It's the people
The people here suck.
I remember walking from the parking lot to the entrance of the Fred Meyer (Ballar/Fremont) with my fiancee one day. We were crossing almost there when we heard a honk and looked up to see a beat up old van with a driver and a passenger. The driver looked away and the passenger started to look uncomfortable. Seeing as neither paid any attention to us we continued onward. As the van started to pass behind us, the woman driver yelled out the passenger window "It's not a cross walk!!!" and then sped off.
SERIOUSLY?!?
Passive Aggressive? yes. Brave? Hell no!
Every time I pass closely by someone or otherwise I excuse myself. Do I hear a similar remark? Hell no! As they bump into me they give a stare as if to say "I can't believe you would be in my way?"
All my strength not to punch them. But I do say "Excuse You" and the nasty look I get. But luckily, I have the ability to give a nasty look too, and they always look away first. Losers.
Likewise, I've never encountered so much racism in all my 27 years in Texas. (I am Asian-American and my fiancee is white)
I've been nastily talked at/to on the buses by crazy homeless men, as well as the bus stop. I even had the lady at the DMV try to make trouble for me when I told her I did not know the city in which I was born, just the country. I had my American Passport and everything to prove that I am a citizen. She told me that my driver's license would still have to be looked into before it was approve. My coworker told me that that is a common thing at the DMV. They are racist and try to keep foreign people from getting a license, especially if the person's English isn't very good.
I can't even begin to talk about the driving in this city. It brings up my blood pressure.
The only thing that keeps me laughing is that other people who come here see it too. I've had friends, family, even a stranger on the bus say how rude people are here.
Southern hospitality is real and Seattle snobs could learn a lot from it.