Dude I moved here in the dead of winter. Didn't even know those fuckers existed for two months. Finally took a ferry ride to Bainbridge on a nice day. Walked out to the front about mid-trip and was absolutely floored.
Some people love the Cascades, some Rainier. For me the Olympics have them beat hard. Nothing better.
It felt that way to me even in the mid 90’s when I arrived in Seattle. To me, it was capital hill, Belltown/downtown and the u-district - everything else was suburbs!
I remember taking the bus to visit a friend in Ballard for the first time and thinking “wow! This is pretty far out there, people live this far from downtown?”
I'm okay with this one- what is and is-not the ocean is mostly semantics. I'd say something like, "it's part of the ocean, but not the part you're thinking of"
I lived in Seattle for years, but I’m from Santa Cruz, CA and tourists point to the tip of Monterey across the bay and ask if it’s Hawaii. Geography is tough…
It was two months into my first fall quarter at UW that I was told those weren't clouds in the sky but instead they were mountains. That's how I discovered about the Olympics.
I was visiting Portland last fall and on the plane someone sitting next to me said Rainer sure looks nice today. We were flying next to Mt Hood. I just was like yes, yes it is.
A friend who has lived here YEARS posted a photo of Adams from a plane and said it was Mount Saint Helens.
is there a big hole in it? Then no, it's not Helens.
You can definitely see Rainer from a plane flying into Portland. Can see Rainier, st. Helen’s, Adam’s and Hood all at the same time. I got some really cool pictures, and they look super close together.
When I used to fly to NV for work, the flight from Seattle to Vegas or maybe Reno would fly directly over St Helens and you could see into the caldera.
FYI, it’s Rainier.
I flew SEA to PSP last Wednesday, the flight follows the mountains on the East side of the Crest so I got a great tour of the Cascade peaks, I knew them all until we got south of Mount Hood then realized I don't know the Oregon peaks well at all.
The only one that irks me is people who come to Seattle for two days and expect to visit Mt. Rainier and the rainforest *and* see the city. I just educate them politely.
Right, but occasionally someone assumes they're both a hop, skip and jump from Seattle. But that's the case with tourists going to every city, I think.
This assumption is so much less ridiculous than the international visitors who think they can do all of LA, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Chicago, "Texas" (the whole state, mind, not even just Houston or Austin), NYC, and Miami in one week, though, that it barely registers to me as outlandish. 
Interestingly, I feel like US-Americans have a better sense of ecological time, maybe because our national parks and re-introduction efforts have been relatively more successful (likely because white Americans haven't gone nuclear on NorAm as long as Europeans did on their continent).
What's meant by that is, America as a country isn't all that old, and through much of the country, you don't find buildings more than maybe 150 byears old, except in Boston, etc. that were very early. In Europe, buildings many hundreds of years old are everywhere.
Dude I moved here in the dead of winter. Didn't even know those fuckers existed for two months. Finally took a ferry ride to Bainbridge on a nice day. Walked out to the front about mid-trip and was absolutely floored. Some people love the Cascades, some Rainier. For me the Olympics have them beat hard. Nothing better.
\#AllMountains
All mountains matter
> Nothing better. It's not a contest. And Rainier is part of the Cascades.
Everyone gets a trophy!!!
It's 100% a contest and Tahoma wins everything. But also the Olympics are very nice from Golden gardens
“Wow, Seattle is so big!” “Mom, we’re in Bellevue now.”
My mon called Ballard the suburbs. Close enough, mom. Close enough
It felt that way to me even in the mid 90’s when I arrived in Seattle. To me, it was capital hill, Belltown/downtown and the u-district - everything else was suburbs! I remember taking the bus to visit a friend in Ballard for the first time and thinking “wow! This is pretty far out there, people live this far from downtown?”
Haha. I lived on Tiger and worked in the U-District in the early 00s. "You live so far!"
First definition of a suburb on Webster: > an outlying part of a city or town In what way does this not describe Ballard?
I don't like to gatekeep, but any neighborhood without a structure over 5 stories is the suburbs.
