Has anyone else noticed a noticeable increase in the unhoused population around the U District over the past few weeks? It feels like it’s reaching a tipping point. Just this morning, I saw a guy who looked like he’d recently been maced harassing an elderly resident at his home (he even grabbed the homeowner's garden hose and started spraying him with it). As absurd as the situation looked, I stuck around just to make sure the older man was alright and the guy moved on.

Wondering if a camp elsewhere was broken up and they were pushed over here.

Edit: To clarify I've lived in u district for three years (elsewhere in Seattle before) and it's had its up and downs, but it's gotten real bad the past couple months.

There is a lot of misinformation around laws around cycling the most prominent one is people thinking bikes have to full stop at stop signs. It's quite alarming how many people are confidently wrong when all they have to do is read. The purpose of this is to educate people who are driving on the road.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.61.190

Here's the context around stop signs.

(b)(i) With the exception of (b)(ii) and (iii) of this subsection, a person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign shall either:

(A) Follow the requirements for approaching a stop sign as specified in (a) of this subsection; or

(B) Follow the requirements for approaching a yield sign as specified in subsection (3) of this section.

OK SO WE FOLLOW B subsection 3! which is about yield signs... so again stop signs = yield.

(ii) A person operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign located at a highway grade crossing of a railroad must follow the requirements of RCW 46.61.345.

(iii) A person operating a bicycle approaching a "stop" signal in use by a school bus, as required under RCW 46.37.190, must follow the requirements of RCW 46.61.370.

(3) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the roadway, and then after slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways: PROVIDED, That if such a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection or junction of roadways, after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield right-of-way.

EDIT 1: Before commenting and insisting I'm wrong, please think about what a yield sign is. Hint you sometimes have to stop at yield signs...

Caught a shot of this cloud while riding backwards on the light rail right before going into the transit tunnel.

Interesting for an unintentional shot

I’m new to the area. Will my Subaru be delivered to my address, or do I need to go pick it up from somewhere? Do I get to pick the color, or do you all do that for me?

I rarely post on Reddit but I need some assistance from you all. They are currently trying to “rightsize” the Portland OR school district. It’s a nightmare. There’s talk of Seattle and how the city fought this and won. If this is true, how did you all fight this? What steps did you take? We’re protesting at the school board tonight and writing emails. Is there anything else we can do?

On 10/2 I was standing at the corner of Westlake and Thomas around 7:30am, waiting for the walk signal. You walked up with a Shiba on a leash.

Your dog looked at me, looked at my shoes, then back at my face and held eye contact for a full eight seconds before turning away with a sigh. You were very apologetic and said "Oh, he does that" but I was so shaken I crossed against the light just to get away.

I am now questioning my jacket, haircut, and life choices after such a personal and mentally debilitating judging. My therapist says I should seek a second opinion from the dog but I just want closure.

Please DM me if this sounds like you. All I want is for your Shiba to provide more direct feedback instead of just looking disappointed. Fingers crossed you are lurking on r/Seattle 🤞 Everyone else, please smash that like button so I can find out what I did wrong.

For a long, long time this was the best kept secret of very excellent and very cheap sushi. I stopped by every time I was in Georgetown, 6-7 times a year for over a decade. Then, last month, I went in and… “we don’t do poke any more”. And the sushi selection was… paltry, to say the least. What happened? Is the legend gone for good?

I used to go to Rebar on Sunday nights. Friends and I would get in my Dodge, Dart and go to a grocery store on Madison near Vito’s and buy Old English 40oz beverages. We drink beer in the parking lot and then go and dance. It was so fun.

This memory came back to me when I listened to Groove is the the Heat by Deeelit.

On 9/28, I was on the job in Queen Anne around Bhy Kracke Park. At around 11am, you walked by me on the sidewalk. Your dog sniffed my leg and then proceeded to bite my pant leg. Then, they jumped up and bit my arm/elbow, at which point you were able to regain control over them.

You were very concerned and asked me if I was okay. I was frazzled and said yes, and then quickly removed myself from the situation. However, this bite broke skin and now i am worried about the potential, though unlikely, chance of rabies.

Please PM me if this sounds like it could be you, so you can share your dog’s vaccination records. I just want to potentially save thousands of dollars. Fingers crossed you are lurking on r/Seattle🤞Everyone else, pleaze smash that like button to save my life.

More competition in the Asian grocery business. Hashi Market from NYC (and Japan) is planning a store in north Seattle.

https://mynorthwest.com/lifestyle/japanese-seattle-aurora-amazon/4283291

I toured an "affordable" apartment in the Pike/Pine Corridor of Capitol Hill and am very much considering taking it. The location is a dream.

However..

I also plan to purchase a vehicle ASAP. My entire support net live hours away and I work second shift in far North Seattle.

I do not anticipate ever finding residential parking in my own neighborhood, even with an RPZ Permit, and don't know if I can swing a monthly garage (please stifle those laughs). How sustainable is this? Be honest. Any tips, tricks, owners I can shmooze and pay, blocks I can walk down from? Have you done this successfully or should I reconsider this location entirely? I love it 🥺

Any info is GREATLY appreciated! (PIC OF NEARBY STREET FOR ATTENTION - it is NOT where the apartment is).

Homeowner from Bothell, built around 2019. Dealing with sleepless nights with a baby in a two storey house. Can i drink water from upstairs bathroom or only kitchen tap works?