Everytime I go to Orlando it rains.. go figure. Seattle just sounds like a cool place to live.

Hey, where you from?
Seattle
Word?

 

I've lied in seattle for 19 years.. I dont want to live there anymore.

 

I lived in Tacoma for 6.

Here's the deal:

1. It rains more than many places, and less than quite a few others.
2. It is OVERCAST A LOT. . . that is why I left (I grew up in CA).
3. If you can hack the overcast thing, then you're money. It's a great place to live.
4. Have you poked around the PacNW forum in addition to asking in here?

 

i definitely wouldn't let the rain discourage you. it really doesn't rain THAT much in seattle.

i live in good old eugene, boregon... where it rains an average of 50.9 inches, as compared to seattle's 36.2 inches... and honestly, i'd say that it doesn't rain THAT much. i'm originally from california but i've gotten used to it i guess. trust me, you would get accustomed to it. all the rain does have it's advantages too. for one, everything stays GREEN and pretty. the Northwest is GORGEOUS and CLEAN.

people in the northwest as a whole tend to be more conscientious of the environment, everything is cleaner around here, and it's a good place to raise kids. people tend to be more liberal (i don't know if that'd be a good or bad thing for you), especially in eugene, we pride ourselves on being "northwest of normal"... haha. bellevue is gorgeous, GREAT shopping. in my experience, seattle is big enough that you get the perks of a big city, good shopping, things to do, places to eat... but unlike LA or Frisco, you don't have to deal with the pollution and the "big city" mentality. that's just my $.02.

 

Only been there once and thought it was a goregeous place to be and a great city but was only there for three days and found it quite odd that every newscast made a HUGE deal that it had been sunny four four days in a row. While it is quite a bit warmer in the winter than MN, I don't know that I could live somewhere where they make a huge deal out of the fact that they got four sunny days in a row.


The only other thing that struck me was the number of bums. Total hobo-ville.


Traffic looked to be quite heavy, but anytime you are on the coast, and you can only build roads in so many directions it is going to be a problem.


But if it were sunny more often, I could put up with bums and traffic. Very nice town. Beautiful scenery. Ocean, mountains. Whats not to like?

 

The campus of Seattle Pacific University looks as though 50% of the tuition goes to buy flowers; the water's free, I understand.

 

Wow, get home from work and there's already fifteen replies. Thanks for all the info!

The weather up there is the least of my concerns - the east side of Washington isn't as rainy as Seattle, but it can still be pretty gloomy and cold in the winter. Never really bothered me at all. On the other hand, I am really sick and tired of the never ending heat and humidity down here in South Texas. It's not that I haven't acclimated to it - I have, and work outside in it all day, but come September, I want it to END! Today it was 87 degrees with humidity - you shouldn't be sweating your ass off in November...

So it's one extreme or the other. But I can tell you I'm extremely tired of Texas and am ready to move on.

My biggest concern is the traffic situation. I would absolutely hate to have an hour commute to and from work.

Anyways, will keep you posted on what happens, if you're interested...

 

it's true. I lived in DFW for a year 2003-2004. I got tired of TX within a year.

 

you are a mathematician, you know what they say about a sample size of one.

 

i hated the seattle traffic.