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Topic subjectRE: Not black, but am a Seattle lifer.
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12762281, RE: Not black, but am a Seattle lifer.
Posted by jon_o, Wed Mar-25-15 12:42 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.
>

Thanks fam. Just picked up on the fact that FWMJ is a person here on the boards. Will reach out.