Looking to become a seattleite!
Hey all you Seattleites,
I lived in Vancouver for two years while going to school and loved it, now that I've finished i'm back on the east coast in North Carolina of all places (not really a fan of it here). Curious to know how Seattle is and to hopefully make some connections there! I've visited a couple times and it reminds me very much of Vancouver, but on a larger scale. I loved it. I'd be looking for work at any kind of gig there, so curious how job opportunities out there in all fields of work. Anyways, thanks for any kind of input guys
Cheers,
Kessler
I lived in Vancouver for two years while going to school and loved it, now that I've finished i'm back on the east coast in North Carolina of all places (not really a fan of it here). Curious to know how Seattle is and to hopefully make some connections there! I've visited a couple times and it reminds me very much of Vancouver, but on a larger scale. I loved it. I'd be looking for work at any kind of gig there, so curious how job opportunities out there in all fields of work. Anyways, thanks for any kind of input guys
Cheers,
Kessler
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Well he did say he loved Vancouver, so he must like crazies and also the rain.
The one thing I don't get is how some of the laws were made by prude hippie soccer moms. Bars close at 2, last call is usually at 1:30. No drinking or eating at strip clubs. No smoking in businesses. Bicyclists get all sorts of consideration which ends up giving all the snobby douchebags in spandex an ego. Soccer moms get up in arms whenever something vaguely offensive is public like a dog shop called "High Maintenance Bitch" or espresso stands with scantily clad baristas.
The state is really a strange mix between being progressively thinking and overly-sensitive idiots trying getting up in arms every time a subject vaguely offensive comes up.
Care to elaborate?
Back to topic, Seattle's cool, Kessler, and since you seem to like the wet weather, I'd say go for it. I kind of regret not getting out and checking out more of both the downtown and 'suburb' areas more when I was up there. There's quite a lot of cool stuff to see and experience.
Well I won't debate you on that, and I wouldn't consider pot smoking or forced green living as progressive either, in fact some of the forced hippie bullshit is the exact opposite of forward thinking.
One big con about Seattle itself is that the planning that went into the layout is complete crap, probably for various historical reasons, but the problem also lies in that the local government spins its wheels taking forever to come up with solutions. The roads in disrepair + steep hills+ the rain makes for a really shitty drive across town. Other towns have better street layouts, subways and/or elevated trains. What do we have? a bus system that clogs roads even more and a mayor that keeps encouraging people to ride their bicycles rather than drive. Several proposals for transportation solutions have taken forever to pass, or have been canceled. We also have two old major roadways, the 520 bridge (which is a complete chokepoint at two lanes each way) and the alaska way viaduct (which is old and feared to come crashing down at the next earthquake) which they continually fail to get fixed. Traffic around Seattle is a nightmare, and coming along the freeways from any direction is as well.
For whoever gets here with a job, I highly suggest you live as close to work as you can.
I lived in Seattle without a car for years. It is not so bad if you like to walk, or can read on the bus. The weather is not the greatest, but it won't kill you like summers in Texas or winters in Iowa.
It doesn't rain here as much as everyone says it does, but it's more often than say, California. The only downside I have with living here is that it's expensive. I live paycheck to paycheck and that's not fun to do. With everything moving towards "green" and organic, the prices skyrocket. Six dollars for a bunch of asparagus? wtfz. The Redmond town market (farmers market) is a godsend the last few weeks.
I love the area though. Never want to move again.
I just moved here to get into the game industry and be back in the mountains with good places to snowboard or rock cilmb. Currently doing a tech job to pay the bills but there is a lot more opportunity here then back home and I looove the area.
If you're a bike commuter like I am you will enjoy all the bike trails. There are still plenty of assholes in steel coffins but overall everyone is pretty cool. The traffic is pretty gnarly if you have to drive but blowing by cars in the bike lane is hilarious especially when there backed up for a mile or more just to get through a stop sign.
LA is FAIL
I was there for about a week for E3 2004. Shit. Hole. (imo)
Garbage on the streets, pot heads smokin' up on the beach across the street. Awesome.
If you like surfing, maybe it's really nice. But the area in general is pretty low rent trashy if you ask me.