What Downtown Seattle Looks Like Today (January 9, 2022) | Walking Tour Westlake Center + Belltown

[@LaoOcean]

Hope you like this walking adventure video from this morning. Smash the LIKE button if you do (it really helps the channel grow) and SHARE the video if you don't! 😂🤓☕️👊✌️

[@BellevueGrl27]

Really enjoyed this one, it's good to see the sun out, lol! Fringe is a very upscale plant store and home decor (candles, etc) I miss that area so much, but the rent (ugh) way too high for my budget. ✌

[@griseldelatorre626]

Hello Leo Ocean, thanks for all the great videos. It makes me nostalgic, i spent two years 2010 to 2012 in Tukwila. I know it's a good place to live Seattle its a beautiful dawn town, cheers from México, blessings

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you for watching!

[@ExploreInMotion]

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[@timothymccleary2418]

grew up in Seattle, from age 10-15, have walked all those streets. Memories!!!

[@ExploreInMotion]

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[@Chris_jae]

Love seeing Seattle when it’s sunny!

[@LaoOcean]

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[@LaoOcean]

I said Hot Pot Doughnuts in this video when I meant Top Pot Doughnuts. At least I had the Pot part right! 🤓😂

[@janajeffsilvernickelladventure]

Thank You for sharing your time and day with us. We a traveling to Seattle this summer and I enjoy taking a walk with you around the city. It will definitely help me navigate around. Great channel. I shared it with a travel group on Facebook.

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you for watching and sharing!

[@roachtoasties]

L.A. person here. The last time I was in Seattle was two years ago in December, just before the pandemic lockdown stuff. I was thinking of going to Seattle again last month, but skipped it. I went to San Francisco instead. Shorter flight, and I still ended up with a cough that lasted on and off for weeks. I caught something on the plane, even though I had three COVID shots and the flu shot. I skimmed through this video, but it looks like I've seen everything you passed by, plus a bunch more. Two years ago I also walked up to the Starbucks Reserve Roastery. We have nothing like that in L.A. Tell Starbucks we need one of those down here. Good video. Maybe I'll visit later this year.

[@ExploreInMotion]

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[@shaynewhite1]

I searched for “Did downtown Seattle clean up” and got lots of articles describing the volunteer cleanup efforts after the 2020 riots. I searched for “Did downtown Portland clean up” and saw articles from this year about how Portland is still a mess. Looks like Seattle is in better shape. Great video, I’m enjoying seeing Seattle and can’t wait to get there next month!

[@liftedones]

Protest *

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[@sergpie]

@@liftedones ** Violent Riots that produced casualties and damage to property of uninvolved private individuals and companies.

[@liftedones]

@@sergpie ***Provoked reaction from the public to stand up against corrupt law enforcement that routinely murders innocent citizens.

[@downtime86stars17]

Literally the first sunny day we've had in three months.

[@LaoOcean]

Shorts and jacket!! 🤣

[@jevitigre]

Three months?!! Here in Dominican Republic if i have 3 days with clody days i get depressed:)

[@downtime86stars17]

@@jevitigre That's just how it is in Seattle during the winter.

[@wensmyrtlebeachliving]

Nice downtown walk. Great to see life is gettting back to good.

[@spacewithalexis]

Appreciate your up to date videos in Seattle! I am going next week for my birthday, so your videos are so helpful & informative. Thanks for the great content. - All the way from Houston, TX 🤗

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you for watching!

[@jamesbaxterandthebeachball7005]

That's funny , I lived in gig harbor for 25 years... now I'm in Houston. Have a groovy trip 😁

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[@danielcid1913]

Thank you so much for your videos, they're the perfect preparation for my trip to Seattle next month!

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for watching!

[@ExploreInMotion]

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[@margy5024]

That was a great walk! I love Seattle, thanks for taking me along on your stroll.

