So boring here (Seattle, Mount Vernon, Snoqualmie: price, shopping mall, bus)

[RotseCherut]

I'd rather go hiking in the drizzly rain than go hiking in heavy smog and dust or in an area filled with dirt and sagebrush like you have in Southern California. The beach can only be enjoyable for so long, before the crowds get on my nerves.

[Cinema Cat]

Some people have seasonal affective disorder in reverse. I've read about it. They're depressed by sunlight, and gladdened by gray skies and night. I think I'm one of them.

I've lived in Southern California for over 26 years. I hate heat and sunshine. I find sunshine depressing. I rarely go out when it's sunny. I instead go out at night, which is why I love winter -- it gets dark early.

During the day I only move about via my air-conditioned car, from one underground garage to another.

One reason I'm thinking of moving to Seattle is because I'll be able to go outside more often. I love going out when it's cloudy and gray. I find it invigorating. (I'm originally from New York, which at least has gray winters.)

That said, there's not much smog in Los Angeles. It used to be much worse in the late 1980s. I remember driving downtown, early morning, and the sky would have a yellowish-pinkish hue from the smog. Almost like in BLADE RUNNER. No longer. L.A.'s sky is quite blue now.

And brown deserts are as nice as green forests. I'd consider moving to Santa Fe if it wasn't for the sun.

[NorthWetter]

If it wasn't for skiing, I'd think that I'd be pretty bored in the winter as well. I definitely feel the effects of seasonal effective disorder and basically have to make sure that I get outside for at least an hour each day in order to stay motivated. Long walks in the rain can actually be quite soothing.

I'm definitely going to be doing the snowbird thing after I get too old to ski though.

[twelker]

Cinema cat are you a " vampire " lol

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by Cinema Cat

Some people have seasonal affective disorder in reverse. I've read about it. They're depressed by sunlight, and gladdened by gray skies and night. I think I'm one of them.

I've lived in Southern California for over 26 years. I hate heat and sunshine. I find sunshine depressing. I rarely go out when it's sunny. I instead go out at night, which is why I love winter -- it gets dark early.

During the day I only move about via my air-conditioned car, from one underground garage to another.

One reason I'm thinking of moving to Seattle is because I'll be able to go outside more often. I love going out when it's cloudy and gray. I find it invigorating. (I'm originally from New York, which at least has gray winters.)

That said, there's not much smog in Los Angeles. It used to be much worse in the late 1980s. I remember driving downtown, early morning, and the sky would have a yellowish-pinkish hue from the smog. Almost like in BLADE RUNNER. No longer. L.A.'s sky is quite blue now.

And brown deserts are as nice as green forests. I'd consider moving to Santa Fe if it wasn't for the sun.

Except for your last statement about the brown deserts, I agree with you! Sun and hot all other time is way over-rated and doesn't agree with me. Even in the Bay Area it was too hot and boringly sunny for me. I have seen some scenic and beautiful deserts in my travels, including Death Valley, but would never want to live in one. I will taqke a dense forest with moss hanging from the trees, ferns and nurse logs all around any day.

[Mezter]

Originally Posted by madaboutmad

We moved here from southern California a year and half ago. I'm bored out of my mind. I have a 3 year old and have joined a moms club, do lots of activities, but compared to socal where the weather is so nice and you can go outside and do just about anything at anytime, I'M SO BORED. There are just only so many farms and shopping malls that I care to go to.

When I moved here, I heard there are so many things to do, but I think I am finding out that this came from people that just haven't experienced amazing weather all year round and don't have the perspective of someone who lived in awesome weather all year round. Any one else feel the same way?

I actually here this a lot on here. Seattle can't be that boring, right

[Charlestondata]

What I have to say about this comes from memory of an NPR spot a couple of years back. A woman wrote a book about Seattle feeling like home after having worried for years that she had made a big mistake moving there from Los Angeles. As I recall it, she saw Seattle as a place mostly made up of residents who took for granted that everyone loved it there, including newcomers, but also as a place that was quite insular and parochial compared to Los Angeles or New York, where she had also lived. After years in Seattle, though, it grew on her and she evolved into a true Seattler or whatever who couldn't imagine not living there. She described how she felt every time she would fly into Seattle and look at its layout and topography from above, with a chill traveling down her spine as the plane came in for a landing or prepared to land. I don't remember the name of her book. What I've heard about the weather and climate in Seattle tells me that for me it would be the hardest change to get used to. But I don't think of Seattle as being a boring place. I've never been there, but I just can't see it. But then I've never lived in LA or New York.

[Ira500]

Originally Posted by Columbiadata

What I have to say about this comes from memory of an NPR spot a couple of years back. A woman wrote a book about Seattle feeling like home after having worried for years that she had made a big mistake moving there from Los Angeles. As I recall it, she saw Seattle as a place mostly made up of residents who took for granted that everyone loved it there, including newcomers, but also as a place that was quite insular and parochial compared to Los Angeles or New York, where she had also lived. After years in Seattle, though, it grew on her and she evolved into a true Seattler or whatever who couldn't imagine not living there. She described how she felt every time she would fly into Seattle and look at its layout and topography from above, with a chill traveling down her spine as the plane came in for a landing or prepared to land. I don't remember the name of her book. What I've heard about the weather and climate in Seattle tells me that for me it would be the hardest change to get used to. But I don't think of Seattle as being a boring place. I've never been there, but I just can't see it. But then I've never lived in LA or New York.

The book was " Where'd You Go, Bernadette?".
Terrific book, one of the funniest books I've read in years.

[Seacove]

Landings and take-offs above Seattle are the best. The topography is amazing - seriously. With all the islands, peninsulas and water, it never gets old. Google it and see yourself.

[Inkpoe]

Originally Posted by Mezter

I actually here this a lot on here. Seattle can't be that boring, right

Look at what the poster is saying. She claims that she's meeting people and doing "lots of activities". Pointedly, the "farms and malls" is weird, even for this area, and quite frankly would be boring in any city. The OP is saying in a roundabout way that she hasn't acclimated to the weather. "Seattle's so boring" isn't actually the problem, its Seattle not having SoCal weather.