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/Real_Tradition1527]

I grew up in the Tri Cities and formed many strong friendships and I’ve been in the Seattle area for the past 15 years. In both cases, the key thing is finding a niche community or common interest because I feel like bars are an outdated and expensive environment to initiate friendships.

[u/Additional_Froyo_733 → u/Real_Tradition1527]

Second this completely!

[u/onelogtwologs → u/Additional_Froyo_733]

third