Seattle vs Miami (living, best, better, compare)

[Slyman11]

Which city is better, offers better quality of life, more impressive, more desirable to you?

- Scenery
- Schools
- Dining
- Arts
- Museums
- Transit
- Safety
- Best suburbs
- Beaches
- Nightlife
- Pro Sports
- Urban neighborhoods
- Shopping
- Jobs

I have to spend 4 months February- May in Seattle for my next project. Just visited Seattle for the first time last month for two weeks, nice place but complete opposite of Miami. I have to get a apartment in Seattle for my four months there, likely in a walkable area close to downtown, lots of book stores, plenty of restaurants, a highend gym, etc. Curious to see how these two metros compare, as they are complete 180's of one another which would you likely live in?

[vamos]

They are quite different - one is in the US, the other is in Latin America.

I think the only things to like about Miami are the weather and the beach. If you are younger, then add nightlife. It's good for a week, but no longer than that.

I do go to Miami just about once a month - I think I can count on one hand the number of times where I did not meet a complete a-hole somewhere on the street. I was not surprised when I was introduced to the alternative motto of Miami a while ago: Paradise with a-holes - and it couldn't be any more true if they tried to live up to that motto.

[Slyman11]

Originally Posted by vamos

They are quite different - one is in the US, the other is in Latin America.

No.

[Glasvegas]

- Scenery - Seattle by FAR (Miami is flat, but has nice beaches)
- Schools - Seattle
- Dining - Miami (can't knock Miami for # of restaurants)
- Arts - tie
- Museums - Miami sucks in that regard (for now), so Seattle
- Transit - tie
- Safety - Seattle
- Best suburbs - Seattle (Miami's suburbs are bland and car-centric)
- Beaches - Miami (of course)
- Nightlife - Miami (although I don't care for Miami's nightlife)
- Pro Sports - tie
- Urban neighborhoods - Seattle
- Shopping - Miami
- Jobs - Seattle (Miami has some of the worst unemployment in the country)

Only been to Seattle once, but lived in Miami. Seattle beats Miami on most of these. I would choose Seattle, personally.

[lgonzalez12]

very different places...but I'd go with Miami

[iMarvin]

- Scenery: Seattle - Palm trees get old after a while.
- Schools: Miami - I don't know if this is right, but it seems like there are more colleges in the Miami area.
- Dining: I don't know.
- Arts: Seattle - Miami is lacking in this department.
- Museums: Seattle - Miami is also lacking in this department.
- Transit: Tie - Both have good transit systems.
- Safety: Seattle - Miami is much more dangerous.
- Best suburbs: Tie - Miami has just as many nice, affluent suburbs as Seattle, if not more.
- Beaches: Miami - No comment needed.
- Nightlife: Miami - Miami is a known around the world for South Beach.
- Pro Sports: Miami - Miami has more of the pro sports than Seattle.
- Urban neighborhoods: Seattle - Miami doesn't really have any special urban neighborhoods.
- Shopping: Miami - Miami is known around the world for shopping.
- Jobs: Seattle - Miami isn't doing too good right now.

[rnc2mbfl]

Originally Posted by iMarvin

- Scenery: Seattle - Palm trees get old after a while.
- Schools: Miami - I don't know if this is right, but it seems like there are more colleges in the Miami area.
- Dining: I don't know.
- Arts: Seattle - Miami is lacking in this department.
- Museums: Seattle - Miami is also lacking in this department.
- Transit: Tie - Both have good transit systems.
- Safety: Seattle - Miami is much more dangerous.
- Best suburbs: Tie - Miami has just as many nice, affluent suburbs as Seattle, if not more.
- Beaches: Miami - No comment needed.
- Nightlife: Miami - Miami is a known around the world for South Beach.
- Pro Sports: Miami - Miami has more of the pro sports than Seattle.
- Urban neighborhoods: Seattle - Miami doesn't really have any special urban neighborhoods.
- Shopping: Miami - Miami is known around the world for shopping.
- Jobs: Seattle - Miami isn't doing too good right now.

Uhh??? SouthBeach? That's a pretty special urban neighborhood.
Brickell is also a pretty special urban neighborhood. It may be urban in a high-rise sort of way but it's urban nonetheless. For an edgier urban experience, try Wynwood and the Design District.

[FlyMIA]

Originally Posted by Slyman11

Which city is better, offers better quality of life, more impressive, more desirable to you?

- Scenery Tie, both too different.
- Schools Seattle, (they have to have better public schools)
- Dining Miami
- Arts I have no idea.
- Museums Seattle
- Transit Miami
- Safety Seattle
- Best suburbs Miami
- Beaches Miami
- Nightlife Miami
- Pro Sports Miami (no NBA or NHL in Seattle)
- Urban neighborhoods Miami, more of them, more dense.
- Shopping Miami
- Jobs Seattle

I have to spend 4 months February- May in Seattle for my next project. Just visited Seattle for the first time last month for two weeks, nice place but complete opposite of Miami. I have to get a apartment in Seattle for my four months there, likely in a walkable area close to downtown, lots of book stores, plenty of restaurants, a highend gym, etc. Curious to see how these two metros compare, as they are complete 180's of one another which would you likely live in?

Seattle is a great city. I just prefer the East Coast, the weather of Miami, it's culture etc.. I could live in Seattle too.

[Garfieldian]

I think the biggest diff is the weather. The weather in Seattle would stop me from moving there. Cold/Heat doesn't bother me...all those grey overcast days and misty drizzle for months on end? No way. Seattle has about half the sunlight amount of northeast cities in the winter. I got a dose of some of that grey/overcast days at a time living in SF in the winter, I couldn't imagine it lasting about 4x as long in Seattle. That whole area to me has the worst weather imaginable, but some people seem to like it. You can pretty much forget about seeing much sunlight in Seattle from Oct-May.



But if you are not like me and could get past that then...



- Scenery Seattle
- Schools Seattle
- Dining Seattle
- Arts Seattle
- Museums Seattle
- Transit Seattle
- Safety Seattle
- Best suburbs Seattle
- Beaches Miami
- Nightlife Miami
- Pro Sports Miami
- Urban neighborhoods Seattle
- Shopping Miami
- Jobs Seattle

[Bill Loney]

Originally Posted by Garfieldian

I think the biggest diff is the weather. The weather in Seattle would stop me from moving there. Cold/Heat doesn't bother me...all those grey overcast days and misty drizzle for months on end? No way. Seattle has about half the sunlight amount of northeast cities in the winter. I got a dose of some of that grey/overcast days at a time living in SF in the winter, I couldn't imagine it lasting about 4x as long in Seattle. That whole area to me has the worst weather imaginable, but some people seem to like it. You can pretty much forget about seeing much sunlight in Seattle from Oct-May.

For people not from here, it's easy to buy into the myth of no sunshine. We certainly get our share of grey, but many days, listed as overcast, are actually sunny part of those days. So, as is the case often, statistics are very misleading.

Certainly the weather here isn't for everyone thankfully. But the lack of extremes is precisely what makes it attractive to those who love it here. Well, that and magnificent natural splendor.