My advice? Canada is just up the road.
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Seattle is fine really, just a typical nasty smelly Dem City
If you do not go specifically looking for trouble, it is pretty unlikely to find you.
If you go to the East of Seattle you won’t find trouble even if you look for it.
The Boeing Museum of Flight is worth the price of admission, if you’re into aerospace.
They have an SR-71 on the floor, a large Apollo exhibit, and even an old Air Force One.
Why not? Don't you have a LEOSA license?
Bring an umbrella.
Both the waterfront and Pike Place Market have pretty much been sanitized from the drugs and gang activity.
Don't go any farther East than Pike Place market (above 2d Ave).
There is a good flight museum in south seattle at Boeing Field
Do not be out after dark unless you have a cab waiting
My advice is to take a writing course.
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Avoid the gentleman’s club off 99 near the Denny’s.
They will take your kidney.
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Make sure you see the underground tunnels.
Wonder how it compares to One Night in Bangkok ...
Eastern Oregon is OK. The drive from Portland east, up the Columbia Gorge I-84), is spectacular.
The town of Hood River is fun for wineries (lots there). You can also get to Mount Hood from there.
Bend Oregon is a great resort city but has been taken over by lefties.
Still, most who live in Eastern Orgeon and Washington are right leaning wheat and other type of farmers
It’s fine, but to go to Washington he can go anywhere.
Tell him to go to Yakima.
Hi - I lived in Seattle 1979-84 and visit every couple of years to visit friends/family. For iconic waterfront views and good food (seafood in particular), visit Ray’s Boathouse at SHilshole Bay (northwest of downtown, west of the Ballard neighborhood; view of Puget Sound and the Olympic MOuntains) or Ivar’s Salmon House (north end of Lake Union, near the University of Washington; view of Lake UNion towards downtown). Both areas are away from downtown and very safe. Seattle is like any big city; mind your own business and things will very well be fine [I lived near downtown Baltimore 2009-17 so I don’t scare easily].
There is a Coast Hotel at the airport, I always stayed there on my trips to Seattle. Across the parking lot is a good restaurant called the Broaster (I believe). It’s not great but good and close. However, a few doors down is a Thai restaurant which is excellent. I settled on their Salmon Curry as my go to meal. It is the best curry I have ever had. Not much in the way scenarycaround there but if time is tight, that may be the way to go.
I second the drive through the Columbia River Gorge on I-84, then up I-5 to Seattle if you have time. If you don’t have time, take a short detour off I-82 in Selah, WA and drive SR-821 to Ellensburg on your way to Seattle (about 30 minutes longer).
As others have said, the waterfront areas are pretty safe but once the crowds start to die down it’s best to find your way back to the hotel. The troll under Fremont Bridge is a cool local site but I’d visit during daylight. There’s an expensive Ferris wheel on the waterfront but it’s worth it at sunset.
For food, check out the local reviews on fresh fish and/or sushi. Better to get it at the ocean than inland!
I would recommend the Chihuly Garden and Glass near the Space Needle, as well as the Space Needle itself. Just take the elevator to the top...food isn’t worth the added price though.
I spent a lot of time in downtown Portland and Seattle up until 2018 and never felt unsafe but the homeless problem has accelerated since then.
I’ve had no problems during the day.
Seattle is a beautiful city. St. James Cathedral, finished 1907, is worth a 30 min visit (804 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104). Starbucks, started 1971, has a Tasting room (1124 E Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122). Costco, started 1983, has the first store from in sketchy, rough area. (4401 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134). The Boeing Museum of Flight, opened 1965, has a Concorde (9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98108).