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I’ve noticed that street harassment is much more frequent in Seattle than in other cities I’ve been to. Maybe 5 times in my whole life has a stranger yelled at my from a car and in Seattle it’s more like 20 times in a day. After being here for a few days, I’ve come to realize that it’s unlike street harassment in other cities in its intentions. Whereas most of the time people seem to yell vulgar and aggressive things that make me feel unsafe and not-at-all complimented, in Seattle the men say things like, “nice sunglasses!” 

Yesterday I was trudging up a hill after an 8 mile walk around town. Seattle is very hilly, did you know? So as I trudged, a homeless man said, “Long day?” in a genuine, caring way.

“Yeah,” I said. 

“Don’t worry,” he replied gently, “somebody’s thinking aboutcha.”

I thanked him and continued up the hill with an extra bounce (more like less of a drag) in my step.