Misconceptions about Seattle (Everett, Redmond, Lynnwood: home, buy, to live in)

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by iskray917

misconception: ZOMG IT NEVER STOPS RAINING!!!!!!

truth: yeah it rains a lot, but cities such as New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, Memphis, Houston, New York City all get way more while other cities that you never really associate with rain (Dallas, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Washington DC) get about the same.

As a former resident of Everett,WA, I can attest to that. I remember many sunny days, and days when it wasn't raining. Atlanta does get more rain in Seattle, I can attest to this, especially since I remember it flooding last year in Atlanta.

[WikiAdam]

One misconception that I see tossed around quite a bit on these forums by certain users is that Seattle's food scene is somehow lacking. To those people I say: try looking.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by WikiAdam

One misconception that I see tossed around quite a bit on these forums by certain users is that Seattle's food scene is somehow lacking. To those people I say: try looking.

Seattle is Mario Batali's hometown and his father co-founded Salumi: Salumi Artisan Cured Meats

[iskray917]

People feel like killing themselves because of the weather, and in fact Seattle has the highest suicide rate in the nation.

[seattlenextyear]

Originally Posted by Radnor

And if you do work at Microsoft you're rich and know Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer. That may have held true if you joined back in the 80s but not today.

People are always amazed when I point out there are other companies that are headquartered or have a large presence here. Amazon, PopCap, Nintendo, Eddie Bauer, REI, Costco, Jones Soda, etc.

Ha, when my husband was younger (and skinnier), he had Bill Gates glasses. Whenever he was in a tourist-y area, people would always come up to him, stare at him, and then ask if he was Bill.

[sean98125]

People worry about the rain but they don't think about the fact that we got much less daylight in the winter than any other major US city in the 48 except Minneapolis. We get almost an hour less daylight than most major US cities in the winter.

[JustCallMeTC]

Originally Posted by iskray917

People feel like killing themselves because of the weather, and in fact Seattle has the highest suicide rate in the nation.

Facts you say?

Good luck on backing that up with facts.

And thanks for spreading yet another misconception about Seattle. For the record Lost Wages comes in at #1`.

Seattle, Wash.
Overall rank: 20
Depression rank: 6
Suicide rank: 27
Crime (property and violent) rank: 25
Divorce rate rank: 24
Cloudy days: 201
Unemployment rate (December 2008): 11.5%

America’s Unhappiest Cities: Seattle, Wash. - BusinessWeek

[iskray917]

Originally Posted by JustCallMeTC

Facts you say?

Good luck on backing that up with facts.

And thanks for spreading yet another misconception about Seattle. For the record Lost Wages comes in at #1`.

Seattle, Wash.
Overall rank: 20
Depression rank: 6
Suicide rank: 27
Crime (property and violent) rank: 25
Divorce rate rank: 24
Cloudy days: 201
Unemployment rate (December 2008): 11.5%

America’s Unhappiest Cities: Seattle, Wash. - BusinessWeek

sorry for not clarifying, but i was stating a misconception.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by sean98125

People worry about the rain but they don't think about the fact that we got much less daylight in the winter than any other major US city in the 48 except Minneapolis. We get almost an hour less daylight than most major US cities in the winter.

Seattle is the northernmost major city in the USA(not including Alaska cities). At 47.6 degrees North latitude, the northern part of Maine is on the same latitude as Seattle's southern suburbs. Factor in the event of foggy and overcast weather, the daylight seems even shorter.

Mpls on 12/21: Sunrise: 7:48AM, Sunset: 4:34PM
Seattle on 12/21: 7:54AM, Sunset: 4:19PM

Seattle gets the fewest daylight hours of any major city in the USA(excluding Alaska) in winter.

[scootertrash61]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

Seattle is the northernmost major city in the USA(not including Alaska cities). At 47.6 degrees North latitude, the northern part of Maine is on the same latitude as Seattle's southern suburbs. Factor in the event of foggy and overcast weather, the daylight seems even shorter.

Mpls on 12/21: Sunrise: 7:48AM, Sunset: 4:34PM
Seattle on 12/21: 7:54AM, Sunset: 4:19PM

Seattle gets the fewest daylight hours of any major city in the USA(excluding Alaska) in winter.

seattle also gets the MOST daylight hours of any major city in the usa [again excluding alaska] in the summer.

so ride it out seattleites, it's all downhill from here