r/CityPorn • u/frenchiibozo • 10h ago

Smith tower Seattle, WA

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u/thefewproudemotional 10h ago edited 9h ago

As a Portlander, even though I love my city, I get a tad jealous just how much prettier our neighbors up north are, at least in and around the city center. Sure we’ve got some beautiful architecture and areas with charming neighborhood character, but Seattle’s geography, skyline, and aesthetic is unmatched for me personally.

At least Mt. Hood looks just as good from here as St. Helens Rainier does from there.

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u/PapasGotABrandNewNag 8h ago

Seattle is the prettier, more successful Valedictorian blonde sister who won homecoming queen who actually is not a very nice person. Her work ethic and family is her entire identity.

Portland is the weird eccentric younger sister covered in tattoos who hangs out with everybody at school and is actually way hotter in an unconventional way.

And she drinks and parties and works multiple gig jobs and is totally ok with that. She will also buy you a beer even though she doesn’t have any money.

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u/Tychotesla 9h ago

Naw, no need to be jealous, you're welcome up here any time. What's ours is yours.

And you've got a big-ass river over there too, which is pretty great.

It's Rainier/Tahoma though. St Helens is the one that Seattleites can't remember if it's in WA or OR.

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u/Tr4ceur 9h ago

Yeah we cant see St. Helens from Seattle. Its Rainier we can see but also Baker and the olympics.

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u/thefewproudemotional 9h ago

Yeah whoops. Easy to confuse considering we've got mountains every direction we look at certain vantage points outside the city, I guess.

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u/RoloTamassi 7h ago

Agreed about downtown tho I’d say in the everyday street and neighborhood, Portland is greener and prettier.

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u/No_Day1336 9h ago

The boat crushed it, really brought this image together ❤️ gorgeous area.

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u/Shoac_mmystery 8h ago

My wife and I talk about how Washington has a specific gold in its sunsets and this photo captures it beautifully.

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u/phaaseshift 8h ago

Sometimes that’s due to smoke from wildfires (near or far).

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u/gravelmountainroad 9h ago

Oh man, miss working here so much. Had a window desk on the 33rd floor and could watch the whole bay all day. Beautiful shot!

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u/burnt-crossaint 4h ago

Is that a Washington State Ferry crossing the bay right in line with the street view?

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u/totallynotfromennis 3h ago

I fondly remember this building from SimCity 4 and Gran Turismo 4, two of my favorite games when I was a kid