• City Name: Seattle, WA
  
• Major teams: Seattle Mariners (MLB), Seattle Seahawks (NFL), Seattle Sounders FC (MLS), Seattle Supersonics, Seattle Storm (WNBA), a soon to be coming NHL team, UW Huskies (pretty much every collegiate sport at D1 level)
  
• What to do: Tourist attractions:
  
  Although its touristy, Pike Place Market is free to walk through, and while yeah theres the flying fish, there's a ton of other shops and food to get. The area itself is nice and has a great view of the water.
  Space Needle: its spendy to get up there but does give a terrific view. You could also try Columbia tower for a view as well.
  International District: a short walk from the stadiums, this place has tons of amazing Asian food, and isn't too expensive. Stop by Uwajimaya for some Japanese grocery shopping, then head to Harbor City for delicious dim sum.
  The Ave: formally known as 15th Ave / University Way, known to everyone else as The Ave, this street has tons of food catered to college students at UW, there's also a ton of shops that cater to that demographic as well. Get a gyro, burrito, ramen bowl, thai curry, shwarma, bratwurst or dosa then head over to Earl's and get wasted.
  Capitol Hill: Used to basically be where the college students would move when they graduated. It's getting heavily gentrified but still has great places to eat and drink.
  Museum of Flight: do you like planes? Go here!
  
  Parks:
  Gas Works Park: has the one of the best views of Seattle water. It's a great spot to hang out too.
  Kerry Park: if you find yourself in Queen Anne, stop by here. It's a small park but it has a fantastic view of the city proper. Stop here, admire the view, snap a photo and head on your way.
  Volunteer Park: one of the bigger parks in north Cap Hill, tons of places to hang, also has the Seattle Asian Art Museum and a conservatory. Go up one block to Lake View Cemetery and visit the grave site of Brandon and Bruce Lee while you're there.
  Woodland / Greenlake Park: this place is okay. Mainly for walking. Stop by the zoo if you wanna see animals.
  Golden Gardens: much better than Alki beach if you want a beach experience.
  
  
• What to avoid*:
  Ride the Ducks: kitschy and overrated. Also a death trap.
  Seattle Aquarium: compared to other aquariums I've been to, this one is a giant let down. Also overpriced.
  Pacific Science Center: I used to think the world of the PacSci Center until I went to other science museums in Chicago & New York and realized how small and outdated this place is. Unless there's a cool exhibit (you missed the Terra Cotta Warriors), probably not worth it. Seattle center isn't bad, though.
  MoPop: again if there's an exhibit you want to see, go for it. Otherwise, nah.
  Eye of Seattle: it's a ferris wheel that doesn't go very high...
  
  
• How to get there: From north or south, take I-5 by driving. Seatac airport is about half an hour south. From the airport you can take light rail to get into downtown Seattle and avoid taking / renting a car. There's also a train that sort of runs parallel to I5 that stops right next to CenturyLink Field and will go as north as Vancouver BC and technically take you all the way to Mexico. The stadiums are also right at the I-90 interchange which takes you out to Spokane and beyond. If you're on the west coast you can fly into Everett now (so far it only services Oregon, California and Nevada), a much smaller airport, but it will be a bit harder to get to a public transit option to head into Seattle.
  
  
• Stuff reasonably close that's interesting: About half an hour to an hour east is the cascades which you can find a lot of places to hike, also Snoqualmie falls and a giant casino if you're into that sort of thing. 45 minutes south is Tacoma which isn't the hellhole from the early 90s anymore!

seiferguy fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Aug 12, 2019