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04-04-2008, 06:03 PM
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I love sunshine!
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: WA
432 posts, read 451,256 times
Reputation: 83
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I can't say I hate it and am not a native but lived here almost half my life. I used to love Seattle when you could hop on a ferry on a sunny Saturday without much line or drive north without getting stuck in the Everett back-up. Like others, the lustre has worn off. I would prefer to live somewhere sunnier and in a smaller, more family-oriented place.
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04-04-2008, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jul 2007
355 posts, read 289,947 times
Reputation: 142
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I agree that hate is too strong of a word......except when it comes to moss and mud! I need warm sand between my toes. I can enjoy it here for a while but I know I can't stay.
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04-04-2008, 11:25 PM
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Not a member
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Join Date: Mar 2008
98 posts
Reputation: 37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by allforcats
Actually, one of the things I LOVE about the Seattle area is when I make my marvelous dessert of julienned stewed carrots in lovely mint chocolate chip ice cream. Which I just love! UMMMM yummers!!! In the Seattle area I love. As a transplant. Who clicked the fifth choice.  |
Hahaha, you get a rep point for making me laugh wih the julienned stewed carrots and ice cream -- which kind of sounds good, right? |
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04-05-2008, 02:13 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
1,738 posts, read 2,281,994 times
Reputation: 916
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I'm a transplant and loving it, but don't plan to stay the rest of my life. I love Seattle's natural beauty, weather, laid back sort of small town atmosphere yet big city culture and amentiies. Also what a like is Seattle is a realitively safe big city with far fewer aggravated assaults and homicides than most big cities. I really feel safe walking the streets of Seattle day or night. Compared to cities I lived in this seems like Mayberry in that department.
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04-05-2008, 03:30 PM
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Visitor from Planet Quatt =^..^=
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Cosmic Consciousness
3,861 posts, read 3,706,292 times
Reputation: 1819
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pwright1
... far fewer aggravated assaults and homicides than most big cities. I really feel safe walking the streets of Seattle day or night. Compared to cities I lived in this seems like Mayberry in that department.
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AMEN!!! As a former NYC person for 30 years in midtown Manhattan, I agree! You are so right, Pwright! You said it perfectly: "Mayberry" by comparison.
The crime here is usually against possessions rather than persons, and I'll take theft over death any day!
(It sez I must spread the rep around before... Just please know I tried :-) |
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04-05-2008, 07:13 PM
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Proud California Native
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: All over CA (north and south), now in the Seattle area...
871 posts, read 922,533 times
Reputation: 196
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Well, we moved here, and were really hating it, but I joined some mommy meetup groups, so I'm not as unhappy as I was before. We're still only staying for 4 years or less, though.
V. =)
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04-06-2008, 11:41 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Seattle in June 2010!
164 posts, read 105,498 times
Reputation: 34
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My thoughts...
My wife and I are very excited to be moving out to Seattle in a couple of years. I can’t imagine the weather bothering me much, since I've lived my whole life in the Cleveland area, and have been either frozen, or melting most of the year! 
Not to mention the job market, which here in Cleveland is pretty much non-existent, unless you work in the medical or service (retail) industries.
My wife, who is studying architecture, and me as an IT guy would have a lot better luck finding rewarding careers in the Seattle area.
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04-06-2008, 07:38 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Coweta, OK
628 posts, read 690,453 times
Reputation: 170
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well, I'm not a native and we just moved here. Not saying I hate it, it's just not what we expected. Not sure what exactly we expected, it's just different than we thought. It's nice enough, love the weather, it just doesn't feel like home.
It's like I keep waiting for someone to say, vacation over, time to go home. Only problem is, I don't know where home is.
Of course, I've only been here 3 months, so go figure.
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04-06-2008, 07:52 PM
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I left my heart in Sacto
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: it's 66 degrees in Seattle in July?? NO THANK YOU
2,833 posts, read 3,410,363 times
Reputation: 655
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[quote=seahawksweetie;3375423]
It's like I keep waiting for someone to say, vacation over, time to go home.
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This is how it was when I moved here...like I was waiting for the vacation to be over so I could fly home - but the thing was I had moved, so this WAS home...
It still doesn't really feel like home. It makes my husband sad that I don't feel like it's home. And it's been four years
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04-06-2008, 07:56 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2008
290 posts, read 314,416 times
Reputation: 66
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I voted planning to relocate (June) and nervous. I think the Seattle area will stretch our budget a bit much because of the high rent, and the traffic/congestion will take some getting used to. The weather is something I'm looking forward to--anything different at this point sounds great. Also, our dream of owning a home in the next few years likely won't happen unless we settle on something much smaller and older than we would want.
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