[@kevontop5152]

Such a beautiful day today! It was so funny to me that even at 40 degrees outside but just because it was sunny, people were out with shorts on. Shorts but with a big jacket lol Dennis, I’d love to see some videos whether a ride along or a walk video where you go to the Seattle as well as Tacoma suburbs, show neighborhoods and discuss those areas’ uniqueness. Thanks.

[@LaoOcean]

I could make a video like that. Just need to identified good burbs for the vlog. 👍

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[@roryjoey1778]

Haven't been to Seattle in seven years. Will be back in couple days still kind of looks the same but a lot of changes surely. I'll be roaming Ballard, Tacoma, Bellevue and white center probably montlake as well idk. Thanks for update and what I'll be seeing

[@marcuswenger7668]

Thanks for sharing the Seattle treks!😁

[@tinkhamm7251]

Looks pretty nice my friend, this week I'm in Columbus Ohio doing hardwood floors and stairs, long curved handrail of oak

[@gi169]

Nice long walk with lots of downtown scenery, and a light dousing of Mr. Lao Ocean's good philosophy. Thanks Mr. Ocean, I'm still, really, enjoying your content...

[@LaoOcean]

You may get sick of it soon at the rate I’m uploading 😭😢🤣😂😅

[@gi169]

@@LaoOcean No way Mr. Ocean. Your content is amazing. I'm bummed I'm not able to watch them as soon as you upload... Keep goimg sir... Thank you...

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[@johnhpalmer6098]

A great tour of the city I once lived in. Know that area well. lived there for almost 20 years, 1996 through 2016, minus a year and a half away when I made an unsuccessful attempt to find work in LA in 2002, was there 6 months, came home and lived almost all of 2003 with my now late mother before moving back to Seattle. Lived on Queen Ann Hill's Uptoan neighborhood, then when I moved away, moved back, this time to Capitol Hill and lived there for 13 years before rents and housing in general was way more than my budget could comfortably sustain for the long haul. I wound up buying a small house in Tacoma, where I grew up near (University Place) so knew the town well and while it's got it's issues, it's nothing like Seattle appears to have experienced in recent years. Glad I live here now. A nice walk on a beautiful, but cold sunny winter morning in the big city.

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for sharing your experience in the 206.

[@ExploreInMotion]

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[@TravelLuvr67]

Aloha to both of U, I Luv da show & luvin da Newton tshirt🤙🏽🫶🏼

[@eddstarr2185]

I remember enjoying the Summer Concert series in Westlake Center, listening to live music while enjoying a Dog in the Park hot dog. Happy 2022 Everyone! ❤❤

[@EricaUrr]

Yesterday was such a beautiful sunny day! I did a little walk through South Lake Union 😊

[@kailaspatil952]

I was one month in Seattle just back to India 10 days before, good video I like

[@robertcardenas6305]

Thank you for what you do, We appreciate your videos 😊

[@worldwidecitytours5474]

Wonderful video and good production quality. Looking forward to the next one!

[@kmakhella1498]

You bringing me some good memories about that city, thanks man

[@loeyminske3459]

What a beautiful day! Thanks!

[@jwfloating-world]

Great video again Dennis. Yes the Monorail was only $6 when I last visited in 2019. Please do a video of a trip on it in the future so other people who haven't visited Seattle can enjoy the experience. I can also recommend the Dog in the Park. I tried mine at the stall at Seattle Center and it was delicious. 😁✌

[@LaoOcean]

Yeah I will ride it someday!

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[@atravellersjourney]

Such a wonderful video my friend, nicely done.

[@katikus3544]

I met my boyfriend in 2018 he's living in Bellevue and we're about to meet after the pandemic ends. I found your channel not long ago and I've gone through bunch of videos and imagine myself being there. Thank you so much for the online tour.

[@LaoOcean]

Glad the videos have been helpful!

[@ExploreInMotion]

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[@DC5dotty]

I noticed your pace picked up as you headed up from pike to McDonalds .. 😂

[@LaoOcean]

Yeah the Big Mac was really calling my name 😂

[@DC5dotty]

@@LaoOcean 😂😂

[@reginacorbin3929]

Beautiful day for a walk! Thank you!

