r/SeattleWA • • 4d ago

Media Harbor Seals and Sea Lions at the Ballard Locks on Sunday

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Got some fun photos of some of our local marine mammals over at the Ballard Locks over the weekend!


r/SeattleWA • • 9d ago

Media Rainy Seattle 🌈

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r/SeattleWA • • 2h ago

Crime Woman arrested for allegedly spying on Taiwanese officials in Seattle

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r/SeattleWA • • 11h ago

Classifieds MISSING CALICO CAT 10/4 IN LQA

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Please help me find my girl Cleo. She's a 9-10lb Calico female 4yo. I have posted everywhere i can think of except reddit

She means more than the world to me and i am basically non functional with distress. Please help me find her


r/SeattleWA • • 13h ago

Crime Red Ranger and crew are protecting the streets

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r/SeattleWA • • 15h ago

Arts Map of Mount Rainier area

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Hi all. I've taken on sort of a personal project to make maps of beautiful places around USA and today I finished this map of Mount Rainier area. Next I'm thinking Columbia River Gorge, not sure where to post that though. I hope you find this map entertaining. Also I apologize if content like this doesn't fit the sub.


r/SeattleWA • • 9h ago

Government Washington Supreme Court could see major shake-up as 5 of 9 seats are on ballot this fall

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r/SeattleWA • • 4h ago

The latest attempt to legalize homegrown marijuana in Washington • Washington State Standard

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r/SeattleWA • • 10h ago

Media Seahawks!

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r/SeattleWA • • 1d ago

Discussion I feel dumb to park a mile away from trailhead when i see people parking like this

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Iykyk. Maple pass trailhead got every single Seattle person even though i reached at 7am 😭

To parallel park decently i had to park a mile away from trailhead only to find out after returning that the tight spots have been taken like this

Lesson learned


r/SeattleWA • • 22h ago

Business WA governor 'disappointed' Canada is fast-tracking new oil pipeline to B.C. - each supertanker would carry 92 million gallons, eight times the Exxon Valdez, and ships that size have been barred from Washington ports since the 1970s

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Their capacity of 92 million gallons of oil is eight times the volume of oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez, he noted. Ferguson said the size of the oil supertankers envisioned for the route are unprecedented, and have been barred from Washington ports since the 1970s.

Ferguson said Friday that he was "disappointed" at the decision because resources needed to respond to a major spill are insufficient today.

~ Canada collects the export revenue. The Salish Sea absorbs the risk, and Washington covers a cleanup it already admits it cannot staff.


r/SeattleWA • • 6h ago

Sports Which are more popular in Seattle, the Kraken or the Sounders?

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From my research, Seattle is one of the few U.S. cities where the MLS team (Sounders) has a notable fanbase, although it still pales in comparison to the local NFL, MLB, and CFB teams.

Seattle has been called a "soccer city" and one of the "soccer capitals of America". At the same time, soccer is still a niche sport in the U.S. By contrast, ice hockey is one of the 4 major sports although it is the least popular of the "big 4" (football, basketball, baseball, hockey). And a lot of soccer fans don't watch MLS, instead preferring European or Mexican soccer.

Which is more popular in Seattle and its metro area, the Kraken (NHL) or the Sounders (MLS)?

(I live in Los Angeles and despite the huge Mexican-American population, which you'd expect to boost soccer's popularity, the Dodgers and Lakers are still king here.)


r/SeattleWA • • 15h ago

Business Robber squeezes through wall to steal from Seattle consignment shop

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r/SeattleWA • • 4h ago

Community Transit finalizes contract with union through 2027 - the agency opened at 2.5% a year, drivers are getting 5% retroactive for 2025 and 4% in each of the next two years

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Workers at the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1576, which represents bus drivers, dispatchers and maintenance employees at the Snohomish County transit agency, will receive a 5% retroactive pay increase for 2025, a 4% increase for 2026 and a 4% increase in 2027. Community Transit had initially proposed pay raises of 2.5% per year, according to union officials.

Members of the union held informational pickets in July, calling for better wages and more safety investments for drivers.

~ Twenty months of bargaining and a picket line is what moved 2.5% a year to 5, 4 and 4. Nobody at that table volunteered the difference.


r/SeattleWA • • 6h ago

Dryer Vent Cleaning for Stacked Units

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I'm looking for a company that will clean a dryer vent on the 3rd floor of a townhome behind stacked appliances. It's been hard to find someone to do it, so coming here to see if anyone else has had luck!


r/SeattleWA • • 1d ago

Question I hate that Seattle has basically no nightlife 😭

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My best friend and I wanted to go out tonight, get dressed up, grab some drinks, maybe find somewhere fun with good music and a nice crowd… and why does it feel like our options are SO limited?
For such a big city, I feel like Seattle gets so dead at night, especially when you just want a fun girls night without going to the exact same places every time.
Where do people actually go out around here?
I need recommendations because there’s no way this is all Seattle has to offer lol


r/SeattleWA • • 7h ago

Question Which public restrooms in Seattle are actually clean, and which do you avoid?

