Seattle good for 20 somethings? (Vancouver, George: 2015, apartments, dorm)

[wildheartv]

Hello! I'm looking into different cities to transfer to a university finally. I am a little older than the average junior in a BA program i'm 23. I have yet to apply to a university in Seattle. I'm really interested in it, never been. I have family who has visited and mentioned it's really nice and the people are nice. I would be living in a college dorm. Although it sounds nice through my google research I have read that it is quite difficult to make friends in Seattle in general which is exactly what has stopped me from applying to a school there. It would be really important to me, to be social and be involved in activities and I would like to meet people my age. I heard the bar scene is great. I've read that people in Seattle are nice but do not make efforts for new friendships outside of their social circle. Is this generally true? I'm from Southern California, I live about 30 miles away from LA. I'm tired of all the traffic and lifestyle here and the price. In my opinion people in LA and close cities are conceited. Is Seattle a good place for a 23 year old single woman?

[Bolo99]

Are you ready to pay 3 times the cost for out-of-state tuition? This could cost you $30,000-$40,000 in tuition for 1 year alone.

[sunburned_in_seattle]

Technically, you have to live in the state for one year before you could apply for in-state tuition...I would work for one year before applying to college here, you pay 1/3 of out-of-state tuition.

[homesinseattle]

I came here as a 23 year old, 26 years ago. Although I hear people talk about it, I've never had a problem making friends here. The pub culture is great.

[CrazyDonkey]

I'd put school first, where second. Why not stick it out where you are until you graduate, or transfer in-state, then apply for graduate school elsewhere?

[thatguy950]

If you're looking to escape sh*tty people, traffic, and high cost of living; I hate to say it but you're barking up the wrong tree with Seattle.

You may be better off in Portland if that's what you're after.

[Ruth4Truth]

What people say about how reserved Seattle-ites are doesn't apply so much to the university scene. If you get involved in activities on campus, or find a special-interest dorm, you'll make friends easily. And those friendships will likely last well past your university days, so you'll have a ready group of friends to hang out with after you graduate, too.

[RotseCherut]

Seattle is a good place for wealthy people of any age who have more money than they know what to do with. If you are a working class Joe, you will be struggling to make ends meet whatever age. It is a city of workaholics, many becoming workaholics just so they can have the honor of living in one of brand new, sterile overpriced studio apartments overlooking a beautiful view of a dumpster.

Growing up in Portland in the 90s, I would say that was a fun place for 20 somethings. Although, I hear even in Portland now, it is getting so expensive to live, the liberal aristocrats are raising taxes so high that no working class person can make it and many of the younger aged, working class and other people who are not either welfare recipients or wealthy cannot make a living in the city. Seattle still has more of a corporate infrastructure to help with the rising costs, but you will be working your behind off to keep up with the costs and keep that paycheck coming in. This makes for a very bland and rigid social environment where most people are too caught up in the ratrace to go out and enjoy life, which is what a social scene is all about.

Seattle of 2015, in my opinion is probably one of the most boring cities to be young and lively in the country. People still are blinded by images of Kurt Cobain, Pearl Jam and all the other legends of a totally different Seattle and think that this city has 24-7 music/ entertainment venues. Seattle is no Vegas or Manhattan by any means..

If you are looking for excitement, one of America's entertaining cities would be up your alley. Seattle is one of those cities where at 11PM on Thursday it is like a ghost town, almost everything is closed. Yes, there is dive bars or affluent cocktail longues to serve those with money to burn. But as far as social venues to have fun at or cultural events the city is sterile. As far as Seattle's pub scene, is a place people go after work to hang out with each other. There is no real scene, as many bars you go to in Seattle you just sit there and everyone looks at his drink and doesn't socialize with anyone else but his after hours workmate. That's fine and dandy, but Portland ACTUALLY had a pub/bar scene where people literally came to the bars to socialize and meet people. I met many people hanging out in bars in Portland. In Seattle, it is completely different. People go to bars/pubs in Seattle to spend the little free time they have with their group of work mates or friends. Nobody goes to hang out at bars as a means of socializing.

Seattle has a deranged communist government in a city deep rooted in Capitalism, you have the worst scenario imaginable. With the rising cost's of living in the city and the demands of the commies to make everyong get equal pay, no matter what their job skills or qualifications means that the cost of living and venues are very expensive, about double or triple what they were in Portland. I am amazed at how the stupidest cultural events or crappy local hipster rock bands will bring about fees of $25 for a show. It's hilarious, but in Portland, I could see top rated bands for $25-30 at ticket. In Seattle. you will be paying three times that. The ORegon Sympathy is a fraction the price of the Seattle Symphony and is much more reputable, even being headed for many years by world famous Yitzhak Pearlman.

Anyway, IMO, Seattle is overrated and boring as a city, but the scenery is the best of any city in North America outside of Vancouver, BC and a notch above Vancouver IMO.

[homesinseattle]

Rotse, guess you haven't been out after midnight lately in the Pike/Pine, Belltown, Ballard, Georgetown or Fremont parts of Seattle, to mention just a few. They are vibrant these days, great music, late night food choices, lots of energy. What you speak of about lack of late night nightlife used to be true to a certain extent, it most certainly isn't now. We've missed you, good to see your positivity and love for Seattle is back. Do you live in Seattle? It doesn't really sound like you know it these days.

[wildheartv]

Lol, Attending FIDM, Woodbury university pretty much the only fashion schools in LA cost 27k-35k a year tuition in state without Dorm costs. So that isn't an issue as I'm ready. And I live 30-40 miles from those schools. Although I'd be applying to a marketing program in a university in Seattle.