Seattle's neighborhoods have changed. For the last four plus years there's been a huge influx of people & more are coming.
There's one neighborhood, Ballard, which used to be a separate city back before 1907. It's was known for the Scandinavians who lived there for the fishing industry.
I remember back in late 90's to early 2000's, it was still pretty blue collar, working class, with a rockabilly contingent.
Now it's become trendy, with tons of condos & big apartment buildings. The change finally dawned on me when I was having a drink at one of new fancy bars. 20 something woman sitting next to me wearing a plaid shirt, skinny jeans & colored new balance sneakers, basically right out of a Madewell catalog. But on her wrist was a Cartier Love bracelet & a Cartier watch.
The new influx & new money confuses me. All my mental memory of neighborhoods doesn't apply anymore. My neighborhood used to be arty/weird. But one night I saw a red Mustang stretch limo outside one of the bars. It just didn't fit.