DON'T Move to Seattle, it SUCKS! (Most of Washington too) (Vancouver: how much, quality of life)

[SaltyDawg]

I eagerly anticipate OP's report on the big-city nirvana he/she is heading to. The one with no homeless, income inequality, traffic, or rain, but with amazing amenities, perfect transit, year-round 75 degree temperatures, low housing prices, and gorgeous people as far as the eye can see.

Send pictures!

[thatguy950]

^sounds more or less like Scottsdale, expect for 75 year round due to summer inferno season

[dtuba]

The OP is a complete troll post but the point about people not being friendly or making eye contact is a valid one. People here must think they're in Manhattan or something. If you want friendly people, I find Tacomans to have much less of an attitude and are willing to actually connect with other human beings.

[LuvsCruisin]

Been here 8 years and love it. I spent 35+ years in FL and GA sweating my ass off for 9 months out of the year making 1/3 the money I make now.

The climate here is great... I could give a damn that it's cloudy from October thru May... the sunny summers make it worth it. People here don't know how lucky they are. It's nice to be able to go outside in the summer without the gawdawful humidity and bugs eating you alive.

I don't miss those hot humid days with a heat index of 110+ and warnings not to go outside with electric bills that are $400+ per month because your AC never turns off and the power company knows this so they raise their rates in the summer.

[homesinseattle]

LuvsCruisin. Couldn't have said it better. I'm born and raised Miami boy in Seattle 28 years now.

[tickyul]

Good and bad, pros and cons, just like living in any other place.

Someone who writes a totally negative or totally positive review of a place they have lived, I usually take what they write with a grain of salt.

[mhays25]

Originally Posted by dtuba

....but the point about people not being friendly or making eye contact is a valid one. People here must think they're in Manhattan or something. If you want friendly people, I find Tacomans to have much less of an attitude and are willing to actually connect with other human beings.

In a small town, sure. But in a city, leaving people alone is probably appreciated more than the opposite, unless you live next door or see them frequently. "Attitude" is the last thing that comes to mind for me.

[Cinema Cat]

Originally Posted by LuvsCruisin

I don't miss those hot humid days with a heat index of 110+ and warnings not to go outside with electric bills that are $400+ per month because your AC never turns off and the power company knows this so they raise their rates in the summer.

I was in Seattle last week. It was in the 90s. Santa Monica, CA, where I live, was only in the 70s.

I wish Seattle had more rain, and clouds, and cooler temps. But I keep hearing that its summers are getting hotter and hotter.

[USDefault]

Originally Posted by Cinema Cat

But I keep hearing that its summers are getting hotter and hotter.

They are. Snow almost nonexistent in winter, summers getting hotter.


Ignore the troll. Seattle is a fantastic place to live. Very good weather in spring and fall, absolutely superb in summer (even with the heat). Winter sucks, it's grey and rainy, but winter in Seattle is better than many other places in the U.S.



Seattle has the best seafood in the United States, period. Excellent restaurants overall, better than the Bay Area in my opinion. Seattle has a good downtown core, many excellent "suburbs." Always stuff going on, many farmer's markets and outdoor attractions from the core out to the exurbs, many family-friendly things to do all the time, tons of maritime and waterfront jobs, activities, recreation. It's booming, it's cool, a very desirable place to live.

[LuvsCruisin]

Originally Posted by Cinema Cat

I was in Seattle last week. It was in the 90s. Santa Monica, CA, where I live, was only in the 70s.

I wish Seattle had more rain, and clouds, and cooler temps. But I keep hearing that its summers are getting hotter and hotter.

LOL... Seattle has plenty of rain (it's misty, not a downpour) as well as clouds and cooler temps. You just need to come between October and May.


As for 90 last week... I'm not aware of that. It was 80's as I recall... and still NOTHING like the heat and humidity that I was talking about from the great states of Florida and Georgia. Compared to there the summers here are a cakewalk.