Seattle then and now
I saw this movie on TV in 1975,two years after it's theatrical release.
At the time, Harper's magazine published an article that said Seattle had the best "quality of life" of the 50 U.S.cities surveyed (Newark was dead last,at 50th place). But I saw this movie and I thought,"how can THAT be true? Seattle looks like a dump,and a sleazy,rain drenched dump at that."
I now live in Seattle,and it us a completely different place from the Cinderella Liberty days of 1973.I didn't grow up here ( I grew up in San Diego)but I have found that many native Seattleites are quite nostalgic about this film.Is anyone else on this board from Seattle,and if so,do YOU think 1st Avenue was better then,with all the pawn shops and porn places,than it is now,with high priced condos replacing the vices of yesteryear?