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I couldn’t disagree more, at least from my experience in the US Pacific NW - sure, there are some lesser-known local spots, but everything from the best restaur

by Fezzik 5y ago

I couldn’t disagree more, at least from my experience in the US Pacific NW - sure, there are some lesser-known local spots, but everything from the best restaurants to the best nature spots are equally frequented by locals and tourists. (Said from the perspective of a long-term resident of Seattle, Portland, Medford and Bend).

bobthepanda 5y ago
There are definitely touristy things in Seattle that people do not go out of their way to unless showing visitors around, like the Underground Tour, the Space Needle, and Pike Place.
- aikinai 5y ago
  You think all those vegetables are being bought and cooked in hotels by tourists?
  - bobthepanda 5y ago
    I certainly don't think anyone is willingly driving into the parking Armageddon that is downtown Seattle to shop for groceries at Pike Place. if you live there or if you have a use case to buy something really fresh I suppose you'd go there. but downtown proper is not all that residential.
jhbadger 5y ago
Restaurants and the like are different. But, for example, have you gone up to the Space Needle? That's kind of a tourist only thing. I live in near the other Washington (DC) and only went up to the top of the Washington Monument a few years ago when guests wanted to.
II2II 5y ago
I used to travel around my country by moving to a place for a couple of years, living and working there, then moving on. What I have found is that locals rarely know more than a handful of significant places, with few receiving much thought and most being unseen since childhood. More often than not, the best people to meet on such adventures where those who viewed travel though a similar lens since they knew more of local history and geography than most locals or travel guides. I don't want to dismiss locals entirely. Some have a genuine interest in where they live. That being said, the local who knows a lot seems just as likely to be someone who relocated there as someone who was born there. Someone who doesn't take their place for granted because it wasn't their place to start with.

by Fezzik 5y ago

bobthepanda 5y ago

There are definitely touristy things in Seattle that people do not go out of their way to unless showing visitors around, like the Underground Tour, the Space Needle, and Pike Place.

aikinai 5y ago
You think all those vegetables are being bought and cooked in hotels by tourists?
- bobthepanda 5y ago
  I certainly don't think anyone is willingly driving into the parking Armageddon that is downtown Seattle to shop for groceries at Pike Place. if you live there or if you have a use case to buy something really fresh I suppose you'd go there. but downtown proper is not all that residential.

jhbadger 5y ago

Restaurants and the like are different. But, for example, have you gone up to the Space Needle? That's kind of a tourist only thing. I live in near the other Washington (DC) and only went up to the top of the Washington Monument a few years ago when guests wanted to.

II2II 5y ago

I used to travel around my country by moving to a place for a couple of years, living and working there, then moving on. What I have found is that locals rarely know more than a handful of significant places, with few receiving much thought and most being unseen since childhood. More often than not, the best people to meet on such adventures where those who viewed travel though a similar lens since they knew more of local history and geography than most locals or travel guides. I don't want to dismiss locals entirely. Some have a genuine interest in where they live. That being said, the local who knows a lot seems just as likely to be someone who relocated there as someone who was born there. Someone who doesn't take their place for granted because it wasn't their place to start with.