r/Renton • u/FoggyJack-Props • 13d ago

What the deal?!

We moved here from ABQ not to long ago… and my wife had tried making friends on the Peanut app. Long story short EVERY time she tells anyone we (unfortunately) live in Renton she is immediately ghosted!!

WHY?!

What makes people turn off SO fast whenever this town is mentioned?!?

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u/CastleGanon 13d ago

People in Seattle are very weirdly classist, and a part of that is being neighborhood-centric -- as in "everything I need is right here in Greenwood, why would I ever leave?" So when you say you live in Renton, that may as well be a different country to them even though it's just a 20-30 minute drive away.

Unethical life pro tip: just lie next time.

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u/MennisRodman 13d ago

I told two strangers I live in Kent. They both asked me the same thing. 

"Why Kent?"

Moved here 1.5 years ago. Sure there's some rough parts, but I'm liking it so far. Helps I don't live in the valley, so...