Reply #201: In Seattle, Everyone has a view of the space needle

[Heddi]

And everyone's house is simultaneously in three different spots of town at the same time because they can see the Space Needle, The Mariner's Stadium and The Cascades through the same window at the same time. And given that there are parts of South Seattle where I suppose someone COULD have a view like that (not through the same window, though), the people are shown living in condos that are clearly downtown, yet when they walk outside their door they have magically appeared in Capitol Hill, some 4 or so miles away in the other part of town.

Also in movies, EVERYONE RIDES THE MONORAIL TO GET TO WORK. it's like the Tokyo speed train....only it isn't. It runs from the Space Needle to the Mall with no stops in between and the only people who ride the damn thing (when it's not catching fire, that is) are tourists

One of the Medical Tee Vee This Is How Hospitals Really Are shows started with this girl who lived in Queen Anne (based on the view from her window). She then got in her car and was going to work, yet was on the upper level of Hwy 99 in South Seattle going TOWARDS the Queen Anne area, and considering the top level of 99 runs South to North, she went about 30 miles out of her way to get back where she started from. Then, while you see her coming into town from the South (even though she lives North) she is able to get off 99 and be in Capitol Hill (which is nowhere near 99) and walking down Broadway and voila! Walks into Harborview (which is several blocks away from the area of Broadway they showed her walking down).

For people who live in Seattle and know the layout, it's quite funny because it's so ridiculously implausable to have taken any of those routes to get anywhere from wherever it was that she was.