I dont recommend Seattle as your home

[pwright1]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

IF you are open minded and liberal yourself, (which I am), but if I were a right wing, gun toting, republican, Christian fundementalist do you think "Seattle" would be as tolerant?

I can tell you - no. No it would not.

It's tolerant as long as you fit the "Seattle mold".

[mayfair]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

It's tolerant as long as you fit the "Seattle mold".

Seattle definitely belongs in the same sentence as mold!

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by mayfair

Seattle definitely belongs in the same sentence as mold!

Hey, no "mold" remarks.
I have enough of it growing between my toes.
(That's how I know I've become a REAL native)

Ken

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by swsha4

Well, I have found in my travels that liberals are more tolerant of conservatives than conservatives are of liberals, . . .

Originally Posted by Jenbar

I am a liberal, but I have to admit, I totally disagree....

I, too, am a liberal, and I, too, disagree. There are lots of intolerant liberals around. You kind of expect conservatives to be intolerant, but when it comes from a liberal, it's very jarring.

[metrode]

Hey, I haven't read this thread too deeply, mostly just the initial post... But just to put it out there, I just moved here, and I already like it a lot. People are friendly, overall pace of the city is nice, stores and restaurants are very good.. coming from DC, my impression of the housing here is that you get your money's worth- its not cheap, but for a major city, its really not bad.

Also, on a really obvious point, the weather: also not that bad. It hasn't been really freezing (its winter, so obviously its cold, but nothing awful) and it does not rain all the time, not nearly really.. just very often. Its worth the rain to get the views one does here, the water, mountain ranges, and beautiful sky (esp. sunset.)

I think its a really nice place to live.

[Fallingwaters]

Originally Posted by pittnurse70

I, too, am a liberal, and I, too, disagree. There are lots of intolerant liberals around. You kind of expect conservatives to be intolerant, but when it comes from a liberal, it's very jarring.

I agree that people of all political affiliations and leanings can be intolerant in their own way.

In my post, by tolerant I meant people in the Seattle area are accepting of different sexual orientations. I didn't mean that people here are across the board tolerant of everything.

I'd imagine that if you asked someone who smokes cigarettes, for example, if the people in Seattle are tolerant, they'd probably say no.

I think it's a matter of majority opinion feeling that they're entitled to be judgemental or tell others what to do through local legislation. Judgementalism also doesn't directly tie in to one political affiliation or another.

I think some people who claim to be liberals can be overbearingly politically correct to the point that you'd call it censorship. I've also not heard or partaken in much lively political debate here -- seems like people are expected to either agree or keep quiet. It's really not much different sometimes than dealing with the fundamentalist right-wingers. In fact, when it comes to civility laws regulating things like smoking, drinking, strip clubs, which words can't be posted on billboards and the like they almost seem to agree.

Didn't mean to get this comment started on the political tilt. I am liberal, but I'm also not into political correctness and nanny state laws. What I meant though is that if someone is homophobic and vocal about those opinions, then Seattle is probably not the place for them.

Just to wrap it all up in one post: Balfor, driving through the city today I noticed more now that you mentioned that Seattle was gentrified on top of some of the seediness from the 70's-90's. I can definitely picture a more blue collar Seattle back then compared to today .

Anyone else notice that usually only people who live in the suburbs around Seattle -- as far away as Everett and Tacoma are the only ones who say they live in Seattle? The people who actually live in the city identify their neighborhood, Ballard, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, etc, instead.

[shanelainirish]

I lived in Kirkland and in Puyallup. I worked in downtown Seattle. I love Seattle and Washington State. I found it to be a great place to live and work. I have also lived in the Midwest and Southwest. There is no PERFECT place to live. There's positive and negative things about every city and state. Every large city is going to have traffic so just get used to it. When I lived in Kirkland, I took the bus to travel to downtown Seattle. My workplace provided my monthly bus pass, so it was very convenient. Yes, housing is expensive in Seattle but it is less expensive in areas like Maple Valley and Puyallup. The weather in Seattle is great! Usually not too hot or too cold and very little snow. I prefer winter in Washington over winter in the Midwest.

[wannabeaTexan]

Originally Posted by Fallingwaters

Anyone else notice that usually only people who live in the suburbs around Seattle -- as far away as Everett and Tacoma are the only ones who say they live in Seattle? The people who actually live in the city identify their neighborhood, Ballard, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, etc, instead.

I live in Renton and I say I live in Renton.

[Fallingwaters]

Originally Posted by wannabeaTexan

I live in Renton and I say I live in Renton.

Huh, this gives me an idea for another thread. Are you from Washington, by any chance? I think it's more the transplants who generalize most of Western WA as Seattle -- unless it's a traveling native who doesn't feel like going through the explanation of where Mukilteo is.











Mod note: Since the conversation has taken a bit of tangent and redirected to another thread, I think this is a good point to end this thread. I'm sure the topic will pop back up eventually but for now but for now, let's give it a rest for awhile. Thanks.