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Moving to Seattle, tell me about the city

amish

amish

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so i'm moving to seattle and i've never been there before. tell me about the city. where is a half way decent place to live? does taking the ferry into the city suck? as an Irish fan, will i have the opportunity to punch pete carroll in the face? are there any bars that i need to visit? any traps that i should steer clear of?

i'll be working in the heart of downtown near 3rd & madison. other than that, everything is up in the air.
 
The east side (Bellevue, Redmond, Mercer Island, etc) is a lot better than the west. AFAIK, taking a ferry into Seattle is time consuming. If you want to live in Seattle or on the west side, it's better to live north of Seattle (if commuting by bus, live in Northgate. If you're driving, Edmonds is okay), not south. Right now, it's cloudy... 520 will be tolled, and the metro is going through a budget crisis and cutting routes.
 
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9+ months a year of cloudy skies. We've had 78 minutes of 80-degree weather so far this year, so don't expect to experience the season known elsewhere as "Summer". It does happen in some years though.

Little children grow up thinking light grey is the normal color of a "sunny" day. It does save on blue and yellow crayons.
 
DaveSimmons said:
9+ months a year of cloudy skies. We've had 78 minutes of 80-degree weather so far this year, so don't expect to experience the season known elsewhere as "Summer". It does happen in some years though.

Little children grow up thinking light grey is the normal color of a "sunny" day. It does save on blue and yellow crayons.
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I need to move to Seattle, this is my kind of "Summer"
 
DaveSimmons said:
9+ months a year of cloudy skies. We've had 78 minutes of 80-degree weather so far this year, so don't expect to experience the season known elsewhere as "Summer". It does happen in some years though.
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80+ degree weather sucks anyways. To hot to do anything physical outside for long anyways. Low to mid 70's is perfect.
 
Love Seattle.

If you are working downtown I would avoid moving to the eastside as you'll have to commute across one of two bridge daily and the traffic is terrible. Traffic is pretty much terrible everywhere but doing those bridge daily is a huge pain.

Summers and winters are mild. It isn't always rainy and cloudy as some folks claim but the fall can be brutal if you aren't used to it. When it snows, even .5" just stay home if you can, no one can drive it and the hills only make it worse. Summers are not usually as cool as this summer has apparently been but a large number of apartments and even some stores don't even have AC so when it does get hot it can be annoying.

Without knowing anything about you it is hard to recommend anything. Eastside is basically suburbs. Belltown used to be where the yuppies lived and has the higher end bars. Pioneer Square is where the homeless people and a lot of bars/club are. Queen Anne, Wallingford, Fremont and around Greenlake are each different but fall someone between living downtown and living in the burbs, generally walkable with a neighborhood vibe but also driveable. Capitol Hill was the gay neighborhood but gentrification was strong when I left 4 years ago so not sure what it is like now.

Seattle has decent public transit though it can be hit and miss on the east side.

It is also pretty expensive for both renting and buying anywhere near the city and in a good chunk of the east side.
 
AMDZen said:
I need to move to Seattle, this is my kind of "Summer"
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My niece and her boyfriend are back in Colorado after four years in Seattle. They grew up here and kissed the ground when they got back. The weather and cloud cover was depressing and they missed the sunny summer days.
 
I was talking to a stripper the other day, she said she just moved back to Tx from Seattle, described it as pretentious as fuck and rainy.
 
I stayed there for about a month around May. Beautiful metro. Friendly people. Be prepare to get squirted with water every 10-15 minutes.
 
Maleficus said:
I was talking to a stripper the other day, she said she just moved back to Tx from Seattle, described it as pretentious as fuck and rainy.
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I can only assume you don't live in the Dallas metroplex. People in Seattle can definitely be a pretentious bunch but I haven't seen it anywhere near as bad as the metroplex.
 
i appreciate the replies. so i need to get used to overcast days or just no sun in general. luckily i'm an accountant that doesn't see the light of day most of the time already.

so traffic/travel is going to be an issue no matter where i live based on the replies. lets say i'd like to keep my commute to 45 minutes. what are my options going to be?

more background on me: 30 y/o, kid, wife, and 2 dogs. we are coming from a 1/2 acre on the north side of indy in a non-pretentious part of a pretentious county. if i were to say that i'm from carmel people would think i'm "one of those rich people". we do well, but we're far from rich.

how much is gas there? i've got a JGC that is always hungry...
 
amish said:
so i'm moving to seattle and i've never been there before. tell me about the city. where is a half way decent place to live? does taking the ferry into the city suck? as an Irish fan, will i have the opportunity to punch pete carroll in the face? are there any bars that i need to visit? any traps that i should steer clear of?

i'll be working in the heart of downtown near 3rd & madison. other than that, everything is up in the air.
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If your income allows I would try to live in downtown, either in Belltown or Capital Hill. Belltown trends slightly yuppier, Cap Hill trends slightly more lgbt but neither are particularly extreme in that regard. Other neighborhood to consider would be Queen Anne Hill or Fremont. If youre on a budget, I would consider northgate, its more residential. Stay away from south seattle, university district, anywhere on Aurora.

Taking the ferry into the city is done frequently but its kind of boring if you're young. bainbridge island is where most ferry riders are coming from and its really really boring over there.

On the Eastside, Bellevue is only place you should consider. Theres some stuff to do downtown but it's really yuppy and expensive. Otherwise it can be a pain to commute since the traffic can be pretty bad.

As far as bars go, it totally depends on your own tastes
 
amish said:
i appreciate the replies. so i need to get used to overcast days or just no sun in general. luckily i'm an accountant that doesn't see the light of day most of the time already.

so traffic/travel is going to be an issue no matter where i live based on the replies. lets say i'd like to keep my commute to 45 minutes. what are my options going to be?

more background on me: 30 y/o, kid, wife, and 2 dogs. we are coming from a 1/2 acre on the north side of indy in a non-pretentious part of a pretentious county. if i were to say that i'm from carmel people would think i'm "one of those rich people". we do well, but we're far from rich.

how much is gas there? i've got a JGC that is always hungry...
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Eastside is probably what you want if you want a house with a lawn. I'd guess though commute time might be rough. I worked in Bellevue for a while but my commute was opposite of what you'll be doing so maybe you'd get an easier commute. The biggest kicker is the unpredictability, if there is an accident or its closed for any reason it'll be a massive pain. If you do Mercer Island or plan on taking 90 I've heard game days tie it up pretty good but don't have personal experience.

You could also consider Ravenna, Greenlake or Wallingford. Houses run expensive but your commute is basically straight down 5, traffic will still suck but might be closer/easier.
 
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