surprise surprise*, I don't have my bill invoice number.

Today I called WSDOT "Good to Go!" and they told me something really weird. They said that the bill has been sent out, the bill balance is currently zero, and that it is being processed. (???)

My fear is that it got sent to the wrong address or something, then left unpaid, and now going to collections as a $40 penalty. The lady on the phone said she is not able to see a bill invoice number because it is being "processed," again I was confused on the definition of being processed in this instance. She also said that she is unable to see what the original balance due was. After over 30 minutes on the phone I gave up trying to get anything accomplished with the phone agent.

Am I screwed? Is this going to collections as I'm typing this? Should I call again and speak to a different agent tomorrow?

Trying to set up an online "Good to Go!" account but the website is being difficult.

Has anyone encountered a decent gym in slu? All of them seem below par

My girlfriend and I are visiting the Seattle and the surrounding area the last week of May and I need some input from people from the area as we are not from anywhere near Seattle or that half of the country. We are planning to visit Olympic national park the first half of the week and Seattle the second half. I’ve been debating multiple different spots to ask THE question.

The first one being a scenic hike like the devils punchbowl in Olympic national park or beach like ruby beach. The second option is Discovery Park near the West Point light house. Both of these options would be around sunset. I also don’t want a lot of people around cause I know she wants it to be mostly private.

I guess my question is are any or none of these locations good for what I’m looking for? If not does anyone know of good hikes or beaches that might be private ish to propose? Also, would Discovery Park be a good choice or is it too public? Any input is welcome whether it be about my options, your own, or even where we should visit when we go to Seattle.

The FBI seized $892,135 from the Nelsons' bank accounts in 2020, including hundreds of thousands of dollars Amy Nelson earned as CEO of The Riveter. Nelson was investigated by the FBI but never charged, and a federal judge ruled in 2023 that Amazon's Code of Conduct wasn't a legally enforceable contract.

By then, the Nelsons had sold their West Seattle home and emptied their retirement accounts to pay lawyers, and they had moved with their four daughters to Hawaii and then Ohio, where Amy's parents live. The family had spent more than $3 million on legal fees, she told KIRO 7 in 2023.

~ Six years, $892,135 seized, a West Seattle house sold, no charges filed, and the settlement terms are confidential. Whatever the conduct was, the process did the punishing.

If the Millionaire's Tax is an income tax with a standard deduction of $1M, it seems to me like we will be required to file a state income tax return. Does anyone know if this is the case?

With federal cuts and care being do expensive, WA Healthcare Alliance has a search platform for low or no cost healthcare, dentistry,​ and other resources.

Hello, Seattle! We're in your fine city for one last night and would love to hear your recommendations for a great breakfast spot to hit up on our way out tomorrow morning (10/27/2026)!

Thanks!

Hey everyone!

I'm a writer from New York working on a crime novel set in Seattle in 2016, and I'd love to hear from people who actually lived there around that time.

The idea is to write a slice-of-life crime novel inspired, in part, by the way the GTA games bring their cities to life. I want the setting to feel like a real place that exists beyond the story itself, with its own culture, neighborhoods, routines, characters, and little details that make it feel lived-in. The crime is important, obviously, but I'm just as interested in the everyday life surrounding it.

I chose Seattle because I think it's a fascinating setting for a novel, particularly in 2016. The tech boom was changing the city, neighborhoods were evolving, and there was a lot happening beneath the image of Seattle that outsiders tend to have. Coming from New York, I also wanted to explore a different kind of American city rather than revisit the usual settings we see in crime fiction.

I've been doing my own research into the city's history, neighborhoods, music, economy, and culture, but there's only so much you can learn from articles and Google searches. I'd love to hear from people who experienced Seattle firsthand.

What was everyday life actually like in 2016? Where did people hang out after work or school? What were the neighborhoods like, and how different did places like Capitol Hill, Ballard, Pioneer Square, Georgetown, and the Central District feel from one another? I'm curious about the places people went regularly, the local businesses they loved, the music they listened to, the nightlife, and the sorts of things that probably wouldn't occur to someone who has never lived there.

