We’re lucky world events turned in our favor that year or we’d both be dead.

Yes, and I noticed the store! I used to buy makeup and whatnot at the one in Bellevue off Main Street in the late '80s-early '90s when I was in high school.

I was 16 years old in 1983.

They would view it through a racial lens as they do everything now, and declare 1980s Seattle to be too White and therefor unworthy of positive sentiment.

joe jackson I wish I was around then. Ballard born in 98’. Now it’s just a bunch of bums sleeping in door ways all up and down market st.

You still do? It's awful what it has become. Disgusting.

I had to leave in January of 2003 and have only seen the sad videos of what has become of my Emerald City since then. I'll stick to the memories of what it once was. Seattle will always be my hometown and I love it, too. It was a great place to grow up and its uniqueness is undeniable. After 20 years in the drab and dusty desert, I really miss all the water and greenery.

That was the first thing I thought when I saw that. Its honestly such a shame

Especially now in 2018. Everyday I lament having to go to work there. Screaming crazies on the street. Public urination is almost normal. Piles, actual piles, of used needles along some streets. I can't recommend Seattle as a good place to visit anymore.

If you hate it so much here now why don't you move out?

some people are stuck here with responsibilities like family or job. unfort not always easy to move quickly. its true Seattle has degenerated into a drug den with street vagrants run amok, human waste and needles in the streets. Vagrants drug addict bums living in the parks and greenbelts and destroying the reforestation efforts and trampling the soil, leaving needles and feces behind with their other trash.

Suck it up or shut up. There's plenty of places that are way cheaper than Seattle you can move to and I'm sure you can find a job there.

Woe to the vanquished

name me a major city that's good for the working middle class. It's not just Seattle, the whole country pushed blue collar workers out of the city and into the boondocks.

@@dannydubya9410 you'll have to stop on by though. I travel the US frequently. Seattle is getting worse every year. SF still beats it though with their acceptance of human feces on the streets. Seattle has major crazy issues. Syringes all over their formerly pristine parks.

Christopher Smith new york city in the 70s, 80s, and 90s was also dirty, super sketchy and filled with junkies, gangsters, and pimps. You couldn’t ride the train at night without getting mugged. Then they brought giulianni in and he basically threw everyone in prison and cleaned up the city. If Seattle wants to fix the problem all the liberals that live here and complain about everything need to elect a mayor that’s going to start actually getting aggressive with these homeless people and junkies. Seattle is a destination city for the homeless because of all the benefits. They will stay as long as they feel welcome. Stop being inclusive and start being aggressive. Give the police some batons, look the other way, and send them out blockbusting 👊🏻

Andre..... try Texas. You'd love it.

Amazon didn't ruin the city....liberal policies did.

Yeah music is a bit like early 70s

It has it's ups and downs.

Thank you!

The footage could have been shot then but the video was produced in 1983, according to the credits. But good to know!

@@SeattleArchives Thanks, great video. Seattle was a nice peaceful place in the early 1980s. Again. excellent videos that capture the easygoing look and feel of the city and region back then.

Lol I feel ya, I’m from Wapato but I live in Tacoma now

Lol I feel ya, I’m from Wapato but I live in Tacoma now

The credits do say Mike James for narration.

Thanks :-) I looked in the description but I didn't think to look at the actual end credits. Thanks for these great videos.

My uncle was one of those, clopping around Pioneer Square on a horse :)

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