Everybody Hates Seattle

Seattle has a reputation for being a passive-aggressive city. The kind of place where neighbors leave “Nice park job!” notes on your hastily exited Prius.

So when did things get so…aggressive?

I’m not just talking about right-wing critics who insist that the city’s been overrun by anarchists, stray needles, and Kshama Sawant. These days, it seems like everyone, including Seattle, hates Seattle. 

Angry Seattle had an attitude problem before it was cool: The antagonistic Twitter account launched in 2009 with the goal of helping our fine city let out its “bottled-up frustrations,” as its anonymous founder told me. “There’s a shitload of stuff to complain about here,

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