Why is the "rainy" stereotype only associated w/ Seattle? Why not other nearby cities? (Vancouver: live in, metro)

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by Seacove

Exactly. Did you see that article I posted? On average almost 300 people are moving here per day? Think about that. Promoting the rain is all we have.

That's not always negative, in fact we moved here to escape the heat and sun, and have more cool weather, rain and clouds, most importantly, green landscape.

[homesinseattle]

I live in misty wonderful Seattle. I used to have a second home in Vancouver BC. When I first got it, I went into a great little bookstore up there, got in a chat with a local Vancouverite about how I thought the weather was better up there. He looked me in the eye, asked me if I was crazy and started telling me it was the rainiest part of Canada. I was excited about being there and hadn't really noticed. here's the thing. If you love a place and it makes you happy, the weather will always seem nice. Positive/negative thinking I guess.Some people say "the weather is bad today". I say "The weather is comfortable and cozy and my flowers are being fed". Pollyanish? Not really.

[pikabike]

I associate cool, gray, drizzly weather with Seattle, Portland, and both the Vancouvers. It doesn't "rain all the time", though.

The fog is beautiful. So is clear, sunny, breezy sky.

You sound extremely dissatisfied with everything about where you live, based on recent threads. I doubt the weather has much to do with it.

[SunAndRain808]

Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey

Both Portland and Vancouver BC are wetter than Seattle, by a fairly wide margin. Seattle benefits from the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains.

If our drizzly reputation keeps people away, I'm all for it. Whenever we have one of our spectacular summer days, I think, "Well, 500 tourists decided to move here today."

Well, that's good to know that Vancouver BC and Portland are wetter cities than Puget Sound area.

I just found it odd that people outside of Washington state tend to associate the "rainy weather" stereotype with Seattle, and it's not associated with cities such as Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, BC, where these cities are only a 300-mile radius from Seattle.

[Hemlock140]

An update and bump after 3 years. . . Seattle doesn’t get that much rain anyway, compared to some of the microclimates around it. Average is 37.9”, not that much more than Oakland, CA at 24”. Here in Sammamish, not very far from Seattle we get 53”, as does Issaquah. People are still flocking here and buying the new $1.3 million homes.

[509]

Originally Posted by SunAndRain808

Well, that's good to know that Vancouver BC and Portland are wetter cities than Puget Sound area.

I just found it odd that people outside of Washington state tend to associate the "rainy weather" stereotype with Seattle, and it's not associated with cities such as Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, BC, where these cities are only a 300-mile radius from Seattle.

Long before I moved to the Pacific Northwest I knew that Vancouver and Portland were wetter cities than Seattle. I lived in Vancouver, BC and spent 30 years driving to Portland on a monthly basis on business. Probably spent the least amount of time in Seattle.

Vancouver is awful...much worse than Seattle. It rains more in Portland than Seattle, but they have nicer weather being just enough farther south. It is still pretty cloudy and awful.

It is more than rain. Wenatchee at eight inches of total precipitation gets less rain than Tucson. However, between Thanksgiving and Presidents Day it is so rainy and cloudy that it is not fit for human habitation during those months.

Even with the greater rainfall in Tucson, it is still a nicer place than Wenatchee due to the lack of gray cloudy weather.

[TOkidd]

In Canada, the Lower Mainland of BC - Vancouver and its suburbs - is well-known for its rainy climate. Vancouver Island and the entire Pacific Coast of BC is famous for its temperate rain forest.

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by SunAndRain808

Well, that's good to know that Vancouver BC and Portland are wetter cities than Puget Sound area.

I just found it odd that people outside of Washington state tend to associate the "rainy weather" stereotype with Seattle, and it's not associated with cities such as Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, BC, where these cities are only a 300-mile radius from Seattle.

Ironically, Seattle is in a bit of a rain shadow. The rain totals in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver and areas in between the coastal and Cascade mountains varies mostly due to how high the mountains to their west are to scrub off moisture. The other factor is elevation. Olympia for example gets far more rain than Seattle while Sequim gets less than half the rain of Seattle and about a third of what Vancouver, BC gets. In addition to Sequim, Port Townsend and Oak Harbor are examples of places that get very little rain nearby Seattle.

[ben young]

Originally Posted by GatsbyGatz

Many reports on the topic, with many of Vancouver's houses remaining empty after being purchased. Vancouver's real estate is essentially an alternative to an off-shore account.

Most investment is of Asian origin .Should have let the Haitian community invest in Vancouver, hard workers ,diversity and the homes would be filled with cheerfully loving children.

[homelessinseattle]

Originally Posted by SunAndRain808

I guess this thread goes to show that people tend to relate to, or like the places that they were born in and grew up in.

I was born and raised on Oahu.

I have moved away from home three years ago because I could not find a job in the health care industry that I work in.

Been living on the mainland for almost three years (but I have been living in other parts of the mainland previously, prior to moving back to Hawaii), and beginning to hate living out here (seattle area). People here are so snotty, cold, anti-social.

Beginning to make me go crazy. I'm dead serious!

I cannot wait to move back to Hawaii! I really MISS the aloha and the local food.

I could say the same thing that the OP complained about of how she is fed up with Hawaii, her workplace, her co-workers, her life, etc.....except that I replace Hawaii with seattle or other mainland cities I have lived in, in the past.