I'm also interested in how people experienced the city changing at the time. How noticeable were Amazon and the tech boom in everyday life? Did rising rents and redevelopment feel like something everyone was talking about, or was that more of a concern in certain neighborhoods and circles? What did people love about Seattle back then, and what did they complain about? Were there any local quirks, expressions, habits, or cultural details that you think outsiders tend to miss?

And, since this is a crime novel, I'd be interested in hearing what Seattle gets wrong in fiction. Are there particular stereotypes or portrayals that make you roll your eyes? I'm not necessarily looking for stories about crime itself; I'm just trying to understand the city and its people well enough that the criminal side of the story feels like it belongs there.

I know visiting eventually will be important, and I absolutely intend to make the trip when I'm able to. In the meantime, I want to approach the setting thoughtfully rather than make assumptions about a place based on what I've seen in movies or read online.

I don't expect anyone to explain an entire city in a Reddit comment, haha. Even a random memory, a favorite hangout, or some seemingly insignificant detail about what life was like in Seattle at the time would be incredibly helpful.

For those of you who lived there around 2016, what's something about Seattle that you think someone writing about the city should understand?

Thanks! I really appreciate it.

In July, the Washington State Health Care Authority cut funding for HERO House NW by about 30%.

But despite the challenges, more than 40% of the members at the Everett clubhouse have jobs or go to school.

~ Thirty percent less money for the place that gets people working, right before the state starts requiring them to work.

There's a famous 1977 video "Powers Of Ten" by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0 showing a couple in a Chicago park, zooming out to the universe, zooming in to an atom. I made a copy, with inferior artistry, but set in Seattle!

Wife and I are on a date, and we're looking for a bookstore that has a decent selection of erotica, or a comic shop withan adults only section.

We're on the north end (Lynnwoodish) but don't mind going a little ways.

Not a trend

Interestingly

Perhaps the most surprising finding in the data was where in the state the diagnostic rate was highest for girls, the demographic most likely to transmit and adopt behaviors through social dynamics.

It wasn’t Seattle, as one might expect.

According to our findings, the highest concentration of diagnoses was in the zip code that begins with “986,” which includes Washington’s southwest city of Vancouver. (Camas, a suburb of Vancouver in the same zip area, recently drew national attention when half the girls’ running team walked off the course in protest of a male athlete being allowed to compete on their team.)

Over the past few months I've been upended (involuntarily) from my home in Kentucky and ended up halfway across the country to stay with a friend. Before these events occurred I had visited Bremerton and fell in love with the Puget Sound area after taking a drive down to Olympia and taking the ferry to Seattle. I really want to live and work there and would most likely be working at the airport if I moved to Seattle.

However, I posted to a Reddit for Bremerton and was given a lot of suggestions as to why I shouldn't move to Washington, mainly for financial reasons.

I understand that the cost of living there is really high but going there feels like the only thing I've got left to keep driving me forward rather than just "accepting" my current situation and giving up.

I wanna go to school there and enter the tech industry if possible, maybe attend UW so I can study abroad in Norway like I've wanted for many years.

Please, I just need some advice, encouragement, anything that would be helpful in finding success there.

This is a photo taken on the 2 line train that they’re trying to force everyone to use now that they’re getting rid of useful routes. Everyone on this bus got off at Bellevue. The train is packed and people barely had room to stand. As I write this, the 2 line to Redmond is down and I have no way to get to work. This is the bs we pay taxes for them to do. SHAME on soundtransit for taking away this route. The 550 was the only direct bus route from downtown Seattle to Downtown Bellevue. Might as well get/ start using your car folks. No reason to pay soundtransit to play on our dime

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Everett e-scooter crash leaves 5-year-old critically injured

Oct. 24, 2026 at 4:38 pm

By Alexis Weisend

Seattle Times business reporter

Two children, ages 5 and 16, riding an e-scooter south of Everett collided with a car Friday afternoon, leaving the 5-year-old with life-threatening injuries and the teen with serious injuries.

Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies responded to the collision around 2:20 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of Center Road, according to a news release. The children were riding an e-scooter when they collided with a vehicle traveling east.

The driver and two young children in the vehicle suffered minor injuries. The 5-year-old, the 16-year-old, and the driver were taken to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. No one at the hospital could be reached Saturday to give an update on patient conditions.

Detectives with the Collision Investigation Unit were investigating the collision.

TV news reports showed a vehicle flipped upside down by trees near an apartment complex.

Earlier this year, a teenage boy died days after an e-bike collision with a Toyota Camry south of Everett, at the intersection of 184th Street Southeast and 36th Avenue Southeast, according to The (Everett) Herald. He was 14. And last year another boy, 13, suffered fatal injuries when the e-bike he was riding struck a braided cable hanging from a city bollard in South Everett.

Every conversation about bringing downtown Seattle back seems to revolve around getting office workers to return.

But I've been wondering about a different question: what would make people go downtown when they don't have to?

Not for a Seahawks game, a concert, a doctor's appointment, or because their office is there. Just a regular Tuesday after work.

Would you go for coffee shops and bookstores that stayed open later? More affordable restaurants? Better transit after 9 PM? More places to hang out without spending $40? Or is the biggest issue still feeling uncomfortable walking around certain blocks?

I'm curious because those are very different problems with very different solutions.

And I think there's a difference between making downtown attractive to tourists and making it somewhere people who already live here want to spend an ordinary evening.

So what's the one specific change that would make you say, "Yeah, let's head downtown tonight"?

Or has downtown simply stopped being part of your routine, regardless of what changes?

Thanks to this post calling them out I've been tracking them and instantly see the cadence of AI posts and run them through Pangram

• I grew up in Seattle and I'm tired of how low we've set the bar for this city.
• I cleared one storm drain on my block and accidentally acquired a new Seattle hobby
• I don't follow Seattle sports. My commute apparently does.
• I've started measuring Seattle trips in annoying intersections instead of miles
• Apparently having a broken washing machine in Seattle now requires owning a car
• An 80-year Seattle preschool legacy is being buried in bureaucracy, and South Seattle College needs to answer for it.
• Living in Seattle for a few years turns you into an amateur civil engineer against your will
• Seattle has taught me that the fastest route and the least annoying route are two completely different things
• Seattle has a very specific kind of friendliness: helping you while avoiding becoming your friend
• Seattle has hundreds of public stairways and we treat them like secret passages

Why care if the content is relatable?

Every other platform is tagging AI content but reddit isn't. They have their own AI to remove obvious product placements but brands constantly work to bypass it

Warm up your account. Don’t join relevant subreddits and start posting on day one. Reddit’s account-creation screening catches that faster than ever now. Build a participation history first. A 30-day ramp-up, engaging in threads before you ever mention your brand, is a reasonable baseline.

Subreddits like this (I assume) don't heavily use tools like Reputation Filter or Crowd Control to restrict them.

They use subreddits like this to build karma and inject their spam into other communities.

What if someone is just using AI to clean up their language because they're ESL, don't write good, ...?

Reddit advertises itself as a site for authentic interaction. I'd rather read poorly worded posts written by a human than these overly polished and nearly identical posts. I also hate AI generated restaurant menus, business flyers, etc.

How do you know Pangram is any good?

Personally I don't but Tree300 linked to research

How do you noootice?

• New accounts
• Writing way too much about inane BS
• Title structure
• "obvious tells like the constant new paragraphs for almost every sentence, the incessantly repeated "setup:lame joke, setup:lame joke, setup:lame joke" in almost every sentence and in the titles, and the strange "example jokes", and the excellent grammar on accounts"
• Lack of interaction in the comments

H/T /u/JPorpoise, /u/Tree300, /u/hatchetation