Post reasons for not wanting to live in or near Seattle and I will shoot them down because Seattle is fucking awesome and everyone should be jealous of the people that live there.
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cobra_commanderThe area is great but it's populated with arrogant cunts.
lIllIAll the yogis and photography nerds are what drove me away from Washington in the first place, but I've since found that the religious sport fanatics in Utah are equally as bad (if not worse) - and there's still an abundance of yogis and photography nerds in SLC.
I'm looking for a sensible middle ground (a bad word, I know, considering I'm in America) with the perks of the NW Washington landscape. Some place that isn't retarded enough to raise the minimum wage to $15. Suggestions?
lIllIAll the yogis and photography nerds are what drove me away from Washington in the first place, but I've since found that the religious sport fanatics in Utah are equally as bad (if not worse) - and there's still an abundance of yogis and photography nerds in SLC.
I'm looking for a sensible middle ground (a bad word, I know, considering I'm in America) with the perks of the NW Washington landscape. Some place that isn't retarded enough to raise the minimum wage to $15. Suggestions?
division.bellI'm out on the eastside and far prefer it over being in the city. More mountain views and less people.
cobra_commanderSnohomish, Covington, Arlington all in occupied WA.
I really like Wenatchee, it is on the other side of the mountains in free WA, however.
NotoriousT.S.EDidn't bothering reading. Boston>Seattle --> Fact
skier_boy26If you read, you would realize you are incorrect.
cobra_commanderI forgot Fall City, Northbend, Snoqualmie area.
Lord_ByronWhat about Leavenworth? Ps I'm from Spokane originally, the heart of "free" Washington. It fucking blows.
BaltoSpokane is not the heart of free WA, it's just a place for everyone not quite stupid enough to live in idaho.
cobra_commanderI forgot Fall City, Northbend, Snoqualmie area.
Thizzle.You must have never been in a big city lol...
It's a lot nicer in most areas than like NYC or LA, but just like every major urban area it has low income areas that you would do well to stay away from after dark.
shocker611I can honestly say that I would walk anywhere in SLC at night by myself (granted its not a massive city, but the point remains)
Thizzle.Yeah well you're in fucking Utah so your point is invalid
Do they even have criminals in Utah?
BandoleroAnyone who has watched a full season of "The Killing" will stay hundreds of miles away from Seattle. If you love living in gray drizzle all the time, and obnoxious yuppy white people, you'll love Seattle.
ChillTeenDad420yea that show is a 100% correct representation of seattle
DingoSeanYou don't have to pump your own gas
ChillTeenDad420my least favorite thing about oregon is getting my gas pumped for me. feels so wrong...
SpssIs the sushi good in seattle?
mski"Seattle ranks in the top 5 nationally 226 cloudy days per year behind Anchorage, Forks, Astoria and Olympia. It's in the top 20 with 140 days of measurable rain."
Not the worst in the states, but that is quite rough. I would rather live there than other places in the US tho.
cobra_commanderI plan my gas station stops to avoid Oregon. Otherwise I get yelled at because the idiots are to slow. imagine a $15 min wage where you need to pay some kid to pump your gas.
ObeseBunnySome people like rain. I wouldn't mind all that rain at all, and plan on moving to Seattle post-graduation.
OP what do you know about Belltown? I'd love to move their post-graduation, but I'm a little concerned about the cost of living. Not sure if I could afford it.
Dr.DealgoodSo I moved to Seattle. Here's some thoughts:
-Wonderful confluence of ocean/city/mountains (bonus=a rainforest called the Hoh) Within 2 hours I can be right along the water, in the Cascades, or grubbing out on wonderful food. Sure that confluence exists elsewhere, but it's still a great feature of Seattle.
-Politics. Call it progressive, call it regressive, call it moronic, call it whatever you want. So far the city and its people seem pretty invested in quality of life and working (clumsily at times, e.g. Commander's pointing out about that giant metal tunneling worm stuck in park) but trying. There just seems to be less apathy than other places I've lived.
-Bikes. We're down with bikes.
-Rain. I like rain. I do miss thunderstorms though, they're a rarity here. But sure we've got clouds but it's not like it's deluging day in and day out and we're all on SSRIs for SAD. Often times it's cloudy in the morning (welcome to a maritime climate) and then it breaks up in the afternoon. Personally, I like to think of people who shy away from adverse weather as "sissies." BTW our summers are usually just buckets upon buckets of sunshine, sorta shifts to a pseudo-mediterranean climate.
-Antisocial/The Seattle Freeze. I've had it happen to me, but I'm not gonna be all butthurt and think about oh dear god this city is just so lonely it hates me and the people are mean! Sack up and live your life, there are lots of cool people. That being said, people are generally really nice here, they just probably don't want to continue that relationship. We're sort of private people here I guess. I dunno I'm still new.
-Hipsters. Sure the PNW has knack for cultivating them but at least the "cooler than thou" vibe has not reached San Francisco levels.
-Cascades/Olympics. Again, super rad ranges with LOTS of terrain.
-Safety. Yea, there's pockets here and there that aren't that great. I've been in WA for a year now and I think I've actually been nervous maybe twice. The city on the whole is pretty calm.
-Sports. Meh, I'm not a huge sports guy but it was awesome to see the city so excited by the Hawks. Was I annoyed with the "SEA -- HAWKS, SEA -- HAWKS" chants outside my window, oh yes, yes I was. But the Sounders are pretty cool too. I wish we had a hockey team over a basketball team, but that's just me.
