I've visited Seattle probably 15 or 20 times. I've always had a good time and found the people to be really friendly.

I never knew until recently that my experience flies in the face of stereotype.

I'm talking about the so-called Seattle Freeze, which, as one local resident put it in viral op-ed recently, describes a city where "humans ... go to extraordinary lengths to avoid connection," and a place that is both "geographically gorgeous," and "an emotional tundra."

Ouch. Now, there's a possible explanation, according to the same newspaper that published this angry op-ed, or perhaps it's more of an inconvenient data point for anyone........

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