Do you think Seattle is too isolated? (Vancouver, Pacific: how much, neighborhood)

[seattlenextyear]

If I have time and money to spend on a weekend trip, I usually don't want to be spending it in another city. Give me mountains and oceans!

[LongDawson]

Originally Posted by pw72

Seattle isolated? Nah, you've got Kent, or Burien if you need to go to the Olive Garden or Wal-Mart or something.

That's a little bizarre because Burien has a lot of really good places to eat, if anything Burien is a bit of a foodie enclave but the closing of Filiberto's has me miffed. Burien is sweet! Renton has the Walmart. And let's not retread John Keister and his Kent parodies--very 1990s. And if you want to sound like a dork from Yakima start quoting Keister's Kent nonsense. Kent is a jewel of a city for many reasons it just depends on you IMHO.

[pw72]

That's the problem with trying to be humorous on the net. Not everyone will get it. No offense was intended to Kent or Burien. My only point is you can find just about anything in the Seattle area. The thread is about isolation, like anyone can do anything about that, except move. I'm not from Yakima, in fact lived in Seattle for most of my life, and sorry, but still think Keister's localisms are funny. It's good to laugh at ourselves occasionally.

[pwright1]

I use to live on the east coast. I remember driving from D.C. to NY/NJ on the smelly NJ turnpike many times. 4 hours of funk and blandness.

Now driving from Seattle to Portland, Vancouver B.C., Lake Chelan or anywhere else out here is like a breath of fresh air. Plus flights to SF, LA, Vegas or San Diego don't take all day like they use to back east. Is Seattle isolated? Not at all.

[Jennibc]

Originally Posted by pw72

That's the problem with trying to be humorous on the net. Not everyone will get it. No offense was intended to Kent or Burien. My only point is you can find just about anything in the Seattle area. The thread is about isolation, like anyone can do anything about that, except move. I'm not from Yakima, in fact lived in Seattle for most of my life, and sorry, but still think Keister's localisms are funny. It's good to laugh at ourselves occasionally.

I laughed.

[LongDawson]

Yakima is a good laugh.

[ElektroDragon]

If Vancouver is considered one of the top cities in the world, why was it chock full of homeless when I visited? I have visited dozens of major cities in the US and Canada, and never have I seen so much homelessness.

[XXclimberX]

Originally Posted by LongDawson

I feel really worn down from the weather too. I don't know how they do it in Canada. The last two entire years have been just terrible. Almost April and there is still snowfall last night on Cougar Mountain. Rain, cold, rain, cold. An old friend said that we are entering a 20 year cycle of colder weather with more snow and rain. Same as we had 60s & 70s.

Seattle and its two sister cities vancouver and portland are kind of isolated but that is what makes them a cool place to live in.

[azoria]

Originally Posted by ElektroDragon

If Vancouver is considered one of the top cities in the world, why was it chock full of homeless when I visited? I have visited dozens of major cities in the US and Canada, and never have I seen so much homelessness.

Yeah, I've talked to some Vancouverites who mentioned the terrible homeless problem there.

I've also talked to some Canadians who said that Vancouver/Victioria are Canada's most popular retirement areas.

Both the homeless and the retirees are there for the same reason: coastal BC is the warmest place in Canada. Nearly snow free, it's know as Canada's Banana Belt.

[dpgtfc]

Originally Posted by ElektroDragon

If Vancouver is considered one of the top cities in the world, why was it chock full of homeless when I visited? I have visited dozens of major cities in the US and Canada, and never have I seen so much homelessness.

I don't think you understand what it is to be a world class city. Lets see, what would you consider World class?

NYC is often considered world class, it has homeless.

London has homless.

Paris has homeless.

Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong... They ALL have homeless.

Seattle has the most homless I've seen, if it is worse than that, I would wonder what is wrong, but you know what? World class isnt' defined by how few homeless a city has.