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Topic subjectNot black, but am a Seattle lifer.
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12762208, Not black, but am a Seattle lifer.
Posted by PROMO, Wed Mar-25-15 12:23 PM
>So, i took a job as a creative director at an ad agency in
>Seattle. Moving the fam out there. I'm hearing there's a major
>lack of black people out there, so I'm trying to get some
>advice on how I might find a congregation OUTSIDE of the
>church.

I'd holla at FWMJ as he's pretty new to Seattle too, but I think he's in a similar lane as you career-wise. Unfortunately, Seattle is going thru a big period of gentrification and a lot of the black residents have been pushed to South Seattle/Renton/Auburn/Kent. There are still black people in the Central District (where FWMJ lives, I believe) but it's getting whiter everyday.

>Any OKPs in seattle?? Whats good out there? Where's the best
>music? Any good BBQ? I know nothing

My clubbing days are more or less over, but there's plenty of good live music venues and most tours hit the city (stadium and club tours). They have a Motown on Mondays night that some friends of mine DJ and that's a great, mature club night. If you're younger, there are definitely young cat turn up nights, I'm just too old to know of them now. I'm looking for good BBQ too. I know there are spots in South Seattle but I'm up north so that's not too convenient. Might wanna holla at FWMJ about that too cuz he and his lady seem to be real foodies and he posts a lot of food porn on IG.

If you have any more specific questions, holla.