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Informally and socially, yes. Heck, there was a small amount of discrimination and even informal segregation of Asians against whites back then, such as bi racial Bruce Lee having fallout from teaching martial arts to non Chinese about 1964. Or white man walking in the park in Diamond Bar, California — the police (not Asian generally) will often hassle you, blacks more so. Monterey Park (LA) is not that different even today as we write/read. Could a white guy live in SF Chinatown back then? I have no idea, but sort of doubt it.About Asians, legally, not too much by 1960’s, and only indirectly or by immigration restrictions pre 1965. By this point, it became clear that Asians, particularly North East Asians, were pretty able, not a threat excepting those living under communism (as were white Soviets), and quite a few servicemen were marrying them, settling down to families without big troubles. Even in Mississippi, segregated schools had long since disappeared for Asians (about 1945 I think, posted below), and all of the non southern states allowed Asian/other marriages.It also depended upon your status. Some, like the aging Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee likely had no problems at all, being well connected to society and focusing upon the Chinese community anyway.Some restrictive covenants in the South, and to a degree elsewhere, were paraded in front of the prospective buyer by sleazy real estate people, though such had lost all legal right by the Supreme Court in 1948 or so. Not sure of the laws in all southern states, but in Texas Chinese could marry whites (but not in California as recently as 1946 or so, and this meant Wah Chang - Wikipedia who did Bambi, Pinocchio, and many Star Trek props could marry his beloved Glenn in her native Texas). Massachusetts first prohibited mixed white/other marriages in 1783, the same year they outlawed slavery, one of the first of the latter and the first state law against such unions in the union (US).Also, even today “As at September 9, 2019, eight states required couples to declare their racial background when applying for a marriage license, without which they cannot marry. The states are Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Virginia, New Hampshire and Alabama. As of September 9, 2019, the Virginia law was being challenged in court.” So you have to list yourself as non white, and maybe some states still have something of the one drop rule. I doubt it, and likely only a quarter or more background is necessary to state in the worst case, and one could lie in certain circumstances of appearance I suppose, and finally most certainly if it does not make a difference to your potential spouse the issue is irrelevant. Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States - WikipediaIt was never as bad as the general Black situation during the 20th Century, though at times a person could marry a Black but not an Asian, as recalled in some Pacific Coast states, the WWII internments and 1930 Watsonville riot aside. By 1960, most had drained away outside of the real estate business.In places informal discrimination is part of the US today for Asians, and every other group (including Whites, again, in places), as is the case the world over. In some countries (Ghana, I think), it was illegal for a white person to own property as of about 25 years ago. I, as a caucasian, found it difficult to find a rental in Taiwan, despite having a translator, due to the unsavory reputation of that group in said country, and of course the cultural issues.Washington State, California, and Oregon were easily some of the highest organized segregationists and discriminators against Asians, even more that in the South in places just after WWII. The Mountain States were also fairly strong sometimes, but nothing on average as much as that.In the informal segregation and discrimination, housing looms large. The housing agents, landlords, banks were a large part of this, and some may have even been part of extreme groups, well beyond the Chamber of Commerce that is.In Oregon, the last legal vestiges apparently were the the Public Accommodation Law in public facilities in 1953. The anti Black Oregon State Constitution was only repealed in 1925 List of Oregon ballot measures - Wikipedia “Repeal of Free Negro and Mulatto Section of the Constitution” by a 62.52% majority. This was an intentional oversight, though null by the 1865Black Exclusion Laws in Oregon “Incorporated into the Bill of Rights, the clause prohibited blacks from being in the state, owning property, and making contracts. Oregon thus became the only free state admitted to the Union with an exclusion clause in its constitution.”