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1. villagegreen
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   according to The Stranger. Anyone read the new 'Back to school' issue directed at new transplants? In the 'Everything you need to know about the city' section they give a brief description of each neighborhood. Here's WS's blurb:

   "West Seattle. Nothing to see here (except for Alki Beach). These assholes tried to secede a few years ago. We should have let them."

   I'll admit WS wouldn't be high on my list of places to check out if I was a new student at the UW or SU, but 'assholes'? Come on.

   As The Stranger is a proponent of bars and getting drunk and the PBR swillin' kids these days like to pretend they have a connection to the blue collar working class, maybe they should encourage them to actually experience the real thing down in White Center (instead of the fake dive bars on Capitol Hill). Now that would be truly educational.

   As for WS seceding from Seattle, I know there was a movement for that back in the 90's. Anyone know exactly what that was all about?

   Posted 3 years ago #         

2. HunterG
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   What about Ballard? They want to secede from Seattle - are they A-holes?

   Posted 3 years ago #         

3. JenV
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   and this would be why I hate the Stranger. Hipster bullsh*t. Good, keep those idiots out of WS. We don't need them and their trucker hats and fake blue collar 'tudes here.

   remember the article written by some B on the Stranger blog- trying to take the bus, and she freaked out when the bus started heading to West Seattle? Like it was the ends of the earth. HAH!

   I wish we would secede....

   Posted 3 years ago #         

4. GenHillOne
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   JenV - this is the same (bus) person?! hahaha...brainiacs

   Posted 3 years ago #         

5. Jeannie
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   The Stranger loves its little controversies. And they can't write a paragraph without a "shocking" four-letter word. Hipper-than-thou attitude is actually not very hip at all. And the writing is abysmal. If they didn't have their "escort" ads in the back, they wouldn't survive.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

6. JoB
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   this a-hole is perfectly happy to be in west seattle...

   Posted 3 years ago #         

7. roundthesound
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   I went with some friends to Ballard a few weeks ago on a Sunday and we went to the farmers market, the beach at golden gardens, and cupcake royal. I couldn't stop thinking to myself, why did I even leave WS?

   Anything Ballard can do West Seattle does better!

   Posted 3 years ago #         

8. JenV
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   http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/youre_going_to_west_seattle

   here is the article in which she says West Seattle is not even part of the city.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

9. JoB
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   For some people ignorance truly is bliss..

   Posted 3 years ago #         

10. HunterG
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    Trucker hats! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Didin't that go out of style like three years ago?

    Posted 3 years ago #         

11. bcollins
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    WS folks a-holes. Please never come here...WE terrible people.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

12. ellenater
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    I would say it's the other way around!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

13. JanS
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    hmmm..maybe we should have a bumper sticker.."Proud to be an a-hole from West Seattle !" ;-)

    Posted 3 years ago #         

14. TrukMama
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    Don't quote me, but if I remember correctly, West Seattle becoming a city was to get extra $ for roads and that sort of thing. As a youngster going to school, we rarely received any funding.
    And, I am quite happy to have people that don't appreciate our community....stay out!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

15. Zenguy
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    From a student perspective I can understand the pan. A$$holes for being treated like a poor step-child and wanting to secede over a decade ago...get real!

    There is not much appeal for eighteen to early twenty-somethings in West Seattle, which is why I lived on Capitol Hill during that time in my life. As an adult, West Seattle is totally me (we both have change frankly) and most of my friends too live here. I would not live anyother place. I am happy to put a bumper sticker on my truck that say "Proud WS A-Hole!"

    Posted 3 years ago #         

16. Erik
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    Finally, a WS bumper sticker I like!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

17. Trick
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    If maybe the Stranger intern writers actually left Capitol Hill it might enlighten them (The Showbox doesn't count)
    Knowing some of the Stranger staff and their habitual smugness to Chop Suey and their big night out at Via Tribunali doesn't intrest me one bit what they call my backyard.
    Your Ed Hardy and DCFC T-shirts are sooooo 2005.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

18. Magpie
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    Aren't we the "REAL" Seattle? If I remember correctly, the Denny party didn't land on Capitol Hill.

    I think I remember some of the talk about succession being around all of the Urban Villages that were planned here without input when there were none planned on Capitol Hill or Magnolia.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

19. GenHillOne
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    So if we secede, can I have a bumper sticker that says "A-holes for potholes"?

    Posted 3 years ago #         

20. ellenater
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    Only if I get one too.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

21. villagegreen
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    I did some research and, Magpie, it sounds like you are correct. The seccession talk in the 90's was due to the Urban Villages that were being planned for the city. From what I read, it sounds like WS was opposed to development (sound familiar). People were offended that no 'Villages' were planned for Capitol Hill or Magnolia. This seems explained by the fact that Capitol Hill was already very dense and Magnolia didn't already have the commercial zoning in place to accommodate such development. According to figures I read, at that time, WS comprised 15% of the city's population, but was only slated for 10% of the projected growth. I guess I can now understand why WS has been saddled with the NIMBY label.

    On the other hand, seccession talk back in the 70's seems more legitimate. The city wouldn't pay for a new bridge and WS got sick of waiting on action. Sound familiar - it still takes forever for anything to get done in this town. Why don't we vote on something half a dozen times just to make sure we know where the people stand - ridiculous.

    So, while The Stranger comment is offensive (and also most likely meant facetiously), I now understand (partially) why friends around the city still refer to West Seattleites as spoiled NIMBYs. I don't necessarily agree with them, but get the reference.

    At the same time, I'd rather be known as an A$$hole than a YUPPIE (which is how The Stranger described all of Wallingford and Queen Anne).

    Posted 3 years ago #         

22. scooby-snax
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    let 'em think we're assholes (i know I am!)it'll keep 'em out!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

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