Seattle brehs....what's it really like for a black man up there?

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I'm interested in moving in the next 2-3 months and I've whittled it down to Charlotte and Seattle. I'm leaning towards Seattle but, the city being only 8% black scares me. Seems like a beautiful place but, I'm not sure about that (I lived in DC/Philly before...very black places). I like PAWGs like every other black man :blessed: but, I'm not trying to be without my people either :ld:
 
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I've been there a few times (have an office there for work)

Its cool. a lot of interracial dating for both black men & women. Summer is the best time weather wise.

People are cool, kinda on that hippy shyt. And weed is legal now.
 

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What are the Whites like tho? Are they your standard pale WASPs? I wanna get on that SEA wave one day too.
 

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Just got here a few months ago myself.

It's gonna be very different from DC.

First and foremost, you're right there are hardly any brothers/sisters here. And the ones you do find are, for some reason, kind of standoffish. The 'nod of solidarity' seems like a lost art out here. They just don't do it.

Secondly, the women out here are kind of :scusthov:. I can count on two hands the number of truly attractive people I've seen in my 3 months here.

And it is kinda hippyish. I didn't think it would bother me, but it's like "damn just stfu about gluten free bullshyt".

The summer kicks ass tho. And the seafood kicks ass.

Traffic is a bytch. It's like the city engineers were a bunch of a$$holes who got together and decided to troll everyone forever by making it impossible to get around.
 

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Just got here a few months ago myself.

It's gonna be very different from DC.

First and foremost, you're right there are hardly any brothers/sisters here. And the ones you do find are, for some reason, kind of standoffish. The 'nod of solidarity' seems like a lost art out here. They just don't do it.

Secondly, the women out here are kind of :scusthov:. I can count on two hands the number of truly attractive people I've seen in my 3 months here.

And it is kinda hippyish. I didn't think it would bother me, but it's like "damn just stfu about gluten free bullshyt".

The summer kicks ass tho. And the seafood kicks ass.

Traffic is a bytch. It's like the city engineers were a bunch of a$$holes who got together and decided to troll everyone forever by making it impossible to get around.

That's the impression I got from everything I've read so far. If it was even 25% black, I'd feel better about it. Seattle seems like a cool spot but, its like once you get past the Mountain Time Zone, all the Black people disappear. Phoenix was on my list at first, then I saw that there's none of us out there.
 

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Just got here a few months ago myself.

It's gonna be very different from DC.

First and foremost, you're right there are hardly any brothers/sisters here. And the ones you do find are, for some reason, kind of standoffish. The 'nod of solidarity' seems like a lost art out here. They just don't do it.

Secondly, the women out here are kind of :scusthov:. I can count on two hands the number of truly attractive people I've seen in my 3 months here.

And it is kinda hippyish. I didn't think it would bother me, but it's like "damn just stfu about gluten free bullshyt".

The summer kicks ass tho. And the seafood kicks ass.

Traffic is a bytch. It's like the city engineers were a bunch of a$$holes who got together and decided to troll everyone forever by making it impossible to get around.

hit up porkland and vancouver :noah:
 

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theres enough black people up here in the metro area specifically south king county into pierce county (Tacoma/Lakewood)........but any city on the west coast outside of Oakland is not gonna be heavily populated by blacks.....its cool tho if u like a little bit of everything...u can date women from almost every background up here, i know brothas with ethiopians, somalis, filipinas, samoans, whites, etc.....and yeah Seattle summer is >>>>>>>>....I used to live in DC too, too damn hot with the humidity during the summer time.....
 

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Was there for a 2 week vacation when I lived in Vancouver, stayed with a family friend. Its kinda hippyish, very lush and green. everything there is green, the people love wearing green, hemp, the city has green everything. its very nice on the eyes. It rains too much for my liking but Im spoiled Im from LA, I think every place has shytty weather, I can tolerate 4 seasons but rain is one of the reasons I left Vancouver, I need to see the sun, grey clouds for 4 months straight is some depressing shyt.

The people are very nice, but much like Vancouver they can be a bit introvert, the extroverts and loud folks tend to be transplants. I love the fukking seafood there, man the food in Seattle is bomb (if you like seafood). Freshest I've had in America. The king crabs :noah2:

People there are quite intelligent, I didn't see any rednecks, most folks look kinda hipster or hippyish, or business me but those laid back business men, that dont wear ties and open up their shirts. lot of software engineers there, I went to a bar, and I swear it seemed like everyone I spoke too were software engineers or programmers.

Someone mentioned traffic, honestly it wasnt bad, but again, I come from LA aka the most congested city in america. I thought that shyt was mild. It just sucks driving around that city in the rain, I'm not used to it, and its just always fukking wet, the ground, your car, you, doors you open, other people, its just soggy as fukk. but the air and environment was some refreshing shyt. I would say second to the bay area (bay area has sun so they win imo). Seattle is still a beautifull city tho, I really enjoyed it, I did a westcoast tour, and no joke and Im not saying this because Im a westcoaster, but the west coast is hands down the most environmentally beautiful part of america I've ever been. From cali up to washington. the whole coast line is tranquil as fukk. second Ill give it to Florida because the keys are very beautiful.

I wasn't really lookin at pawgs like that over there, I was more intrigued with the pacific islanders and native americans. I'd never seen so many, so naturally I kept staring. lol. those girls were exotic

ps. Seattle got a lot of paags. :noah2:
 
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theres enough black people up here in the metro area specifically south king county into pierce county (Tacoma/Lakewood)........but any city on the west coast outside of Oakland is not gonna be heavily populated by blacks.....its cool tho if u like a little bit of everything...u can date women from almost every background up here, i knoaw brothas with ethiopians, somalis, filipinas, samoans, whites, etc.....and yeah Seattle summer is >>>>>>>>....I used to live in DC too, too damn hot with the humidity during the summer time.....
yup. Tacoma is the black area, like the WA oakland but not wild. Its funny cause my family friends son is who was driving me around and he was a few years younger than me, but he took me there to get some weed, and he was trying to talk about how "hard" it was there, and gangs be banging etc. Im like oh ya who they? he like crips this and that, Im like basically LA rejects trying to set up shop in WA. He stayed quiet lol.
 

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There is a diverse population in Seattle... Great city, you'll be fine... Good people, good food, good culture...

And there is a visible black population... Just hve to be active...
 
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