Anyone here been to/lived in Seattle?

[SmokinwithWilly]

Been there a few times. Love the fish market and the waterfront. Traffic absolutely sucks. It's way to crowded a place for me. There's definitely a lot of money to be made in Seattle. 

[t96]

I love the city of Seattle and the weather there, always the perfect temp and not too wet. Only been a few times and never for very long but I'd live there if I had an opportunity. Wouldn't be my first choice but much better than where I'm at now (Boston).

[Lumps]

Lots of rain or at least cloudy skies, pure sunny days are few. green grass, great oysters and kick ass night life. City is new, modern, fresh and clean. I absolutely LOVE Seattle. Downside is that it is expensive as hell to live in. It gets cold but not like Minneapolis or Detroit.

[Jeff L]

Gods country for sure. Lots to do in and around Seattle... Would just about five my left nut to live there.

[Chimera]

I disagree Seattle is expensive. A few things get you saving from the get-go: 1 - no state income tax, 2 - cheaper electricity (hydroelectricity costs less to produce versus nuclear; also you won't be running A/C all summer) 3 - no sales taxes on food 4 - no annual vehicle taxes

 

eta: sales taxes on non-food items is pretty high and if you have any body of water touching your land you will pay fees and taxes out the wazoo. however, you can NOT live next to water and you can travel down to Oregon and pay no sales taxes on larger items.

[Brooklyn Bully]

If I wasn't in love with NY I'd def be in a place like Seattle, Vancouver, or maybe SF. My kind of weather, beautiful, great people.

[davos]

If you're going to be in a big city in the Pacific NW, Seattle is the way to go...unless you move to Vancouver.  

[Brooklyn Bully]

Vancouver is too beautiful for words.

 

 

[KendrickPanther]

Seattle is nice. I really enjoyed a weekend there. If you love weekend excursions it's a great place with Mount Ranier nearbye. Canada is a short drive away. The City of Vancouver is gorgeous in the summer but expensive. 

 

That is the one thing I noticed about Seattle, everything seemed to be more expensive than I am accustomed to in Charlotte. Factor that into your decision and what they offer for compensation. 

 

I grew up hearing stories about how the weather in the Northwest was miserable and people there were miserable. I mean heck, the depressing grunge music of the 90s was born there. But that wasn't my experience at all.

 

The city was clean, the people were friendly, young, and educated. I've heard similar things about Austin actually. The University of Washington is right there if you enjoy Pac 10 football. They had tons of great places to eat with all the different cultures. They have a good music scene too. 

 

I only spent like 4 days there but I left thinking that would be a really cool place to live. The one thing I will say walking downtown, the elevation changes were sudden. I mean 4 flights of stairs to get from the water front up a hill. That might be new coming from Austin.