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I have the Malcolm Todd concert on October 15th around 8 at Paramount but I have to drive for personal reasons. Where should I park my car? I know Pacific Place is open till late but the reviews are miserable and I don't want to get locked out of the garage. Any advice?

I’m in new to Seattle. When I walk and run into strangers, it seems it’s simultaneously rude to say hi or not to say hi or just avoid eye contact. Is it just me?

had a panic attack trying to go thru security with how intense it was. don’t want the ticket to go to waste. holler

I lost my keys somewhere between Green Lake and my apartment a couple weeks ago. Nothing dramatic, just the deeply annoying realization at my front door that the little front pocket of my backpack was open and the keys were gone. I walked the entire route backwards staring at the sidewalk like I was searching for a contact lens. Nothing for about twenty minutes. Then I saw them. Someone had picked them up and carefully hooked the key ring over the top of a metal signpost, almost exactly at eye level. They were maybe six feet from where I assume I dropped them. Whoever found them didn't take them to a business, didn't move them to some official lost-and-found, didn't post a note. They just made them impossible to miss. Since then I can't stop noticing this everywhere. Single glove on top of a utility box. Kid's hat balanced on a fence post. Water bottle sitting upright on a retaining wall instead of lying where it fell. Last week I saw one lonely AirPod case placed on the base of a pedestrian crossing button like it was on display at a tiny museum. Obviously Seattle didn't invent picking up lost stuff, but there seems to be an unspoken rule here: don't take it with you, just move it somewhere visible near where you found it. And honestly, it makes a weird amount of sense. If someone retraces their route, the thing is still where they expect it to be, except now it's two or three feet off the ground instead of hiding under wet leaves. So thank you, anonymous signpost person. You saved me a locksmith bill, a new building fob, and several hours of being furious with myself. Now whenever I find a dropped glove or hat, I apparently know the procedure too. Is this actually a Seattle thing, or have I just reached the age where I notice extremely mundane acts of civic cooperation?

I had to pick someone up near Capitol Hill last week and realized I no longer understand what the curb is supposed to be for. There was a bus stop, a commercial loading zone, two spaces taken by delivery drivers with hazards on, a rideshare driver sitting half in the bike lane, one car apparently parked despite a no-parking sign, and three people circling the block waiting for somebody to move. I eventually told my friend to walk two blocks because stopping anywhere near the actual destination felt like I was either blocking traffic or breaking a rule. Since then I've been noticing it everywhere. A lot of Seattle streets seem to have been redesigned around five completely reasonable goals that become ridiculous when they all need the same 100 feet of curb: buses, bikes, deliveries, disabled access, passenger pickup, restaurant loading, construction, regular parking, garbage collection, whatever else I'm forgetting. The individual restrictions usually make sense. The combined result sometimes doesn't. The weird part is that we've also massively increased the number of things that depend on quick curb access. Amazon/FedEx/UPS deliveries, DoorDash, Uber, Lyft, grocery delivery, contractors, apartment move-ins. So instead of eliminating curb demand, we seem to have made the curb more complicated at exactly the moment more people need to use it briefly. And then everyone develops their own unofficial rule: hazards mean I get five minutes, the bike lane is a loading zone if I'm fast, the bus stop is okay if nobody can see the bus yet. I'm not arguing that we should rip out bike lanes or turn everything back into parking. I'm genuinely curious what the intended end state is. Should dense neighborhoods have far more dedicated 5-10 minute loading/pickup zones, even if that means removing additional long-term parking? Should buildings be required to provide more off-street loading space? Or is the chaos just the unavoidable price of trying to fit too many uses onto streets designed long before half these uses existed? People who drive for deliveries, buses, rideshare, trades, etc. probably see this more than the rest of us. What would actually make Seattle's curb space work better?

I recently moved to Seattle at the end of Aug. My husband and I have both noticed that every time we’re walking our dog in a neighborhood, people cross the street. One time a neighbor crossed the street with their dog and then, needed to cross back over, after coming across another walker started coming from the other direction. This has happened both whether they have a dog themselves or not. It doesn’t happen as often when we don’t have our dog. We’ve been wondering what may be the motivation. We’re not sure if this is related to social distancing?General avoidance of interactions? I can’t imagine every dog we pass is reactive or, if there is another explanation. My understanding is this isn’t a part of the Seattle freeze idea.

I just took a green cab from the airport home. I live I. South Seattle, and always use the meters instead of the flat rate to downtown. When we got to my place, the meter said $37.40 but the driver insisted that I owed $45 for ‘fees’ from the airport. I was really tired from a long trip, but did I just get scammed for $7 or is that correct?

My birthday is next week, anything in Seattle near SLU I can get for free or discounted?

Hi, I’m shopping for places in Seattle. Out of curiosity can someone explain what the % AMI means? I’m looking at the chart and really have no clue what this means. Idk if this matters but I’m looking at a 1bd and I make a 100k. Sorry if this is dumb…

My fiancé and I are thinking of moving to the area within 2-3 years. I’m currently living in the Richmond, Virginia area (technically North Chesterfield), and we’re looking for something close to that cost of living. We want to be within ~45 minutes of Seattle and close to some nature. Are there any towns or neighborhoods like this near Seattle? Looking for some recommendations so we can start looking into places. Any tips would be appreciated also!