Now, I have been lucky enough to call this beautiful yet overly populated city my home for 18 of my 20 years of life...I must be pretty lucky, right? In the recent years of constantly traveling into the city, I've realized a lot of things about tourists that I feel just have to be addressed.
It's August: I promise that you don't need that umbrella
We really do have weather other than the rain! I swear, I come into the city with shorts and a tank top on since it's 90 degrees, and I'm sweating my butt of by the end of the day, while I see 40 tourists at Pike Place market with umbrellas, acting like the black clouds are coming any second and a storm is brewing.
It truly mind boggles me.
You're not going to find cheap or free parking
I'm sorry, but you came to the wrong city- please stop complaining, and park your damn car. Every time I am walking by a parking lot or a garage, I hear someone complaining to an attendant about prices to park and after a while...it just gets old!
Seattle and cheap aren't words that go together.
The first Starbucks is a money trap
It's not what you would expect: the inside is completely modern, and there is about 3-4 of them within a block radius. There is literally no point in standing in line for two hours and blocking the entire Pike Place sidewalk. The line gets so bad that you can't even get into the food court to buy the over priced food, and leave.
Be prepared to wait.
Yes, Macklemore lives here
And no, I don't run into him at whole foods, and you probably won't either.
Just because he lives here, doesn't mean he does daily meet and greets, and odds are, you probably won't see him while you're visiting (however being in the capitol hill area does give you a better chance).
There really is a gum wall
It really is one of the coolest, most overrated things in Seattle. BTW: no, there is no take a piece- to leave a piece rule...that's just nasty.
Upon talking to tourists, I've heard the rumor of you had to take a piece of gum to leave a piece, and I had never been so disgusted, so please don't do that.
Yes, we have the new Amazon spheres
And yes, they are super dope buildings and no, you can't go inside of them because there's a 90% chance you don't work for Amazon. I constantly have out of town friends and family ask about these nifty attractions built in the heart of Queen Anne, and honestly, I am over it.
It takes a simple google search to know I can't get you in.
As much as I adore this city and have loved living in it, I swear the tourists here can be some of the most irritating. With all the stereotypes and just the ignorance for the place they are visiting, Seattle tourists just need to stop.
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