“The clause was never enforced, although several attempts were made in the legislature to pass an enforcement law. The 1865 legislature rejected a proposal for a county-by-county census of blacks that would have authorized the county sheriffs to deport blacks. A Senate committee killed the last attempt at legislative enforcement in 1866. The clause was rendered moot by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, although it was not repealed by voters until 1926. Other racist language in the state constitution was removed in 2002.”The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1872 or so, but finally passed in Oregon in 1959, as a symbolic change of face.Oregon Remove Constitutional References to Race, Measure 14 (2002) - Ballotpedia by a 71.14% majority. That is a state measure, not US amendment, by the way.So, it was better to some degree, most certainly by the 1960’s Asians were comparably very well off.The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America——————————————————————————————Just found this about Washington State: Alien Land Laws and White SupremacyAlien land laws - Wikipedia and it was officially repealed only circa 1962 in Washington State, apparently. “1923 - The 1921 law is expanded to prevent the U.S.-born children of immigrants from holding land in trust for their parents.””Fujii v. California (1952) — The Supreme Court ruled that California's 1920 Alien Land Law, and others like it, violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. “Again, want to move to a white neighborhood? There were Restrictive covenants in many neighborhoods. Covenant (law) - Wikipedia along racial lines were not enforceable by the early 1960’s and flat out illegal in 1968 (Fair Housing Act). Especially in the South, these were used to scare people away, and if the hint was not taken one would take it off the market (and put it back on the market soon as you leave).I think in some states, it was made illegal to put in such items in the court house deed, and certainly was for everyone in the US post 1968. It was likely still going on well past 1968, when the Vice President Agnew called a Japanese American reporter a “fat Jap”, wink, wink, nod, nod, as unmentioned restrictive covenants are still going on, though rarely against Asians and more often for political and possibly religious divides.Even if you find a place willing to sell to an Asian, better have cash as Redlining - Wikipedia was common. And the neighbors would come down on the seller hard, often the entire section of state in sneaky ways. This had fallen away by the 1960’s, especially with mixed marriages where a former or current service man married while stationed in Asia, but was a consideration.(The bit on running freeways through their neighborhoods also happened brutally to lower class white neighborhoods as well, though it greatly tended to be Italian, Eastern European, and such. Studs Terkel writes about this in the book Division Street. Adam Ruins Everything tends to be a bit too left wing for me, though hits the mark often and also included sources.)Wheel chair bound President FDR in the above video’s game, with the 1930’s New Deal banking situation, position was understandable. The Democrat Party then were a small, yet often wealthy minority of liberals (for equality), numerous conservative, racist Southern Democrats (much against equality), and a plurality of large urban city dwellers (almost as much against equality).—————————-For the most part, Asians had considerably more money than Blacks and Indians, and otherwise could have escaped to the suburbs. Not sure when it happened and where, but this changed in most places by 1960’s. Japanese tended to be the wealthiest, but WWII interfered with about a third of these living in the West Coast as they tended to lose almost everything if not that. In Seattle, one online article mentioned that the Japanese were still living in the Black and Indian areas, as well as the Chinese, all going to the same schools into the 1960’s.An exception to the money issue were Cadillacs. That car company had its luxury division pancaking in sales during the early Great Depression. A division manager who was about ready to lose his job thought he had nothing to lose at a board meeting.So he suggested selling the cars to Blacks, some of whom were using Whites to front for them in both the purchase and the service parts, just so they could have the pleasure of owning them. Otherwise, direct sales would not happen. The meeting finished with an agreement, as otherwise the entire division might die. It was a great success, and to this day the line is popular in that sector.The Man Who Saved The Cadillac‘Despite this official discrimination, Dreystadt had