Comparing Seattle to NYC

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

I've got a bunch of facebook friends who post a lot of pics & videos of the Seattle area.

Based on that, the way it comes off to me is that the natural scenery around there is great and is really the big attraction.

Yea, climate, never to cold or hot, water everywhere, less crowded. It is has more cloudy days, but someone posted Seattle should have around 150 days of sunny whether this year. But these I would put in Seattle's favor.

[grapico]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

I've got a bunch of facebook friends who post a lot of pics & videos of the Seattle area.

Based on that, the way it comes off to me is that the natural scenery around there is great and is really the big attraction.

The nature out west blows anything else in the U.S. away plus you get the ocean and mild weather. Incredibly scenic almost anywhere you drive. But, you are right. And it isn't just Seattle. For most of people on the west coast outside a small section of folks in LA and SF city cores, and even a good majority of them. The main benefits for living out there are the mild weather and nature. Of course that is the big attraction.

[kidphilly]

Really anyplaces can be compared at some level. The challenge is on scale. But choice is always personal, many people will prefer Seattle to NYC and vice versa - there are pros and cons to both and to any individual they can meaningful and correct

[tekniskagal]

Originally Posted by grapico

The nature out west blows anything else in the U.S. away plus you get the ocean and mild weather. Incredibly scenic almost anywhere you drive. But, you are right. And it isn't just Seattle. For most of people on the west coast outside a small section of folks in LA and SF city cores, and even a good majority of them. The main benefits for living out there are the mild weather and nature. Of course that is the big attraction.

This is attracting me!! ...'lived all across the East Coast even NYC and once you've had the water and mild weather, there's not ONE experience in NYC that I would overly miss. Besided the fact that I can get 99.9% of what I want in NYC in london with cooler weather and better waterfront views.

[rotodome]

Originally Posted by knucklehead_vol

Washington legalized pot. Where is New york?

Possession got decriminalized in NYC, so hey, there's one slight similarity.

[Gaylord_Focker]

I am a big fan of both, but NYC is he alpha in this country. Basically ask yourself if you can live anywhere, where money is no issue, in other words, you rich, where would you live? NYC>


If you're going to take a shot at the king, you better not miss.

[DynamoLA]

Uh oh, you broke the cardinal rule of city-data -- you tried to compare a city to New York.

Be prepared for 573 responses from people saying how New York is best at everything, nothing compares to it, yadda yadda yadda.

Oh, I see some of them have already started...

[Hawaii4evr]

I need to spend more time in Seattle to judge but I hate that everyone here seems to think NYC can do no wrong. Seattle is probably safer, no doubt cleaner, nicer weather most of the time, much better scenery, people are less rude, and it still has a nice skyline with dense walkable areas. Plus, it is way cheaper than NYC. I can say I would already rather live there than NYC.

[GatsbyGatz]

The truth is that dense urbanity and "living in the City" is overrated, but don't say that on these forums!

Everyone here knows that living in a shoebox in a massive skyscraper in a crowded, dirty, dense city is the ideal form of living, especially when all you have to look forward to is to be surrounded by stores, bars, and restaurants but have no money to spend on these places because your rent is outrageous and you're basically living in poverty.

Yet living in these conditions is worth it because apparently it's super cool to live next to hundreds of bars and unhealthy food eateries. Truly the apex of human civilization is to be able to get drunk every night and waste money at restaurants and stores buying things you don't need

Now let's have a serious discussion and identify something: there are an absurd amount of people living in NYC with many bars and stores, but... so what? What does that have to do with happiness? Is getting drunk all the time what truly makes you happy? Or does shopping for products in a store that you can easily find anywhere online give you the jollies? What about eating at restaurants all the time when it is so much cheaper to just buy your own groceries and cook? How about the joys of having to carry dozens of bags with you on your walk home from the store?

That's up to you to decide based on your own relative ideals. NYC offers a different kind of living style that could appeal to some, and could seem pointless and stupid to others. Seattle has its own kind of living style that, again, can appeal to some and can seem terrible to others. To each his own.