So, you think you might like Seattle
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4/25/2007
Imagine an old flowerpot that has sat out in the rain for a decade. The plant inside has thrived and its roots are expanding, cracking and warping its containment.
That's an abstraction of Seattle.
Seattle is a decaying city surrounded by lush greenery and, on clear days, impressive views of the surrounding mountain ranges. The city infrastructure is falling apart and it's governed by a niche-interest pandering, inept bureaucracy.
The people in Seattle can be best described as self-absorbed narcissistic paradoxes. They are boorish, yet entitled; critical, yet defensive; friendly, yet superficial; nosey, yet introverted. These characteristics don't just affect socializing or making friends here, it's about daily interactions with people in traffic, at the store, at work. Seattleites' self-promoting, passive aggressive traits make it stifling and annoying to anyone not from the NW. Statistics on "transplants" aside, it's the local culture that pervades and you will be an interloper unless you assimilate.
David | Bellevue, WA