noted that an astonishing number of customers at the service departments consisted of members of the nation's tiny African-American elite:’I have no idea about Asians, though, in regards to cars. Sessue Hayakawa - Wikipedia liked big cars and fancy houses, but that was Hollywood and he was a leading star (a romantic idol, incredibly, which fueled racist backlash). My guess is no, as most Japanese in the west coast were farmers, not prone to spending even if having the money, as farmers in general normally are.Hawaiian Japanese were similar, being workers on their way up. One wealthy Japanese guy got leprosy and, IIRC, could no longer drive the expensive car he had shipped to Molokai Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement and National Historical Park - Wikipedia. A famous specialist doctor’s son, as recalled.He eventually lost his ability to control the car, and had a fellow detainee friend drive it while he gave directions, though there was only about a mile or two of roads on the isolated peninsula, hemmed in by tall mountains. Segregation in Hawaii was mutually wanted and generally not discriminatory, in the sense of only the poorest environments were available.In fact, that was a problem with Takeo Yoshikawa - Wikipedia or another spy of Pearl Harbor. One of them was interviewed years later, taking him back to Hawaii. Eventually recognized, Walter Cronkite recounted how they had to get him out in the next Japan Airlines flight as he was drunk and the other carriers would not take him. Anyway, in 1941, the spy mentioned simply found that the Japanese community had a meeting place which overlooked Pearl Harbor by coincidence, which he used to good effect.They were very mobile in Pearl and could pretty much live where ever, which was limited like all races since most of the islands were owned by very few people, usually missionary families who had often intermarried with royalty. These people did not sell and still own most of Oahu, Niihau island (Robinson family exclusively for 140 years now), etc.San Francisco Chinatown was mostly owned by the Japanese pre Pearl Harbor. This switched completely post relocation.——————————————-Washington State apparently never set a law (the original question details), though though it was attempted a couple of times in the 1930’s. Unofficial segregation there was the rule until the 1960’s in most bigger cities, enforced by dictated order.Not sure how late the color bar was used in the South. I recall reading that by the 1960’s Chinese and especially Japanese were able to use ‘white’ facilities. In the South it was up to the local government and school district. Most or many from the earliest time apparently did allow Chinese to use white schools, but some did not.All accounts seen have that the situation steadily became better, until they became sort of honorary whites (oddly, similar happened in South Africa, especially when one of the few outcast nations was Taiwan, so Chinese had complete rights there, including the legal right of living where ever they wanted, with buying or renting successfully that is.When public drinking fountains were segregated with Whites Only and Blacks Only signs, where did the Asians, Latin@s, Native Americans, etc. drink? • r/AskHistoriansPreviously many Chinese were prevented from attending white schools. This seems to have led to a potential problem later after the refusal of a certain Miss who wanted to attend a Georgian school and was denied the chance. She later grew up to be arguably one of the most powerful women ever, Soong Mei-ling - Wikipedia. (Fact check please. She was in the area at that time going to school, as was her father some 25 years or so previously.)1927 Historic Gong Lum v. Rice Mississippi School Segregation CaseKeep in mind that Rosewood, that school district, was in the delta region, a highly stratified area with overwhelmingly Black majorities (although many areas were able to get rid of the KKK and lynchings, due to the land owners often being northerners.) The Lum family ended up moving from Mississippi, according to this fine article in the New Yorker: The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in LawA book on it is Water Tossing BouldersWater Tossing Boulders also points out that in Mississippi a case a few years earlier, of a white family’s children being denied to attend public school as whites because, get this, their great aunts were rumored to have married non whites. Their great grandmother was also rumored to be black. This was dis-proven from census and other information. However, the state supreme court stood fast.That book was fascinating, as it described the ins and outs of actual segregation of Asian students inside the school district, which