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I live in Seattle and pay for The Seattle Times. Anyone who can afford their local paper should probably subscribe. I learn a lot about how Seattle works from the paper. You can get federal news anywhere, that is boring. Make sure you are informed about local and state issues.

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I cancelled my Seattle Times subscription since the ads on their site are garbage. From the full page red and yellow "Video Only!" ads to some that would redirect to some scam site on mobile without clicking. After complaining repeatedly by email I decided to vote with my wallet and called to unsubscribe. They did their whole retention spiel and said I should just use an ad blocker on their site...

Some of the local coverage was good, but I prefer even more focused coverage like CHS Blog/The Urbanist/Seattle Transit Blog and Geekwire.

I know paper is old-school, but it's a lot easier to ignore the ads there, so I pay for the Sunday paper.

> Some of the local coverage was good, but I prefer even more focused coverage like CHS Blog/The Urbanist/Seattle Transit Blog and Geekwire.

Are these all Seattle-centered? Which of these do you recommend the most?

Pretty much all Seattle centered except maybe Geekwire that’s a bit broader. If you live in Capitol Hill, then CHS blog is by far the one I’d recommend the most

> I cancelled my Seattle Times subscription since the ads on their site are garbage.

Install an ad blocker.

The ST reprints a lot of NYT articles for their non-local news. Too bad they never reprint WSJ articles.

I want to subscribe to a local paper but I can't get over the fact that they charge 3x as much as I pay for a Washington Post subscription. There just isn't that much news going on here.

Yes, I live outside of Detroit, have been here for 7 years, and have learned just so much more about the city since I started subscribing to the Detroit Free Press late last year.

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