Thinking of moving to Austin from Seattle... (people)
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We lived in Seattle for 10 years and we were thrilled, thrilled, thrilled to move to Texas last year. Austin is too small a city for our careers so we moved to Houston but we spend a lot of time in Austin because we have so many friends there. I would live in Austin in a heartbeat over Seattle. Seattle is gorgeous but it is tough to have a high quality of life there unless you are very, very wealthy. And even then, you can't pay the sun to come out.
Austin has a lot going for it and is a lot of fun. People are so much nicer in Austin than in the Seattle area. Seattleites can argue about it all they want but I think the Seattle Freeze is completely real and very annoying. It is refreshing to live in a state where people think it is normal to talk to strangers and in Texas people are willing to become friends with you before they've known you for 20 years.
I love how all these TX lovers who claim to be "so nice", "so friendly" and "so kind" are doing NOTHING but ripping on people from Seattle. If you were truly as kind as you keep saying you are, you would be discussing what you like/love about TX without this disgusting, continual bashing on Seattle. Which, btw, not the fairest comparison as many of you are comparing TX the state to Seattle, the city. But either way, it would be a lot easier to believe that you are all as kind and perfect as you profess if you stopped trash talking some place else. You get out what you put in. If you have a lousy attitude those around you will feel it and will not want to speak to you. So Seattle freeze was perhaps nothing more than people sensing your anger and hatred of the place and not wanting to have their positive energy zapped by someone who is miserable, unhappy and griping all the time. So it's really great that those of you who hated Seattle moved away. Your presence in a place that you were miserable living in only brought down the quality of life for everyone around you and those forced to come in contact with you. As for the OP, you really need to run, not walk, to Texas because you sound absolutely miserable where you live. I don't know how you survived as long as you did.
I love how all these TX lovers who claim to be "so nice", "so friendly" and "so kind" are doing NOTHING but ripping on people from Seattle. If you were truly as kind as you keep saying you are, you would be discussing what you like/love about TX without this disgusting, continual bashing on Seattle. Which, btw, not the fairest comparison as many of you are comparing TX the state to Seattle, the city. But either way, it would be a lot easier to believe that you are all as kind and perfect as you profess if you stopped trash talking some place else. You get out what you put in. If you have a lousy attitude those around you will feel it and will not want to speak to you. So Seattle freeze was perhaps nothing more than people sensing your anger and hatred of the place and not wanting to have their positive energy zapped by someone who is miserable, unhappy and griping all the time. So it's really great that those of you who hated Seattle moved away. Your presence in a place that you were miserable living in only brought down the quality of life for everyone around you and those forced to come in contact with you. As for the OP, you really need to run, not walk, to Texas because you sound absolutely miserable where you live. I don't know how you survived as long as you did.
You must live in Seattle. Being kind and having a strong opinion about something are not mutually exclusive. But there if you don't follow the party line, which is there is no place better on earth, you are deemed miserable - so much armchair psychology there it is laughable. I loved Seattle for the first 10 years I lived there, when it was reasonably priced and before all my fun friends moved away. Frankly, the sun and the people here cannot be beat. Here if you claim Austin is not the best place on earth, some people will tell you you are wrong, some will tell you are entitled to your opinion, others will suggest you leave, but I don't recall anyone accusing the person of being "miserable." That seems to be a Seattle thing.
You must live in Seattle. Being kind and having a strong opinion about something are not mutually exclusive. But there if you don't follow the party line, which is there is no place better on earth, you are deemed miserable - so much armchair psychology there it is laughable. I loved Seattle for the first 10 years I lived there, when it was reasonably priced and before all my fun friends moved away. Frankly, the sun and the people here cannot be beat. Here if you claim Austin is not the best place on earth, some people will tell you you are wrong, some will tell you are entitled to your opinion, others will suggest you leave, but I don't recall anyone accusing the person of being "miserable." That seems to be a Seattle thing.
Yep. The minute you criticize Seattle, the typical response from Seattleites is to tell you what a miserable wretch you are. Just proves the point.
I never complained about Seattle during the decade I lived there. I've only realized how much more I like living in Texas after we relocated.
