What is your status and opinion of the Seattle Area (live, moving to)

[wannabeaTexan]

Originally Posted by tada

I'm the only native looking to leave, hm?

No, you definitely are not.

[wannabeaTexan]

Originally Posted by Deep_Vee

I've joined you in that category. Although I fall somewhere between #1 and #2...more of a native who dreams of leaving...but probably won't due to family/career issues

Sounds familiar.

[lijohy]

I am from Seattle. Spent quite a bit of time in SF in the late 90's/early 2000's, and absolutely loved it. I got tired of Seattle around 2003 and was looking to move to the bay area when I got out of school. Got to working full time, and met my boyfriend via other friends. He ended up livin g in Tucson AZ, and I was grateful for a chance to go check out other possible living options. Spent the summer of 2006 in the desert, and now all he heres about from me is how utopian Seattle is! I am so grateful that my friends and family live in the Great NW! There is nothing better than hiking Mount Si on a spring day, kayaking Lake Washington in the summer, and taking my two pups to one of the many local dog parks. Seattle is a very family friendly place, and I am looking forward to spending many more future years there! My boyfriend and I are going to move out to a rural area of Pennsylvania for a year in September, and then we are going to relocate to WA. Hoping to find something either in Mill Creek, Kenmore, or even Shoreline! However, Greenlake, Greenwood, Wallingford, Ballard, or any residential northend Seattle 'hood would be fine with me! (Since the Capital Hill mansions are a bit out of my budget! ;-) Mount Baker or Madison would be nice too, it will all depend on our careers. We are both in Academia, and the U has a wonderful campus both in the district and in Bothell. We might just end up renting and then moving to Europe for a few years to get more experience in our fields. Or even staying in PA, depending on how I like it, or how my boyfriend likes Seattle.
Anyway, enough of my tangent- I clicked the first option on the poll!

[akck]

I voted "Native who's glad to have moved away," but I'm really neutral on the glad part and really don't miss it. I still have family living there and visit occasionally.

[tada]

Originally Posted by CityGirl72

It's been great for my career, but I just can't handle the weather

Put this in future tense, and that describes me pretty well. No amount of money could keep me in this depressing hellhole after graduating. Hope to be in the "Native who is glad to have moved away" category soon as possible. I only have one life, and do not want to spend it here.

[HistoryAficionado]

So far, this tells me:

Natives are definitely outnumbered by transplants here on the city data forum.

It's split about 50-50 between people who like it here (if you add up those still here and those who left) and those who don't (natives as well as transplants)

Most people who are planning to move to Seattle are optimistic about it.

[CityGirl72]

When I looked at the numbers they tell me :Whether you are native or transplant - if you moved away you are NOT missing it (both got zero)

[chris]

my option would be: Relocated to the Seattle area, loved it for a year or two (honeymoon period), got married, started a family, realized seattle is *not* a good place to raise kids, now hoping to move away to a more moderate/temperate climate that isn't cloudy 10 months a year, but may not realistically get that opportunity, so I'll complain about it whenever it bugs me.

Overall there are worse places to live, so I try to remind myself of that.

[HistoryAficionado]

Originally Posted by CityGirl72

When I looked at the numbers they tell me :Whether you are native or transplant - if you moved away you are NOT missing it (both got zero)

I noticed that, too.

Also, as far as the hopeful and optimistic future residents: well, who really voluntarility relocates somewhere and expects it to be bad?

Still, I'm glad people participated it kind of says something about what drives a lot of the topics and comments people post on here.

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by CityGirl72

When I looked at the numbers they tell me :Whether you are native or transplant - if you moved away you are NOT missing it (both got zero)

My choice would have been "Native who moved away from Seattle missed it and returned", but that was not an option, so I did not vote in this poll.

Surely, I can't be the only one on city-data.com that would have voted that way given the option.