I lived in Seattle for 8 years (2000 to 2008). I agree with some of what is said in this post. The weather is difficult to get used to especially if you orginally come from a sunny climate. I grew up in Arizona. Its gloomy about 10 months out of the year. Days are very short in the dead of winter. Generally August and Sept are beautiful. The cost of living is very high. We bought a house for 270K in 2001. We are selling it now for close to 500K. Food is expensive, entertainment is really expensive. But the food and entertainment is also first class and there's an incredible variety. the outdoors are spectacular, hiking in the cascades or the olympics, skiing at crystal mtn, mt. rainier, olympic national park, lake chelan. The city itself is beautiful. Before my son was born my wife and i went to a lot of live music. We thought the music scene was great, so many great venues like the crocodile (unfortunately closed recently), the sky church, the sit and spin, the sunset tavern, the tractor, the showbox....music festivals like bumbershoot, the folk-life, travel a little ways to sasquatch... As far as people go, I met many really great people. Our neighbors in ballard were fantastic. We went to parties, we went to dinner, we just talked outside on the sidewalk...I guess we got lucky with where we were living. I met a number of nice people at work. My wife generated a lot of friendships that will last a lifetime. We might have had a different exerience than the typical experience of someone single in seattle. I have heard all of the complaints mentioned in the post from other people...usually single. Oh well ive rambled on enough. one last thing, i commuted to work across the 520 bridge. The traffic was an absolute nightmare. If you can, live within a couple miles of work, it will improve your quality of life immensely.
John | Boulder, CO | Report Abuse