Bob Gardner wrote:
I have heard enough "Oh...are you IFR?" out of Boeing Field that I consider
a little crap necessary at times.

Bob Gardner

I guess that's why usually at Paine Field they tell you "Advise ground
and tower that you're IFR" at the end of your clearence. And that's just
like other posters have suggested - a class D tower which hands you off
to Seattle Center.