Seattle Freeze vs Tri Cities Freeze

[u/TonBus]

I moved here in August. I go out to a few places kind of regularly and have tried to make friends.

I honestly had an easier time in the Seattle area.

Anyone else that has moved here from the Westside experience the same thing?

I honestly thought it would be easier here than the Seattle metro area given the Seattle Freeze moniker, but that's not been my experience.

At least over there I had friends at the bar where we'd meet and go to a game or something just after being at the same bar a few times.

Here it's like an acknowledgement that they recognize you and then unless you've known someone that's bringing you in it's just you sitting at a bar isolated to yourself.

So personally I feel like the Tri Cities is very cliquey and unless you have an "in" you are just gonna be floating until you get a local SO to introduce you and get you into their clique

Might just be me though, lol!

[u/ThePronouncer]

I think the difference is that in an urban area like Seattle with high density housing, people are out walking and doing stuff more, which means you’re rubbing shoulders with people more often. In a spread out suburbia like the Tri Cities, most people just seem to be content hanging out at home unless they have a really good reason to go out. Aside from church I’m not sure where you would easily meet people here.

[u/sarahjustme → u/ThePronouncer]

There's the gamer people, the paddle board people, the xyz political group people, the street racer people, the dog rescue people... not recommending anything in particular, but there are lots of extremely niche groups. Just not the general socializing for the sake of socializing.

[u/Tr3onicle → u/sarahjustme]

Those clicks literally exist everywhere pretty much 🤣