I'm not sure what you're expecting when the criticisms were vague jabs like "not a real city," "provincial," "hick town." Also I did say that I find the people

I'm not sure what you're expecting when the criticisms were vague jabs like "not a real city," "provincial," "hick town." Also I did say that I find the people friendly, which is the opposite of unfriendly. Yes Seattle people tend to be passive, but that is not the same as unfriendly.