was rather rare and apparently only in the deep South. What Pacific Coast states did, maybe even in Hawaii, is redline districts which were heavily Asian/non white and do it that way — which effectively happens today regarding blacks mainly. In Monterey Park and Diamond Bar and Daly City (all Californian), Asians pay a lot to buy into the area, a reverse of the 1960’s when there probably was more pressure in the other direction outside a major city.By 1931 or so, even in the deepest Delta this slowly slipped away, first with separate schools for Asians and then by 1945 integration everywhere as recalled (for Asians in Mississippi). But there may have been holdouts by 1960, especially informally.Keep in mind that Mississippi only in 1995, the state symbolically ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, which had abolished slavery in 1865. Though ratified 25 years ago, the state never officially notified the U.S. archivist, which kept the ratification unofficial until 2013, when Ken Sullivan contacted the office of Secretary of State of Mississippi, Delbert Hosemann, who agreed to file the paperwork and make it official. Mmm, 2013 to abolish slavery, at least technically (only 75% of states need to agree to make it an amendment, so the issue is symbolic).The first time since the Reconstruction that Republicans controlled the legislature and governorship some 140 years before was pm 2012. the year before. Or that neighboring Alabama until 1966 FACT CHECK: Did a State Democratic Party Logo Once Feature the Slogan 'White Supremacy'?”‘In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, “The prejudice of race appears to be stronger in the states that have abolished slavery than in those where it still exists; and nowhere is it so intolerant as in those states where servitude has never been known.” Which is very true back then, and to some degree even now. Towns are very segregated still in the north as well as the south, though technically by way of money.Still, the most outrageous acts were about the South, primarily regarding Black people: “In 1930, the city of Birmingham made it illegal for a black person and a white person to play dominoes or checkers together. In 1932, Atlanta prohibited amateur baseball clubs of different races from playing within two blocks of each other. In 1935, Oklahoma required the separation of races when fishing or boating.”Mountain states were better by that time for Asians, though many not for Blacks. http://stereocandies.blogspot.com/2013/12/nichelle-nichols-dark-side Beyond Uhura, pg 74–76 -of-moon-1974.html (not true — it was in the 1950’s according to her biography, ). Nichols, Uhura on Star Trek, had a night club sponsor — a white who made his fortune in the Alaskan mines — amazed as well, as absolutely no one would let her have a hotel or motel room in a Mormon state, only based upon her ethnic background.Finally an Italian couple agreed. “She’s colored.” ‘Well, what color is she?’ “American and negro” ‘If she doesn’t mind Italians, she is welcome.’ “It would be well into the sixties before integration came to Salt Lake City.” Black people and Mormon priesthood - Wikipedia (prohibited until 1978) .Las Vegas casinos were also barred to Blacks Is there racism in Las Vegas?, but again apparently not Asians much by that point. A Japanese American Wendy Yoshimura - Wikipedia in the SLA was hiding from the FBI with Patty Hearst in North Eastern Pennyslvania and received numerous racist taunts in 1973 in the rural area, so it still happened. Wingshooters author claims 1960 racism growing up as a biracial Asian child in rural Wisconsin, apparently due to the Vietnam War.Back to Madame Chang:What a 71-Year-Old Article by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Tells Us About China TodayInteresting that she died only 14 years ago in 2003 at New York City, aged 103 years old.Also keep in mind also that modest numbers Filipinos have been in the South for a long time, initially at least since the 1700’s and seem to have been accepted more than either Indians or Blacks, some possibly in the ARW at country founding and many serving in the forces of the US army during the War of 1812, albeit in an area of US with as much French (Napoleonic Code & Parishes) as Anglo influence, thus more tolerant generally to Asians in particular:Manila Village - Wikipedia=========================Although the first Filipino arrived in California in the 16th Century**, “the first documentation of a Filipino residing in California did not occur until 1781, when Antonio Miranda Rodriguez was counted in the census as a "chino". Demographics of Filipino Americans - Wikipedia**1587, in Morro Bay, California, by San Luis Obispo.Filipinos were first-to America - INQUIRER.net USA“Nuestra Senora de Esperanza, comandered by Pedro de Unamuno - Wikipedia”, this being 33 years before the Mayflower and about the same time as the failed Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia . He was just a crewman, I guess, and the English might have visited what is now America in the times of the chartered boat with the last 1497 voyage with John Cabot - Wikipedia (which apparently disappeared, the second one reaching Newfoundland).Still, and interesting detail of how far back it went. Discrimination was not so pronounced until later, of course. My grandfather was a front man for a group of Filipino businessmen in East Los Angeles. By law they had to keep their wives in Baja, unless they were Mexican which then they could move up to Los Angeles. Funny thing was that when they came, Philippines was a colony of the US.———————————————————————-When living near Tacoma in the 1970’s, neighbors of ours were Filipino. He went to Guam from the islands for a few weeks labor contract circa 1952, almost immediately got drafted to Korea, and spent about 8 years in the US Army. Ike’s son reviewed his group in a successful LAWS shot, so he got a medal. Not sure when he got citizenship, but his son became a city councilor of Marysville, the first Asian if recalled correctly.But this was out a ways from the suburbs, near a small Indian reservation, and I think they moved in about 1965. There were only 10 homes on that stretch back then.It was fantastic, on a then quiet road with Mt. Rainier in the background and huge trees (now logged). There should not have ever been restrictions then or any other time, probably, so far from town.———————————————————in WWII, the Japanese were forcibly prevented from moving back to the counties they left 3 years earlier. Truman even got involved, but firmly on the Japanese American’s side to his credit:https://www.quora.com/Did-Harry-Truman-hate-the-Japanese/answer/Thomas-B-Walsh/comment/84803024By 1960, Asian (and Hispanic) servicemen especially found they could talk their way past salesmen trying to restrict the markets, so many moved to the LA suburbs or at least the San Fernando Valley - Wikipedia. I do not think it was so easy in Portland or Seattle, but do your own research on that one.———————————————————Linda Lee Cadwell - Wikipedia married Bruce Lee - Wikipedia in 1964 in Seattle, and her family/friends were very much against the idea considering the prejudice and discrimination still widely in existence around Washington for her and any children. Seems it was easier for servicemen and their Asian wives, though. So she has indicated.‘Fear tactics non-withstanding, the repeal movement captured its long awaited victory against the racist alien land laws in 1966. Asian immigrants making their way to Washington State in the new wave of immigration ushered in by the 1965 Immigration Act would no longer have to jump through hoops to own homes or buy land.’ Or at least it could not so obvious.This was the Washington state’s last gasp of official racism. Plus the federally guaranteed rights and laws about the same time spelled the end of all but the most cloaked racial discrimination, especially around the military bases. Anti base discrimination was another matter.Yes, the state had its share of worst case idiots, done about the same time as the White River banditry in the 1920’s:‘Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project ‘He subsequently sent a letter on July 20, 1923 to Admiral S.S. Robinson on the U.S.S. California requesting that the Admiral grant all regional Navy Klansmen leave to attend a Seattle Klan meeting on July 25.3’Ouch! But that was long in the past by that point for any such overt show.https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/editorials/article224571325.html‘After the Great Depression, lenders, developers and other power brokers systematically denied people of color and immigrants the benefits of homeownership. A News Tribune story last summer used old redline maps … “No part or parcel of land ... shall be rented or leased to or used or occupied, in whole or in part, by any person of the African or Asiatic descent, nor by any person not of the white or Caucasian race, other than domestic servants domiciled with an owner or tenant and living in their home.”’Red area is for non whites, `Fourth Grade. Note the no color area, which I am not sure what it meant, maybe outside city limits. In the 1980’s: ‘Their real estate agent slipped the covenants to them with an “oh, by the way,”’ which have no legality, but apparently the words were still sometimes used by those who wished to preserve the status quo. Above url source.In Tacoma, this was overwhelmingly against Asians and (American) Indians, particularly the former I think; but interestingly the Puyallup people - Wikipedia Reservation makes almost all of the land to the east of this map, and most of the people living there today are white. Port of Tacoma - Wikipedia only joined the city in 1918, and the Indians were compensated in 1989 with 162 million USD and ‘other benefits’ for the 112 acres taken. Almost all the land is now in white hands, though a fair amount is not.

