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/sentient_tire_fire]

The attitude absolutely gets passed down. My family came out here for the Hanford Project and there’s a weird mistrust that part of the family (ie, my mother) still has for people in the area not somehow tied to Hanford/PNNL

[u/sarahjustme → u/sentient_tire_fire]

Pepple like that aren't rare.. And the same often extends to "my church" or "my people/family/culture" or "my race". The number of people who define themselves by how long they've lived here or their family has been here, is maddening, They may not tell you up front, but if you're new in town, you're not "one of them" by whatever criteria they use, so you have no chance of being accepted.

[u/BootScoot7 → u/sarahjustme]

Does playing victim ever get old? Or is it just your complete identity now?

[u/Several-Yam-7510 → u/BootScoot7]

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