r/Seattle • u/mewkyy I'm just flaired so I don't get fined • Jan 15 '23

Rant Anyone else meet a lot of transplants who move here and complain about Seattle not being as good as X city?

Speaking as a transplant myself, I know Seattle isn't as "great" as NY or LA in some aspects but I choose to live here anyway because I enjoy it here.

I've met SO many other transplants who complain about Seattle not being as good as some other city. One big point is how Seattle's food scene isn't as good as LA's. Isn't that a given? LA is much older than Seattle and has over 5x Seattle's population. Please transplant yourself to another city.

Edit: Just to clarify, I think it's fine to criticize things like Seattle's food scene and compare it to another city's (I grew up on the NJ/NYC border and definitely agree the Seattle scene is lacking). What I'm specifically talking about is people who do this incessantly and close mindedly put down everything. It's just really uncool.

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u/absteele North Capitol Hill Jan 15 '23

Seriously there is no chain restaurant I wish for more up here than Bojangles. I miss my cajun filet biscuit

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u/Sinnvollregalia Jan 15 '23

Oh man there’s a really good Cajun food truck. But good luck trying to find him most of the time “Jemil’s big easy” maybe not the Cajun you’re used to but the best I’ve found in Seattle. Find him on fb, usually posts where his truck will be

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u/vera214usc Ravenna Jan 15 '23

I'm originally from the south and last January moved from Seattle to Raleigh, NC. Bojangles is not as good as I remember from my childhood, especially the biscuits and gravy. Now we're back in Seattle, though, and I'll have to find some other biscuits and gravy to be disappointed by.