Seattle isn’t nearly as weird as it likes to think it is.

@1:

How long have you actually lived here? Seattle has always been weird, from the moment Doc Maynard and Arthur Denny got into an argument over the alignment of Seattle's street grid back in the early days of the City's history. We have or have had - for decades: an actual troll under a bridge; a wall of gum; naked bicyclists; a mayor who was elected on a platform of sanctioning drinking, gambling, and prostitution (but who was not the first female mayor in the nation, which we also had); an entire museum dedicated to "bad art"; Boe Odyssey; Richard Peterson; Ivar Haglund; a mystery soda machine; Archie McPhee; Scarecrow Video; barrel-rolling commercial jets - the list is virtually endless.

Anyone who thinks Seattle isn't demonstrably, certifiably weird "yaka cul'-tus wau'-wau" ("speaks nonsense"), as they say in the old Chinook trade jargon.

Also, The article was great, but I have one minor quibble: it's "Annex TheatER", not "TheatRE". If you're still using that old, stupid style guide (I had an ongoing argument about this with Brendan Kiley years ago), it's still an incorrect appellation.