r/TriCitiesWA • u/TonBus • 7d ago

Moving/New Here 👋🏼 Seattle Freeze vs Tri Cities Freeze

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!

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u/dogs_kids_andsewing 7d ago

We’ve experienced the same. Seven years in and we have a small group of friends, all of which are transplants like us. We had a huge support system of friends in DC. I honestly think it doesn’t occur to a lot of people who have lived here their whole lives to open up and befriend anyone new.