[@joeyweston9001]

sucky weather lol

[@josiepornel3901]

Dennis , the link railway is only up to Northgate, not yet in Shoreline. I liked your walking videos as always. Keep it up👌👍.

[@LaoOcean]

Yes, thanks for clarifying/correcting. 👍

[@camilastyles9586]

Hey denis,im going to Seattle from Arizona on 14-17 this month and I was wondering if you are going to make a video on those days.hope I run into you just to say I love your videos.

[@LaoOcean]

I’m not sure. Hit me up on IG @lao.ocean.

[@michaeltipton5500]

Very nice from someone who lives near Tacoma.

[@moonstoneway2694]

Thank you. Nice to see Seattle coming back from all that happened the last few years.

[@MeowMeow-ul4su]

They just moved all the homeless people to over by the hospitals and the freeway. Still thousands of tents and homeless camps everywhere .

[@memewithinameme35]

@@MeowMeow-ul4su Live over by N Beacon Hill and can confirm that. there was a dude literally smoking crack only 100- 200 ft away from a daycare center yesterday morning lol. why do we have some of the highest homeless pop in the country yet are one of the smaller urban cities, ppl come here to feed their addiction not beat it. still a lovely city in some regards

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[@adimereseininaimaidreketir5945]

Snow melted by fabulous sunshine looks cleaner every time in Winter. As snow naturally does the cleaning. Now that is good hahahahaha. People relax and Snow is natural cleaner again.

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for watching!

[@mwcbrits]

Thanks, lovely video.!

[@nursechicay]

Wooow😊 Thank you for your videos. It's helpful for me to see what's in Seattle, because I plan to work as a Nurse in Seattle. 😊 I'm still in the process of deciding which state I will work soon and 1st choice is WA, Seattle. 2nd choice is Texas... I'm still checking videos of this 2 states😊 Thank you. God bless.

[@Kingchantress]

When you said Jeff Bezos balls that kind of threw me off😆😆. Overall thank you for posting these videos I do plan on moving to Seattle and I enjoyed watching this walkthrough😍😍💥

[@emygreen23]

I'd love to visit January 2023 but was worried about the weather! How could would it be like the first week of January? Any snow?

[@LaoOcean]

It could snow in January.

[@peterdorn5799]

marina is also on 15th capitol hill & Ahloa

[@Lady-Carmakazi]

When I first moved here about 6 yrs ago I had to go to the court house for a license. I'm pretty sure I paid a scammer for a parking space & then had to jump over a huge & I mean enormous pile of fresh human feces in order to get to the building. Downtown Seattle's disgusting. Now we're being hit with an $850 a month rent increase & the folks running the city wonder why they have a homeless problem. People are leaving the city in masses. I'm out of here , would've stayed longer but it's just to expensive & this is coming from someone that isn't just starting out. Idk how young people just getting started are surviving here. I've seen them living in their cars but working full time, that's really messed up. I'm moving back out of here as fast as i can like someone lit my ass on fire.

[@marchboy]

Downtown is changing. Gameworks, Macys, Barns and Nobles, and Mr. Saigon all gone.

[@LaoOcean]

Sad but true

[@MTknitter22]

A real shadow of how it once was

[@mattconcertlife]

Love this 😍

[@JohnDoe-xm9ql]

Great video...

[@capitoloneonine4026]

Lao, hit KauKau at 1030am. Honestly nice people, good soup, but meat was cold. $9.50 $12 with tip. Went straight to PHO BAC, blew me away. $13 large #5 fatty brisket, $15 with tip. So good im going Mon at 8am before my flight out :)

[@LaoOcean]

You are doing it! 👊

[@keelahunt3067]

Love your content

[@jennies3452]

Hello, is SLU a safer area in comparison to other parts of downtown? Thanks!

[@dondenis1500]

For someone who was born and raised in Seattle, walking around downtown now i very depressing and dangerous after dark. It is really sad to see what it has become.

[@worldtravel1057]

Nice walk, Keep it up 😀👍👍

[@feonjun]

What camera are you using?

