Social nudity in Seattle

Social nudity is relatively common and accepted in Seattle when compared to other American cities, although perhaps similarly treated as in other large communities of the West Coast region, such as Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Portland, Oregon. There are a number of routinely held non-sexualized clothing-optional and topfree events, including cycling.
In 2005 the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" reported that, "Parks spokeswoman Dewey Potter said the parks department does not consider simply being naked illegal, and she doesn't remember any complaints during the 13 years she's worked for the city about nudity in the parks". Seattle bans indecent exposure if it is "like to cause reasonable affront or alarm", exempting breastfeeding or expressing breast milk.