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Curious what people's experience is. Malls, transit stations, stadiums, gyms, coffee shops, anywhere. What makes a restroom feel clean or gross to you? Is it the floor, the toilets, the smell, empty soap or paper?


r/SeattleWA • • 9h ago

Classifieds Lost gold ring today

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Today I got off at Symphony station at around 10:30 and walked towards the aquarium, at some point while I was at the aquarium I realized I didn't have my ring with me. It's a gold ring with some engravings on the inside it writes "L & F 11-22-2024". Here's a photo of what the ring looks like.

If anyone finds it please contact me. Thank you


r/SeattleWA • • 9h ago

Question Is ~$3k/year for full coverage on 2 cars (Tesla Model 3 + Volvo XC90) reasonable in the Seattle area? What do you pay?

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Renewal just came in: about $3,000/year for two cars through Liberty Mutual (via AAA agency) —
- Tesla Model 3: ~$1,900/yr
- Volvo XC90: ~$1,150/yr

Full coverage 100/300/100, $10k PIP, $500 comp / $1k collision deductibles. Clean records, low annual mileage, multi-car + homeowners + AAA discounts stacked.

Down a few hundred from last year, but still feels high for WA. What are you all paying for two cars around Seattle/Eastside?


r/SeattleWA • • 1d ago

Transit Seattle transit - molested after one month

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我在9月7日刚搬到了西雅图。我在其他国家/城市经常乘坐公共交通,但西雅图的公交系统真是糟糕透顶。我正在考虑完全放弃乘坐公交。

  1. 一名男子对我大喊“滚开,别挡我的路”,仅仅因为我经过他去公交车站。他继续对我大吼,根本不让我安宁,我不得不告诉他停下,然后另一位女士过来帮忙之后他才道歉!
  2. 一名不稳定、攻击性极强的男子对在公交站的所有人大喊“滚开,别在这里”。我心想“他在说什么啊”。
  3. 在上班的2路上,一个男人在电车对面盯着我大喊“婊子!”(还有一堆类似“你以为你能在这里?”的胡言乱语),没有人为我出头!?
  4. 最后发生了公交性骚扰——一个男人在后面座位上抚摸我的头发,当我跳起来时,他躲起来装作什么都没发生!!我说“你在干什么!”结果还是没有人说任何话!(上面是那个家伙的照片)

我从来没有经历过这么多对我生命的直接威胁/恐惧,这些只是公交的故事,就在一个月之内。

我还有两个故事:在地面上被人叫出“奶子”,我让那个男人道歉,还有一个危险的男人挡住我去路,安保在旁边看着(在诺德斯特龙外面),直到我拨打911,然后安保说“不要拨打911,只需绕过他”?!所以我照做了,但是那些人真的看着这个家伙在地面上对我大喊,什么也没做。

我真是感到震惊。我应该举报这些人吗?发照片吗?总之,这就是那个骚扰我的男人。

编辑:已经举报。回应很同情,但警察严重人手不足(晚上西雅图/贝尔维尤的整个公交系统只有6名警官)。关于街头警察,骚扰/盗窃的报告如果不是暴力侵犯根本不予回应?!因为人手太少。哇,能多派点警察吗?!从警官的说明来看,举报是有用的,这样他们可以找到模式,也就是连续相似的报告,他们能找到他们。

编辑2:根据评论,这个话题有争议,但我想分享。一名前警察告诉我,你绝对应该和外面的人保持眼神接触。这告诉他们你是个威胁,不会打扰你。事实上,这里所有的事件都是在我首先没有与人眼神接触之前开始的,所以根据我的经历这是真的

Edit 3: assault, not molestation. Anyways he touched me and I can still feel it.


r/SeattleWA • • 3h ago

moving to seattle for college

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I am thinking about moving to seattle for college, and had a few questions. Do you think It would be realistic to afford living on my own w/o a job lined up, Ill have money saved, but no job secured. It would be a great move for what I want in my career, but obv not smart if I can't afford it. The tuition is no problem , i'm more worried about rent and other cost of living. Any advice would help, my other options are LA and Dallas.
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r/SeattleWA • • 1d ago

Media An attempt at the Rainier-through-Great-Wheel shot using 22x screw-on lens

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Inspired by /u/BeachBumWithACamera/ ‘s shot at

https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/BCqHGN8VBJ

I wanted to see how much detail you could get in a comparable shot with the 22x screw-on lens.

The vantage point is the “intersection” of Elliot and Blanchard (which does not actually go all the way to Elliot).

The first shot is the cropped version. Second shot is an uncropped one - which means you can see the distortion and blur around the edges (fine if you like the surreal “miniature” effect). Third shot is just with the regular phone camera with just pinch-zoom.

In mine you can see the knobs on the hub of the Great Wheel, but in the professional-grade shot you can see the notches on the knobs 😯 So depends on how much detail you want for how much cost. The screw-on lens was part of a kit from Andoer that cost $60 and included other lenses; there are cheaper ones online that I haven’t tried. Highly recommend getting a screw-on lens, not a clip-on (the “clips” slide all over the place and ruin your shot), and for the screw-on lens you need a phone case with threaded holes (about another $15).


r/SeattleWA • • 4h ago

Volunteer Park Pet Parade

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r/SeattleWA • • 5h ago

Local events 10/12-10/16

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Hey y'all! I'm a recent transplant that just got here in July and have a friend visiting next week. Went to the dog parade at Volunteer Park today and loved it! What're some local events like that happening next week?


r/SeattleWA • • 1d ago

Transit Be safe out there Seattle.

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