I love how all these TX lovers who claim to be "so nice", "so friendly" and "so kind" are doing NOTHING but ripping on people from Seattle. If you were truly as kind as you keep saying you are, you would be discussing what you like/love about TX without this disgusting, continual bashing on Seattle. Which, btw, not the fairest comparison as many of you are comparing TX the state to Seattle, the city. But either way, it would be a lot easier to believe that you are all as kind and perfect as you profess if you stopped trash talking some place else. You get out what you put in. If you have a lousy attitude those around you will feel it and will not want to speak to you. So Seattle freeze was perhaps nothing more than people sensing your anger and hatred of the place and not wanting to have their positive energy zapped by someone who is miserable, unhappy and griping all the time. So it's really great that those of you who hated Seattle moved away. Your presence in a place that you were miserable living in only brought down the quality of life for everyone around you and those forced to come in contact with you. As for the OP, you really need to run, not walk, to Texas because you sound absolutely miserable where you live. I don't know how you survived as long as you did.
I'll have to agree with you on the fact that, yes, running instead of walking to Austin is my best bet But that's about all I can agree with.
Trust me, as soon as I'm able to leave Seattle I will. I promise you and all the others whose 'vibe' I'm bringing down that I will stick to my word. I'll even try and convince the many others who agree with me to leave ( I won't mention Austin, though, they'll have to figure it out for themselves ), because then all the "happy" people in Seattle won't have us to bring all of you down.
Wait a minute, that's it!! I just figured it out, all of 'us' are the reason that Seattle is constantly rated/mentioned in all those most depressing cities in America lists. Sooo, if we all leave, then Seattle should become one of the happiest places. I'll do my best to help you guys out here
You know what, for everyone here in Seattle who loves it and thinks it's the best place to live...ever... well then I am honestly and sincerely supportive and happy of them for finding their 'mecca.' It just turns out that it isn't for everyone, and I'd think you'd agree that people want and need different things from a city (ahem...sun and outgoing personalities).
Not everyone is able to up and move at any moment, and I think it's totally acceptable to be unhappy with certain things and look for change. I agree, that the problem lies in the fact when people wallow in their own misery and do nothing to try and change that. So, in a nutshell, that is what I and I'm assuming the other posters on this and similar threads are expressing. We are just "internet bonding" over similarities we have as far as both likes and dislikes about certain cities. I just happen to be from Seattle and just happen to be interested in Austin, and so the course of this conversation just happens to be about these two cities.
Thanks for dropping by and leaving the stereotypical Seattle response though. It lets us know that Seattle hasn't, and won't change anytime soon.
Seattle has such potential. I am sad the dynamics of the city have lead it to its current state, but I guess that's the way the locals like it.
Actually, you probably haven't read it...but I think it illustrates your point, not that I agree with you...that just wouldn't be the proper thing for a Seattleite to do!
Actually, you probably haven't read it...but I think it illustrates your point, not that I agree with you...that just wouldn't be the proper thing for a Seattleite to do!
Thanks for the link. Yup, that's exactly what happens. Although I guess occasionally it happens on the Austin forum, but really, not nearly as much psychobabble is involved.
I love how all these TX lovers who claim to be "so nice", "so friendly" and "so kind" are doing NOTHING but ripping on people from Seattle. If you were truly as kind as you keep saying you are, you would be discussing what you like/love about TX without this disgusting, continual bashing on Seattle. Which, btw, not the fairest comparison as many of you are comparing TX the state to Seattle, the city. But either way, it would be a lot easier to believe that you are all as kind and perfect as you profess if you stopped trash talking some place else. You get out what you put in. If you have a lousy attitude those around you will feel it and will not want to speak to you. So Seattle freeze was perhaps nothing more than people sensing your anger and hatred of the place and not wanting to have their positive energy zapped by someone who is miserable, unhappy and griping all the time. So it's really great that those of you who hated Seattle moved away. Your presence in a place that you were miserable living in only brought down the quality of life for everyone around you and those forced to come in contact with you. As for the OP, you really need to run, not walk, to Texas because you sound absolutely miserable where you live. I don't know how you survived as long as you did.
You then come to a forum to downgrade these same people in the same way because you feeling were hurt. Unlike their opinion about the city ;you base your opinon of them never having meet them. there are people who don't like Austin too but that doesn't make them miserable people who ruin a area.
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), because then all the "happy" people in Seattle won't have us to bring all of you down. 