Ooh, sounds intriguing. The Pacific Northwest (“the PNW”) has a couple common themes in our lingo — mainly geography, weather, people.Geography: (feel free to pull up Google Maps)Seattle is in Western Washington, the forested, wet side of our state, while the Cascade Mountains (Cascades) separates Eastern Washington, a rural, warmer agricultural region famous for apples, wine, and cherries. The Cascades are also the namesake for ‘Cascadia’, an independence movement of the Pacific Northwest that’s more of a cult icon for us being so physically detached from the rest of the country. You can sometimes find the Cascadian flag on cars, cafe doors, laptops, and streetlamps. We never refer to ourselves as from Washington, since everyone thinks of Washington DC. We’ll always say Seattle, even if we’re from hours away.North of Seattle is Skagit Valley, a muddy area famous for tulip fields, and the San Juan Islands, picturesque islets that are home to hidden coves with lurking orca whales. To the west is Puget Sound (“the Sound”), the large saltwater bay that is also the eponymous name for most of Western Washington, and to the west of that is the Kitsap Peninsula (or KP), and as a whole, the Olympic Peninsula, a remote, wet national park that was the setting for the Twilight book/film series.Down south is Mount Rainier, which impressively looms over Seattle on the horizon, with Mt St. Helens next to it, a volcano that famously erupted in 1980. The Columbia River Gorge, sits right on our state border with Oregon and below, the city of Portland. We sometimes go to Oregon for shopping, since they have no sales tax.Just to the east of Seattle across Lake Washington is the Eastside (such as the cities of Mercer Island, Bellevue, Redmond), an affluent area home to Microsoft and Bill Gates, who lives in the mansion-littered town of Medina. It is our ‘bougie’ and affluent part of the region.To the south is South Seattle, South King County (Renton, Kent, Tukwila), and even further is the large city of Tacoma. These highly diverse, lower income neighborhoods are home to large immigrant and refugee populations. Seattle-Tacoma Airport (“Sea-Tac”) is also here.In Seattle, South Lake Union is home to Amazon, and is a tech hotspot rapidly gentrifying Seattle. There is a streetcar partially funded by Amazon, called the SLUT (South Lake Union Trolley). Its pretty useless, except being able to tell people you’ll “ride the SLUT” later today. There is also the Seattle Monorail, built during the 1962 World’s Fair, that’s a tourist item, going from Westlake Center (shopping center of downtown) to Seattle Center (where the World’s Fair was, the Space Needle, and MoPOP — Museum of Pop Culture, and formerly the EMP/Experience Music Project).Capitol Hill (“Cap Hill”), to the east of the downtown, is the millennial, gayborhood, dining area with fancy bars and clubs. Queen Anne, just behind the Space Needle, is an older residential area home to the true Seattlelites who have been here for centuries, before apartments existed. Kerry Park is here, a picturesque view of the Space Needle, downtown, and Mt. Rainier all in one frame.The Waterfront, Pike Place Market (never never never Pike’s Place), and Seattle Center (where the Space Needle is) are incredibly touristy and not visited by locals. West Seattle (a nice, slow-paced beachfront peninsula, and especially the seaside stroll on Alki Beach), Fremont (home of the original counter-culture scene, and features a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin), Ballard (originally our fisherman's wharf and Scandinavian neighborhood, but now just families and microbreweries) are more likely to draw locals. Golden Gardens (a beach park in Ballard) is popular for summer bonfires, and is next to the Chittenden Boat Locks (“Ballard Locks” or simply “the Locks”), where you can watch migrating salmon return to spawn in an underground viewing tunnel. Magnuson Park is popular for its off-leash dog area, and Gasworks Park is famous for its view of Seattle from the north, where you can see seaplanes take off and land on the water.East of Ballard and Fremont, and north of Capitol Hill, across the Montlake Cut (canal separating Lake Washington and Puget Sound via Lake Union), is the University of Washington (or UW, “U-dub”). It is far better than Washington State University (WSU, “wazzoo”) which is in the middle of nowhere on the Idaho border, but a rivalry somehow persists. Because UW’s Husky Stadium is next to Lake Washington, you can “sailgate” during a game.