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Nothing like the scent of a gentle summer afternoon breeze...
June 21, 2017, 04:46 PM
P220 SmudgeNothing like the scent of a gentle summer afternoon breeze...
In downtown Tacoma. If I had to guess, I would say an excellent vintage is in the works. The gentle scent of sun-baked body fluids is wafting over me. The ammonia & vinegar flavor of unhealthy urine sits full on and the palate with each inhale, mixed with the almost Parmesan tang of... something else. Syringe caps on the sidewalks, foil pipes in the street. When the wind is just right, the classic 'Aroma of Tacoma' lends some earthy notes.
Nothing like the smell of a summer breeze.
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June 21, 2017, 04:53 PM
mataiI just left my job in Tacoma in April, Bellevue smells much nicer.
June 21, 2017, 04:58 PM
braillediverThat's funny since it reminded me- I haven't smelled human waste since I was last in West Seattle.
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June 21, 2017, 05:04 PM
H&K-GuyIt's difficult to describe exactly what Tacoma smells like.
First, you have the tinge of New York City subway (urine and pretzels).
Second,there is the hint of four-day open flesh wounds, thanks to the occasional vagrant needle head, I would guess.
Lastly, there is a vague wiff of puke. Not full on 15 shots of Tequila puke, mind you. More like a subtle, one beer to many, wiff of puke.
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June 21, 2017, 05:29 PM
nhtagmemberTacoma
the flower of the northwest
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June 21, 2017, 05:31 PM
ScorpionBoyhaha. omg. yuck. and I get sort of irritated by all of the clouds of dank that I encounter on a daily basis. I see it could be worse.
I did read that in San Francisco there is an app you can download to show which blocks to avoid due to the needles and poo.
June 21, 2017, 05:40 PM
Jimbo54And I thought Tacoma was nasty in the 60's and 70's because of the 'Tacoma aroma' from the pulp and paper mills. How times have changed. Just another reason we never stop in Seattle or Tacoma in our travels like we used to. Another great example what a liberal invasion can accomplish.
Jim
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June 21, 2017, 06:01 PM
arfmelManitou Springs, Colorado is hard on their heels.
June 21, 2017, 06:11 PM
signewtadd a visual from my visit to Seattle waterfront some decades past:
obvious street dweller, lurching from curb to hydrant & light post to garbage cans, reeking even this 50 yards away, a foul nearly fluorescent viscous liquid dripping from the ankles.... up the legs his ballooned out full and squishy rain bibs, seeping around the edges genuine slime prints trailing, indescribable wet slather-matted hair, just arriving on scene medic crew donning full protective suits & breathing gear....
let's not talk mere odors.
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June 21, 2017, 06:16 PM
PHPaulThanks for all that, fellas.
Reinforces my determination never, EVER to live in or near a city. Any city.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
June 21, 2017, 06:22 PM
GWbikerThe air in downtown Tucson inside the air conditioned Public Library carries an unusual smell of urine and unwashed bodies, thanks to the homeless who hang out there on a hot day.
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June 21, 2017, 07:12 PM
SkyOtterquote:
Originally posted by PHPaul:
Reinforces my determination never, EVER to live in or near a city. Any city.
Totally with you on that.
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June 21, 2017, 10:12 PM
FN in MTI'm suffering through clean mountain air, with a bit of the sweet aroma from my Russian Olive trees that are in bloom. You can keep the City.
Over the past 30 years I've seen downtown San Francisco go the route a few of You have described. Needles, human waste, condoms, etc. They can keep it.
June 21, 2017, 10:24 PM
flesheatingvirusTasty, but not nearly as bad as Bourbon Street.
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June 22, 2017, 12:10 AM
nhtagmemberquote:
Originally posted by signewt:
add a visual from my visit to Seattle waterfront some decades past:
obvious street dweller, lurching from curb to hydrant & light post to garbage cans, reeking even this 50 yards away, a foul nearly fluorescent viscous liquid dripping from the ankles.... up the legs his ballooned out full and squishy rain bibs, seeping around the edges genuine slime prints trailing, indescribable wet slather-matted hair, just arriving on scene medic crew donning full protective suits & breathing gear....
let's not talk mere odors.
I see you met the Mayor
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June 22, 2017, 08:13 AM
WoodmanEnd of May I caught strong westerly winds blowing across wheat fields stretched from horizon to horizon. In SE Montana along US-212. That experience was the highlight of the last few years. The sweetest air I've ever breathed (I work inner city and center city projects, and "see it all" several times a week).
June 22, 2017, 08:49 AM
CQB60Green Acres is the place to be! Farm living is the life for me
Nothing tops the smell of honeysuckle in the spring air in the South...
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June 22, 2017, 02:55 PM
flashguyLoved the smell of the lilac trees in my aunt's yard in Arkansas.
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth June 22, 2017, 03:07 PM
Orive 8quote:
'Aroma of Tacoma'
Yes indeed, remember it well.... well, maybe that was a bad choice of words...
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June 22, 2017, 05:06 PM
P220 SmudgeI used to live forty-five minutes from the nearest Walmart, in between two farms that wer nothing but grazing milk cows and fields of alfalfa and corn for miles. I would go back to that situation in a heartbeat if money wasn't a barrier. Tacoma sucks.
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"If the truth shall kill them, let them die.”
Endeavoring to master the subtle art of the grapefruit spoon.