-Traffic. Sure it exists, sure it can be downright deplorable. This is a universal problem, I haven't found Seattle to be especially or uniquely bad. It's called planning your trip and avoiding problem areas. Just like everywhere else.
-Cost of living. Not bad all in all. There are places, someone mentioned Cap Hill as being $$$. Which is true. But this is not a universal for the city. There are good neighborhoods and pockets that are affordable.
-Police. They suck. Look it up. Power abuse, violence, etc. A lot of problems there. For instance a couple weeks back someone fired a gun (hit/injured no one) while harassing a hot dog vendor. Not a siren was heard.
-Food. Good food, all over. Good sushi, a life altering sandwich at Paseos, even bbq, and ethnic foods are pretty well represented. Expensive? At times sure, but it's not $$$ everywhere by any means. Lots of happy hours too.
-Music. Good god, great hip hop scene and just a conveyer belt of great musicians pretty much every night. A lot of smaller venues with fair prices.
-History/Museums. It is sort of weird (having grown up in New England) to live in a place that doesn't seem to have much a deep rooted history or reverence for the past. There's a lot of "new" here. Museum scene ain't bad, but it ain't great either.
All in all, my view is that this can be a great place to live if you can put up with a few of our quirks. It's a younger city still figuring a lot of things out. But we're big on the outdoors/environment, have a big concern for public transit (convoluted and problematic at times, admittedly yes), people are generally pretty damn nice, good food, and it can be just so dang beautiful.
Dr.DealgoodSo I moved to Seattle. Here's some thoughts:
-Wonderful confluence of ocean/city/mountains (bonus=a rainforest called the Hoh) Within 2 hours I can be right along the water, in the Cascades, or grubbing out on wonderful food. Sure that confluence exists elsewhere, but it's still a great feature of Seattle.
-Politics. Call it progressive, call it regressive, call it moronic, call it whatever you want. So far the city and its people seem pretty invested in quality of life and working (clumsily at times, e.g. Commander's pointing out about that giant metal tunneling worm stuck in park) but trying. There just seems to be less apathy than other places I've lived.
-Bikes. We're down with bikes.
-Rain. I like rain. I do miss thunderstorms though, they're a rarity here. But sure we've got clouds but it's not like it's deluging day in and day out and we're all on SSRIs for SAD. Often times it's cloudy in the morning (welcome to a maritime climate) and then it breaks up in the afternoon. Personally, I like to think of people who shy away from adverse weather as "sissies." BTW our summers are usually just buckets upon buckets of sunshine, sorta shifts to a pseudo-mediterranean climate.
-Antisocial/The Seattle Freeze. I've had it happen to me, but I'm not gonna be all butthurt and think about oh dear god this city is just so lonely it hates me and the people are mean! Sack up and live your life, there are lots of cool people. That being said, people are generally really nice here, they just probably don't want to continue that relationship. We're sort of private people here I guess. I dunno I'm still new.
-Hipsters. Sure the PNW has knack for cultivating them but at least the "cooler than thou" vibe has not reached San Francisco levels.
-Cascades/Olympics. Again, super rad ranges with LOTS of terrain.
-Safety. Yea, there's pockets here and there that aren't that great. I've been in WA for a year now and I think I've actually been nervous maybe twice. The city on the whole is pretty calm.
-Sports. Meh, I'm not a huge sports guy but it was awesome to see the city so excited by the Hawks. Was I annoyed with the "SEA -- HAWKS, SEA -- HAWKS" chants outside my window, oh yes, yes I was. But the Sounders are pretty cool too. I wish we had a hockey team over a basketball team, but that's just me.
-Traffic. Sure it exists, sure it can be downright deplorable. This is a universal problem, I haven't found Seattle to be especially or uniquely bad. It's called planning your trip and avoiding problem areas. Just like everywhere else.
-Cost of living. Not bad all in all. There are places, someone mentioned Cap Hill as being $$$. Which is true. But this is not a universal for the city. There are good neighborhoods and pockets that are affordable.
-Police. They suck. Look it up. Power abuse, violence, etc. A lot of problems there. For instance a couple weeks back someone fired a gun (hit/injured no one) while harassing a hot dog vendor. Not a siren was heard.
-Food. Good food, all over. Good sushi, a life altering sandwich at Paseos, even bbq, and ethnic foods are pretty well represented. Expensive? At times sure, but it's not $$$ everywhere by any means. Lots of happy hours too.
-Music. Good god, great hip hop scene and just a conveyer belt of great musicians pretty much every night. A lot of smaller venues with fair prices.
-History/Museums. It is sort of weird (having grown up in New England) to live in a place that doesn't seem to have much a deep rooted history or reverence for the past. There's a lot of "new" here. Museum scene ain't bad, but it ain't great either.
All in all, my view is that this can be a great place to live if you can put up with a few of our quirks. It's a younger city still figuring a lot of things out. But we're big on the outdoors/environment, have a big concern for public transit (convoluted and problematic at times, admittedly yes), people are generally pretty damn nice, good food, and it can be just so dang beautiful.
DingoSeanHere comes the sammich shop debate.
Personally, and maybe this is just because I enjoy jew-style sammiches too much, but Kenny and Zuke's in PDX is still the best meat-bread combo food I've ever had in my life.
WattsWell Boston's ocean is clearly better than Seattle's ocean, so I think Boston definitely wins in the ocean category.
BrewskiJrAll that rain.... I can't golf in rain. Fuck Seattle.
spliff.Lifepeople. cars. capitalism. greed.
DIPED_IN_SAUCEDrDealgood hit it with the Paseo sandwich.
YES
These sandwiches make Seattle better then any other city in the world. The best thing I've had in my mouth.