I guess the official anniversary passed a few days ago (I can't remember exactly which day it was now), but I arrived in Seattle in late August 1995, so I have now been a Seattle resident for ten years. I've seen the Mariners' success and recent flops, two earthquakes, WTO, transsexuals on power poles, the suicidal woman on the Ship Canal bridge, five jobs, and about 400 inches of rain.
The city has changed a great deal. Cool, funky buildings have been torn down and replaced with butt-ugly condos. Traffic got worse, though now it's a little better. Seattleites are still aloof, slightly xenophobic creatures, however.
I guess the thing that's amazed me is how I am, with the exception of the born-and-raised-here people I know, one of the longest-tenured people among my circles of friends and acquaintances.
So, another milestone by. I guess I could be considered a native now.
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happy anniversary. I've never lived anywhere for 10 years my entire life.
kat
Posted by: Kat | August 31, 2005 03:16 PM
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Somebody else passed a milestone today.....
Posted by: Gramma | August 31, 2005 05:17 PM