[@LaoOcean]

GoPro 9… which I rarely use for walking videos

[@zebrajenks]

Sure has changed a lot since I lift in 2007.

[@2269blondtiger]

Are the restrooms at the bottom the mall you were in on that floor when you left for a minute? Public ones in pacific place no code needed?

[@LaoOcean]

No code needed and they are to the right of the Hello Seattle sign

[@arcticthundergamer113]

late start today, we are eating dinner while watching your video

[@LaoOcean]

Nice! 🙌🏼

[@kellyl8158]

Dear Ocean, I am visiting Seattle on 13-Jan to 28-Jan, planned to go Leavenworth too. However I am not sure about the roads/highways condition, I searched online and not very informative, please advise how and where to search for the reliable information about the road condition. I am watching FOX 13 news everyday :D

[@cathleenalambra1447]

FYI... Leavenworth has declared state emergency experiencing 3 ft of snow!

[@LaoOcean]

Yeah Leavenworth right now is not accessible from what I know. It’s bad there and getting there.

[@samanthataylor3372]

I thought Amazon moved to Bellevue?

[@LaoOcean]

I don’t think so, at least not all of Amazon.

[@fardinrahmanshamil9267]

Wow,seattle looks cleaner and beautiful. Did they permanently clean homeless camps??

[@LaoOcean]

No such thing as permanently cleaning up lol

[@gwenfahri2668]

Hi Lao has Seattle had a Lot of tourists or has it been quiet due to the pandemic

[@LaoOcean]

Plenty of tourists from what I see

[@MTknitter22]

@@LaoOcean Nothing like it used to be. Not only pandemic but crime has deterred many

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

Is there any truth to "plans to clean up and revitalize Pioneer Square," in the area around the Smith Tower?

[@LaoOcean]

Not sure but will look into this. It looks cleaner than it did last year, I can tell you that.

[@unappealingundesirable2826]

@@LaoOcean That's good to know, because without the pandemic, Pioneer Square has the potential to be a thriving place. True, dangerous at night, and a lot of homeless people around. But, Friday and Saturday nights, those clubs used to be very busy.

[@LaoOcean]

@@unappealingundesirable2826 I remember those clubs in the 80’s and 90’s… vibrant there.

[@debalinapanda4788]

I was just there!

[@jennies3452]

Is it safe to live in Seattle downtown? Moving from NYC. Thank you for the video 🙂

[@greg2976]

It has to be safer than NYC!

[@P0RTAL_DARKO]

It isn't the same anymore. Nice walk through though. 😀

[@thechosenone818]

Hoping to go back once if they remove vaccine mandates till then thanks for these.

[@WhereTheLocalsRoam]

I've stayed at that Westin many a time 😂 Thanks for letting a girl retrace her steps! I'll be there in a week and can't wait to be back! I don't know if I'll get a gorgeous sunny day like this though ☀️ Great walk as always, Dennis!

[@LaoOcean]

Enjoy and shall pray to the weather gods for some sun for ya. 😆

[@WhereTheLocalsRoam]

@@LaoOcean I appreciate that LOL

[@dementedcassssss222anovaaa3]

Amy Cimprich I hope you and your family are ok

[@noeminoemi1350]

I hate cold and rainy. Warm and rainy is okey.

[@tcs9998]

3rd Avenue the gate to hell

[@the_platform]

Looks fine. What’s everybody crying about?

[@alexdecampos9889]

that place used to be packed now a ghost town tent city sad state for that city

[@flakeyjake3339]

Where are all the homeless we're supposed to be inundated with? I live south of Seattle, and have been afraid to go anywhere near downtown for years now...............

[@computer-iq1ly]

Fun fact: there is backrooms

[@scottchissus8364]

Such a shame we now live in an indoor Society. Seattle sucks.

[@timkahn2813]

its raining pronouns

[@saintpreferred9223]

Did Seattle pay you to make this? Trying to show us how clean and normal it is? Hahahahahahaha