“the bridge(s)” — the bridges across Lake Washington to the Eastside, namely 520 and I-90. “the Viaduct” — Alaskan Way Viaduct on the Seattle Waterfront, which is to crumble in the next earthquake and is being replaced. “the Narrows” — the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. “the Canal” — Hood Canal, a saltwater inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula.Culture:Politically, many people identify as progressive in addition to liberal, in that we don’t necessarily believe national policies and parties represent us. LGBT families are common, and marijuana (“pot”) is socially universal and the norm (tobacco is dangerous for your health!). Nobody can agree on policies though, since we constantly discuss ad nauseum, and perpetually love, then hate, each mayor of Seattle. The Stranger is an alternative newspaper, written mostly by and for young urban millennials who don’t adhere to mainstream journalism. By some measures, its the second most widely read newspaper after the Seattle Times.Bicycling is common as a means of commute, even though our city is so hilly few would imagine it as being possible. Toyota Priuses (is the plural Priui?) are ubiquitous, and by far the most representative car in the city (followed by Subaru Outbacks for hikers/skiiers). Not composting can get you fined, and people do take their plastic bags/batteries/lightbulbs/styrofoam/wine corks to recycle. Thrift stores are actually pretty expensive in Seattle proper.We suck at sports. Only when we can get into the Superbowl do we care. Or if you’ve actually been following a team for decades. We have white and blue flags littered around the state with a “12” on it — representing the 12th Man of the Seattle Seahawks. Actual sports fans are also bitter towards Howard Schultz (CEO of Starbucks) who sold our basketball team, the Seattle Sonics, to Oklahoma City of all places.Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix and Pearl Jam are from here. But most of their listeners are of a bygone era. Macklemore (the rapper) is a hometown homeboy. Everyone knows a couple friends that tour around with their underground garage-born band, but you’ve never seen them perform so you don’t know what music they do. Then again, none of us have a ‘genre’ of music we like, its a diverse mix or so unique it hasn’t been categorized.Weather:The Mountain is Out (You can see Mt. Rainier, a measure of cloud overcast and visibility)Downpour / Showers / Scattered Showers / Sprinkling / Drizzles / Mist. In that order. Rain isn’t usually referred to as just ‘rain’.Nobody uses an umbrella. Seattle’s rain isn’t usually super stormy, its just never-ending soft rainfall or drizzles. Umbrellas immediately identify you as a tourist (and was an ad slogan for our Light Rail — “faster than you can spot a tourist with an umbrella”)— a hoodie or North Face (the generic name for any weatherproof polyester jacket) is the usual protection. Some people wear shorts in October, and that’s totally normal. You also never wash your car (saying that you did refers to a sunny streak). A momentary pause in the rain is called a sunbreak.Sunshowers = rain with sun shining. Freezing Fog = when its so moist and cold, frost can form in the air. Frost can stick to branches and freeze, dragging them down onto power lines. Power outages are common in the winter.“Its sunny (out)” — the sun hasn’t set yet (doesn’t matter if you can see it), and often a term in the summer to indicate sunset hasn’t arrived. For people from southern states like California/Arizona, noticing the days get longer/shorter may be a surprise.“snow” — mass hysteria. Every kid hopes for a snow day, every parent agonizes over the icy commute. Yes, our one inch seems like nothing, until it melts and refreezes as black ice. We aren’t flat like upstate Michigan — we have hills that when you slide will promptly deposit your car into Elliot Bay or I-5.Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) — when Californians and Texans get depression during our gloomy season. The usual cure is to sit in a room with a lightbox. We also sometimes get reverse SAD when we go to Phoenix or Las Vegas and are drowning in sunlight, never wanting to go out.People:We are passive but polite people. We’ll say hi to our neighbors, but never ask for their name. We use the self-checkout at the grocery store to avoid talking to a human, put on headphones to avoid public interactions, stare at our phones when people ask for donations. We order groceries online sometimes, and almost everyone has a Netflix subscription (the ‘and chill’ part is questionable).Seattle Freeze — when we’re polite but not friendly. We’ll say “let’s grab a drink sometime!” and it’ll never happen. Californians and East Coasters get upset, especially those that move here for their tech jobs, thinking everyone wants to be their friend. Blame our Scandinavian forefathers and their isolated, subdued personalities. We were grueling timber and fish country after all. If you hear “let me check my schedule”— don’t bother following up.We suck at driving. We’re not aggressive like LA, or particularly slow, we’re just very uncooperative. We won’t slow down to let you in, we won’t run a stop sign, we won’t leave the left lane without lingering, we won’t forgive you for calling us out — but honking is too scary for us, that’s a Californian.“from here” — means you were born and raised in the state. Even if you moved here 20 years, ago, you’re not from here. Especially Californians.We don’t use actual idioms a lot, and for younger folks who don’t get the allusions, it can get very confusing. Something like “kitty-corner” (diagonal), might be interpreted as a cat cafe of sorts or “kiddie corner”.Food:We are pretentious people. That “organic, locally sourced, shade-grown, fair trade, non-GMO, gluten free, cruelty-free, carbon neutral” stuff is normal.We don’t drink Starbucks (unless we’re in a hurry), and rotate between a few drinks, such as a Grande Skinny White Chocolate Mocha or a Dirty Chai or a London Fog or a Venti Ristretto Soy Macchiato with three pumps of vanilla, no foam. Basic brewed coffee is known as ‘drip’. Coffee in general can be called espresso, never java. Some innovations (like different pour overs, or the Flat White) are good, some are imported stupidity (nitro brew).Seafood is the most common protein featured. Salmon is the chicken of the sea, especially Chinook / King or Sockeye salmon (saa-mun, not sal-mohn). Atlantic salmon is also not a salmon, its a trout. Snow and King Crab from Alaska is also prized, but the local Dungeness Crabs will always beat the pathetic blue crabs of the East coast. Many of us know our oysters (especially Penn Cove), and forget that the geoduck (“gooey-duck”, a giant, phallic clam) isn’t actually common elsewhere.We know our apples (there are many kinds) and our two cherries — Rainiers are always better. Rainier is also our hometown cheap beer, and along with PBR, replaces Coors or Bud at college and sport parties.The cheapest meal is Pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup, or banh mi, a Vietnamese sandwich. Dick’s burgers and teriyaki also follow, and poke bowls are the latest craze . No idea what a hoagie or a po’boy is.Fusion cuisines are prevalent on the West Coast. LA can have their Korean Tacos, and Portland can have their Thai Fried Chicken. We have Latin-Japanese and Vietnamese-French, in addition to everything +Pacific Northwest cuisine.Columbusing — “discovering” an ethnic cuisine from an immigrant neighborhood, and sharing it with other people so it can be made fusion and 2000x more expensiveAttire:“hipster” — Someone whose aesthetic, interests, and inspirations deviate from the “mainstream”. They don’t need to be counter-culture, just unique and niche-y. Not to be confused with “hippie”, referencing the former residents of Fremont in the 1980s.“lumberjack” or “lumbersexual”— style that features plaid flannel, hiking boots, thick facial hair, even in the middle of Seattle. More affiliated with Portland, and perhaps places like Bellingham up north.“metrosexual” — actually pays attention to fashion imported from New York and Europe. People who follow fashion are rare here, since we’re all hiding behind hoodies and North Faces anyhow.“techie” — some overly-loose plaid button up, jeans, and an electronic gadget (smartphone, Macbook, Apple Watch). The techie outfit applies to most white-collar jobs, tech-related or not.“semiformal” — a button up. “Formal” — a tie.“Green Lake mom” or “Subaru mom” — the equivalent of a soccer mom. Typically in yoga leggings, a black puffy vest, and pushing a double stroller on the way to barre or the farmers market, clutching a white chocolate mocha or dark chocolate peppermint frappuccino.Other Lingo:Highways are referred to as “I-5” or “520”, not “The 5” or “The 405”Hella instead of super (hella pricey), like CaliforniaTolo — a Sadie Hawkins dance (which most people here will have no idea about)Additional resources:Portlandia (with a grain of salt)Pemco Insurance Profile Ads here and here and some uploaded by this guyOld, but our local equivalent of Saturday Night Live, Almost Live. It is still very applicable, and a must watch for locals. (its also where Bill Nye got his start!)