First of all, I'm from Washington State originally (east side of the state) but have been away the past ten years. Never was too familiar with Seattle. Anyways...

I may have the chance to promote and relocate to Seattle. The office I will likely be working out of is on Tukwila International Boulevard about two miles north of SeaTac Airport. Here is what I'm wondering about:

1. How's the traffic situation?
2. What's this area like? Would you want to live close to here?
3. What would be a good area for a single, young, well-paid professional and what's the real estate market like in such an area?

Just trying to get a feel for the place. I most likely will not be able to visit the area before my final acceptance for the job.

Thanks for any info.

Coastie

 

it rains a lot...

if they don't pay a lot, stay in TX

if they pay a lot, just get a Mooncraft or Mugen CF hardtop

 

I hope you like rain.


...come to think of it, I think I saw it NOT raining there once.

 

I'm watching the football game and they said it's been raining for 30 hours STRAIGHT...

 

The fish market / waterfront is great fun and you'll have the best salmon of your life. In my experience (several years ago) Seattle had it's share of traffic snarls, but I spent 10+ years commuting in the DC area, so only NY traffic scares me.

When the sun shines, it's a beautiful place, but it does rain, a lot.

 

I work in Tukwila, the traffic isn't bad at all. You probably would not want to live around Tukwila, it's mostly a low income area. I would suggest moving to the renton highlands or better yet, moving up to Belleuve. THe trafficegoing down to tukwila in the morning is not bad at all and the traffice coming up to bellevue after work is also not too bad. Belleuve, is honestly one of the nicest cities I've been too. I have lived in NYC, Orlando, Houston, LA, Baltimore and several other smaller cities...Seattle's Eastside is my city of choice to settle down in.

 

if you're from houston the rain wont bother you much



http://www.see-seattle.com/weather.htm



Seattle ranks 44th among US cities for rainfall with an average yearly rainfall of 36.2 inches (92 cm). This compares to 145 inches (368 cm) in the Hoh Rain Forest (part of Olympic National Park in Washington State), 129 inches (327cm) in Hilo, 65 inches (165 cm) in Mobile, 60 inches (152 cm) in New Orleans, 58 inches (147 cm) in Miami, 49 inches (124 cm) in Atlanta, 45 inches (114 cm) in Houston , 44 inches (112 cm) in Boston, 40.3 inches (102 cm) in New York City, 39 inches (99 cm) in Washington, D.C., 34.5 inches (88 cm) in Chicago, 19.5 inches (50 cm) in San Francisco, 15 inches (38 cm) in Sequim (on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, 12 inches (30 cm) in Los Angeles and 4 inches (10 cm) in Las Vegas.

 

I've been to Seattle three times: once at the end of July / beginning of August and twice in late September.

All three times the weather was perfect: mid-70s, clear skies, slight breeze.

If I had to testify in court, I would have to say that Seattle has the best weather in the country.

Denver, on the other hand, has awful weather. I was there once for two days and it rained the entire time. I believe that there are supposed to be mountains in the vicinity of Denver, but I couldn't swear to it in court.

 

WA is very rainy in the winter. Seattle, specifically, is one of the worst traffics in the nation. I think it ranks in the top 5 in traffic conjestions.

 

Funny you say that. I went to Alaska, to a city that has rain about 360 days a year. It just so happened that there was no rain on the day I was there. Likewise, one city that almost NEVER has rain was wet with a light drizzle. Tour guides from both cities were excited about the anomolies in the weather.