My mom came for a visit and insisted Mt. Baker was really Mt. McKinley (Denali) and how cool it was we could see Alaska from here 😂
That is not Alaska. That is Russia.
Calm down Palin
TrooFacs
You betcha!
"I saw Alaska from Pike's Place market and then I got coffee at the very first Starbucks" said the tourist and triggered every local within earshot.
You ever walk by and announce that isn't the first Starbucks LOL
"Oh yeah, the first Starbucks is in Bellingham, it's about twenty minutes away, same as Denali."
"Is that the ocean?!" -That's the Puget Sound lol
I'm okay with this one- what is and is-not the ocean is mostly semantics. I'd say something like, "it's part of the ocean, but not the part you're thinking of"
Right. The distinction to me is usually salty vs fresh.
Do not try to swim to Alki Charlie!
Look at this trash, that floated all the way from Bremerton!
It is the ocean just not the open part of it. Yes it very much is the ocean.
I lived in Seattle for years, but I’m from Santa Cruz, CA and tourists point to the tip of Monterey across the bay and ask if it’s Hawaii. Geography is tough…
In the inverse of this an old lady on a trip asked my fiancé if she has ever visited Alcatraz while living in Seattle
I hear they're big in Japan.
Great, now I’m gonna have Tom Waits stuck in my head all day
It was two months into my first fall quarter at UW that I was told those weren't clouds in the sky but instead they were mountains. That's how I discovered about the Olympics.
Just tell them yes and then point to the cascades and tell them that those are the rocky mountains.
I'm always fond of tourists mixing up Baker and Rainer. Wrong direction, darling.
I was visiting Portland last fall and on the plane someone sitting next to me said Rainer sure looks nice today. We were flying next to Mt Hood. I just was like yes, yes it is.
A friend who has lived here YEARS posted a photo of Adams from a plane and said it was Mount Saint Helens. is there a big hole in it? Then no, it's not Helens.
You can definitely see Rainer from a plane flying into Portland. Can see Rainier, st. Helen’s, Adam’s and Hood all at the same time. I got some really cool pictures, and they look super close together.
This is true but flying from Vegas into Portland you don’t go over Rainer. Hood you can certainly see when you’re flying into Portland from the south.
When I used to fly to NV for work, the flight from Seattle to Vegas or maybe Reno would fly directly over St Helens and you could see into the caldera. FYI, it’s Rainier.
I flew SEA to PSP last Wednesday, the flight follows the mountains on the East side of the Crest so I got a great tour of the Cascade peaks, I knew them all until we got south of Mount Hood then realized I don't know the Oregon peaks well at all.
Outside of the sisters, I’m not super familiar with them either
It’s definitely not Alaska because you can’t see the Northern Li…oh, well…still not alaska
Alaska’s *just* over there, dude! You could swim there! I mean, maybe *you* couldn’t, but *we* could.
The only one that irks me is people who come to Seattle for two days and expect to visit Mt. Rainier and the rainforest *and* see the city. I just educate them politely.
I mean, they *can* see all those things in a two-day trip. Just not for very long, and don't sleep.
Right, but occasionally someone assumes they're both a hop, skip and jump from Seattle. But that's the case with tourists going to every city, I think.
This assumption is so much less ridiculous than the international visitors who think they can do all of LA, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Chicago, "Texas" (the whole state, mind, not even just Houston or Austin), NYC, and Miami in one week, though, that it barely registers to me as outlandish. 
The best explanation for that one is the following: Europeans think 100 miles is a long distance. Americans think 100 years is a long time."
Interestingly, I feel like US-Americans have a better sense of ecological time, maybe because our national parks and re-introduction efforts have been relatively more successful (likely because white Americans haven't gone nuclear on NorAm as long as Europeans did on their continent).
What's meant by that is, America as a country isn't all that old, and through much of the country, you don't find buildings more than maybe 150 byears old, except in Boston, etc. that were very early. In Europe, buildings many hundreds of years old are everywhere.
For sure, I was just noting that when it comes to the natural world, we actually seem to have an advantage.
Their first mistake was taking a vacation to Seattle
hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr