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I laughed when I saw the map. Compare [1] from the article with [2], which mostly corresponds to the location of the Seattle Underground. I went on the Undergr

I laughed when I saw the map. Compare [1] from the article with [2], which mostly corresponds to the location of the Seattle Underground. I went on the Underground tour earlier this year. It's really interesting and pretty funny too; after a large earthquake at one point they used the tunnels to hide a lot of the debris. I'd definitely recommend the tour; that said, I would definitely not want to be down there when something like this hits the wall! A big object blocks Bertha. What is it? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Seattle+Underground http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Seattle+Underground [1] http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/12/20/us/20tunnel-graphic/20tunnel-graphic-popup.jpg http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/12/20/us/20tunnel-g... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Square,_Seattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Square,_Seattle

arbuge 13y ago
We (my family, i.e.) personally found that tour rather short and significantly overpriced at $17 for about 75 minutes... in spite of that it was packed with tourists who paid extra for priority seating at the start of the tour (which isn't worth anything in practice). A real money spinner.
- pessimizer 13y ago
  Isn't that about the price of a movie + popcorn and drink these days?
- colanderman 13y ago
  Overpriced? Sure, but having been on that tour, I would regret having not taken it. Really interesting history, and where else do you get to see an honest-to-goodness sunken city? I'd pay similar money (or more) to go on a (legal) tour of, say, disused NYC subway tunnels, a deactivated nuclear plant, an abandoned mine, a shipwreck, or Kowloon Walled City (when it existed). EDIT: Indeed, the Wieliczka salt mine (which, for me, was a similar experience to the Seattle underground) costs about $25 USD: http://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/visiting/tourist-route/visitor-s-guide/check-prices http://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/visiting/tourist-route/vis...
__pThrow 13y ago
please don't use lmgtfy
- ryanthejuggler 13y ago
  I meant it humorously; I deliberately did not use lmgtfy's shortlink service so people would see what the link was before clicking on it.

arbuge 13y ago

We (my family, i.e.) personally found that tour rather short and significantly overpriced at $17 for about 75 minutes... in spite of that it was packed with tourists who paid extra for priority seating at the start of the tour (which isn't worth anything in practice). A real money spinner.

pessimizer 13y ago
Isn't that about the price of a movie + popcorn and drink these days?
colanderman 13y ago
Overpriced? Sure, but having been on that tour, I would regret having not taken it. Really interesting history, and where else do you get to see an honest-to-goodness sunken city? I'd pay similar money (or more) to go on a (legal) tour of, say, disused NYC subway tunnels, a deactivated nuclear plant, an abandoned mine, a shipwreck, or Kowloon Walled City (when it existed). EDIT: Indeed, the Wieliczka salt mine (which, for me, was a similar experience to the Seattle underground) costs about $25 USD: http://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/visiting/tourist-route/visitor-s-guide/check-prices http://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/visiting/tourist-route/vis...

__pThrow 13y ago

please don't use lmgtfy

ryanthejuggler 13y ago
I meant it humorously; I deliberately did not use lmgtfy's shortlink service so people would see what the link was before clicking on it.