Teach me about Seattle living. Pros and cons

[Dr. Zaus]

Weirdo.

Thank you.

It is clear though that the good part of the US is located in the pacific north west

 

[BoomerD]

:Hi: Yea, I'm going to Portland...

You'll fit right in...


http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/03/20/which-are-the-gayest-cities-in-u-s/#31483101=0

 

[Dr. Zaus]

You'll fit right in...


http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/03/20/which-are-the-gayest-cities-in-u-s/#31483101=0

Austin is my #1 city. Looks like gays just make everything better.

 

[BoomerD]

Austin is my #1 city. Looks like gays just make everything better.

 

[deadlyapp]

It's better than SoCal. (Aenima...) Pros: Cheap for a major city with decent population density. No income taxes. Can buy a lot of shit online to avoid sales tax on most goods. (And most food isn't taxed) Natural disasters and dangerous weather are pretty much non-existent. A lot of green and vegetation 365/24/7 compared to most other regions of the USA (but that's just how the PNW is; thanks Douglas Firs). It's likely going to be one of the best cities to live in 20 years if it doesn't get overcrowded. (This is because in 20 years climate change will royally fuck over a lot of other regions of the USA but not much for the PNW)

Cons: The people suck (this is huge...). City looks grey as fuck a lot of the year and it is constantly raining. The ground never dries. Weather generally sucks 9+ months of the year.

Outside of that, it is probably better than most of California. You can afford a home in Seattle if you do tech and the tax burden is quite low. There are also a lot of outdoorsy things to do within 1-2 hour drives but most people just stay in the city.

And if you're into cars, forget about it in Seattle. There is no car culture. You'll see a lot of Tesla's and Priuses... That's about as far as car culture goes. If you want car culture go hang out with the hood rats in Renton and drag race your POS rice-baker. Same for guns. People aren't into guns in Seattle. If you want to do that, you can go hang out with some hicks out past Tacoma or something.

I was actually remotely OK with your post until you got to the last portion. I'd partially agree (I suppose) if you consider seattle proper, but when you're talking seattle, you really have to involve most of the suburban area as well. The gun culture up there is alive and well and the car culture as well (as compared to shitty california). They've repealed more gun laws in the last few years than really any other state (other than that pesky SB594 which will get blocked and repealed soon enough).