You know you're a '90s Seattle-area kid if... RIP to the 50 cent bus fare

Before it got all serious about cash-blasting disruptive innovation, Seattle was a cultural phenomenon. Here’s some of the best (or most memorable) bits about Seattle in the 90s for those who were kids in that time. less Before it got all serious about cash-blasting disruptive innovation, Seattle was a cultural phenomenon. Here’s some of the best (or most memorable) bits about Seattle in the 90s for those who were kids in ... more Photo: File Photos Photo: File Photos Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close You know you're a '90s Seattle-area kid if... 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

It was cheaper to get around Seattle in the 1990s — literally: at just 50 cents a ride, being a kid in Seattle during the '90s was a different time.

That's not the only thing that's changed in Seattle during that time: While prices have gone up, those kids have grown up.

While many Seattle kids fly the coop and head for cheaper pastures, plenty of us stick around. The city we've come up into isn't exactly the city we imagined — we always thought there'd be a house we could buy — but it is certainly a city that is once again on the rise.

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After all, during the 1990s we also had a whole lot of migration from California, a strong tech presence, and virtually the same feelings towards our sports teams (cautious optimism, rinse and repeat).

But we still have our memories of the days gone by, the vanishing Seattle that was specifically geared towards us, or the tendrils of the grunge culture that made such a splash in the late '80s, early '90s.

Click through the above slideshow for some of our favorite things about being a kid in Seattle during the '90s. Did we forget something? Let us know in the comments.