PNW too. Lets hear the pros and cons of living here. Any midwest transplants have a retrospective opinion?
PNW too. Lets hear the pros and cons of living here. Any midwest transplants have a retrospective opinion?
You should read Jamin's posts and play the Last of US 2 to learn about this city. The entire city is under house arrest and no one can leave their homes. Its now under the control of King Inslee, not the federal government. Jamin escaped the border walls and made it to Colorado.
What?
Great running weather year-round, much better than the midwest where I am from. Plenty of great job opportunities especially in tech. Most people are fit and active and into outdoors. Short drive from mountains. Plenty of left wing reactionaries trying to bring back the 90s, but at least the leftism is at least restrained at the state level unlike California. If you're in tech and like running you will probably like it.
I grew up in suburb of Indy and have lived in various places in the US after college and have now lived in Seattle for about six years. Out of everywhere that I’ve lived, I really enjoy it here the most. This place is beautiful with mountains and water and very green. It doesn’t get humid and doesn’t get buggy. It can be gray and raining in the fall-spring, but having lived in Indiana, weather there in the winter is gray and cold. I actually like the weather here a lot where I don’t sweat much unless I’m working out.
One thing though is that if you’re going to move here, have a high paying job or it will suck. With today’s housing prices here, it even sucks with working at big tech companies. Luckily, I bought my house half a decade ago here so I’m not worried about trying to buy a place. Also, commute can be bad here so that will be a big deal.
So, to me, it’s been good as I work at one of the big tech companies where I can comfortably work from home right now and when going back to the office, I can take the employer bus to work which makes commuting a breeze. But if you don’t work at one of the big tech companies or have high paying job, it will suck and working and living in the Midwest will probably be better choice.
pete45 wrote:
You should read Jamin's posts and play the Last of US 2 to learn about this city. The entire city is under house arrest and no one can leave their homes. Its now under the control of King Inslee, not the federal government. Jamin escaped the border walls and made it to Colorado.
I guess the people I know are breaking the law. They're working, staying active and have no plans to leave.
I've lived in a lot of places over the course of my life. Originally from north Seattle. Graduated from high school and then off to a D1 out of state program. From there to the south for grad school. Then off to the midwest so wife can finish her PhD. A couple of overseas jobs and then back to the eastside of Seattle. It sure has changed a lot in the 30 years I was away. I hardly recognize the place. Will retire in a few years and spend summers here but winters in a warm climate.
Lots of pro's & con's about the greater Seattle area. Most have already been discussed.
I wonder why the US COVID curve turned up so violently in the third week of June? Was this a response to the riots spreading throughout the US in the first two weeks of June?
So are the people of Seattle and Portland guilty of killing people by the thousands due to their behavior?
TheseKidsUnderstand2 wrote:
https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trendsI wonder why the US COVID curve turned up so violently in the third week of June? Was this a response to the riots spreading throughout the US in the first two weeks of June?
So are the people of Seattle and Portland guilty of killing people by the thousands due to their behavior?
Perhaps, and maybe it was also a result of states opening up too quickly.
How many people in Seattle and Portland died, thousands?
Did Washington State and Oregon State open too quickly, shame on them. They opened up the rioters and then did nothing about the murders, violence and destruction of innocent business owners.
The people who have supported this violence are ignorant murderers.
See the trend:
COVID cases in WA
COVID cases in OR
Wouldn't it be nice if posters could talk about what the OP posted, not to be ruined by a troll COVIDIOT? Go away troll. The rest of you, continue. IMO, Seattle is a great city but has become god awful expensive and traffic is much worse than it was even a few years ago. West Coast cities in general have become so popular that they've been kinda wrecked by affluence. Just my .02.
TheseKidsUnderstand2 wrote:
https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trendsI wonder why the US COVID curve turned up so violently in the third week of June? Was this a response to the riots spreading throughout the US in the first two weeks of June?
So are the people of Seattle and Portland guilty of killing people by the thousands due to their behavior?
Portland and Seattle have become cesspools who exported COVID and violence. You go away little boy by not acknowledging the obvious trends.
Pros: lots of Asian hookers, especially in Bellevue
Cons: way too many to list
Cons. They let marxist militias take over large parts of the city.
It's funny, out in the Eastside I actually find an affinity to a lot of the cultures in the area - Eastern European / Russian / Asian, also my own (Hispanic). It is similar to what I saw in the Midwest. Work hard, study hard, value education, solve the problem instead of complaining about it, appreciate what you have. The diversity here is great, but in reality there are so many commonalities between the cultures it's not really that diverse from an ideological perspective.
My brother moved to Seattle from the midwest in the late 90s and he stayed. He loves the outdoors so it's always been a good fit for him. His only complaints over the past 20 years have been regarding the ugly women and the passive aggressive people. Everything else, he loves.
CancelLRC wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if posters could talk about what the OP posted, not to be ruined by a troll COVIDIOT?
I can tell from the style that it's Hardloper. He posted as himself first, giving a reasonable answer, then dropped in to troll.
pete45 wrote:
You should read Jamin's posts and play the Last of US 2 to learn about this city. The entire city is under house arrest and no one can leave their homes. Its now under the control of King Inslee, not the federal government. Jamin escaped the border walls and made it to Colorado.
That is fantasy, and not clever fantasy.
ohiaaaaaaa wrote:
PNW too. Lets hear the pros and cons of living here. Any midwest transplants have a retrospective opinion?
As an adult I have lived in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York City, DC, Dallas and Seattle. For me, Seattle is the best place. Of course, the best place is an individual decision. For me, the access to ocean, fresh water, hiking, skiing, cycling, and running with a temperate climate and a chance to make a good living is unbeatable. In the late spring I skied, cycled, water skied and kayaked all in the same day. And ended it with a pleasant outdoor dinner with fine wine and BBQ salmon. I live in a suburb close to Seattle (actually an Island in the lake on the eastern border of Seattle) and have a six mile commute to work when I'm not working from home. It is a terrific place for runners (unless you demand high altitude training).
If you don't like spending time outdoors or value the water or mountain access, then the negatives of housing prices or politics (if you are conservative), may change the balance for you. If you crave really warm temperatures, you will be happy only a few weeks a year, and if you demand 300+ days of sunshine a year you won't be happy.