So, I saw the car and thought that. I didn’t know who it was, but I thought, “If I was famous enough to get photographed pumping gas by some random person, I’d totally drive something they’d never expect just to screw with them, like this dude”.

Oregon is usually the same for me. I’d fill before entering the state and fill immediately afterward. The first time I got gas there I was deeply freaked out by some random creepy-looking person walking directly toward my car in the middle of the night. We had a big argument about me pumping my gas, they claimed it…

I can’t believe it has been a thing for so long, but this ruins a dream job I had for my father working in a small town on the Oregon Coast pumping gas and chatting up people after he retires from his current job.

Purple as a main color is always bad.

This last line, plus the fact that it shows off lines better, doesn’t look as bad when worn, and reflects heat, is why white is actually the best color.

If you’re into computers and their history, I highly recommend the excellent Living Computer Museum. Not only do they have computers from most eras there, they let you play with and program them.

It’s the chain, but it’s not the chain. It’s specifically “Taco Time Northwest”, which is a split from the national chain, while using the same name and logos. They retain exclusive rights to the name over Western WA and a couple areas in central. They’re better in every way while still selling fast food tacos.

Very close to The Pink Door (and extremely close to Starbucks) is another food landmark near Pike Place: Piroshky Piroshky

To add to your list of things from Seattle that your readers would recognize, you should also mention The Oatmeal (Matthew Inman). He’s notable for his comics, internet activism, Kickstarter campaigns, leading the internet in raising the funds to save Nicola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe lab, etc. In fact, I’d bet that more of…

Yeah, that does keep you in the city and it’s a great spot for similar activities.

Addendum to tip 1: This cold, grey, and light rain situation lasts for about 9 months of the year most years (outside the tourist season). That said, with reasonable clothing you can do everything in these conditions.

There actually is a great deal of shame in umbrellas. Locals legitimately never use them. I can’t think of any I know that own one... Everyone wears a light waterproof outer jacket and layers when it’s colder or switches to a slightly heavier waterproof jacket. Hoodies also work for most rain here, as it’s generally…

The area also has the highest rate of alcoholism per capita due to the weather/winters. Last year winter was basically 9 months, too. I don’t know of any other area with such a small population that has daytime television advertising for alcohol rehabs.

Brushless electric with electronic timing advance and dynamic driver-controllable regenerative/drag braking, with adjustable sport suspension, in any class size and body style.

Just a head’s up: The ferry terminal in downtown will get you to Bremerton or Bainbridge Island, but nowhere near the San Juans. Neither of these ferries ever take reservations as they are almost exclusively commuter routes (bit of trivia: The Seattle-Bainbridge route is the busiest in the WSDOT ferry system and it…

It’s funny. Taco Time exists elsewhere, but the ones in Western WA are the best anywhere...

And, like almost everyone that answered, you told people to leave Seattle, which is definitely the best plan. Worse, you said to catch a ferry to a different county that is only tenuously connected to Seattle.

The metro is pretty mixed, if you count Indians and Asians. It’s not particularly more White than average (it really isn’t) as it is less Black and Mexican.

Indians weren’t as prominent until about 15-20 years ago (they are now the majority racial group in Bellevue), but White and Asian is dead on. Fairly large numbers of people of Japanese, Korean (I swear that almost every teriyaki shop in town, of which there must be hundreds, is owned by Koreans), Thai (this area has…

Portland is bad for different reasons. I would say it was better for a visit before the transients being permitted to sleep on any sidewalk with impunity, but now it’s a toss up. I think the drug and homelessness problem is worse in Seattle, but they’re not quite as intrusive because they simply panhandle and return…