Contrary to what some people seem to belive...
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10/16/2006
Seattle is not at all unsociable. If you find the right neighborhood you will also find that everyone is very friendly. Where I live (Wallingford, close to the U district) everyone is very nice, always says "hi", stops to talk and in general very friendly. I have noticed many posts that we are "unfriendly" and "rude". That is untrue. Everyone I know always says "please" and "thank you". There are some not as nice neighborhoods, but they are in the minority. With my little rant out of the way, I'll tell you the things I love about Seattle. There's great food. Lots of ethnic food, really anything you can think of you'll probably be able to find. There's so many different kinds of music. You can find just about any genre here, and there are some great unheard of bands. The people. I love everyone. It's really easy to make friends and everyone is nice. The cashier at the Starbucks I go to remembers everyone and asks about their lives and is really good at cheering people up. I've found that most people here are like that. There are lots of other great things but are too minor for me to remember. Now the bad things. There are only two things I can think of. The first is that it's very expensive. The second is traffic is horrible a lot. There are many times when its fine, but on average its bad. I just remembered another good thing: there are lots of parks and beaches. The last thing is the weather. Summer can get very hot and most people don't have AC. I don't mind it that much because its not humid at all. Winter is more rain than snow and usually it snows once a year sometime near spring (one year it finally snowed in march). If you hate rain you probably wouldn't like it here, but its not as bad as some people make it out to be. Plus it never rains very hard. What with global warming, summer has been stretching out into October. Summer is finally ending now and its October 16. The only way to know if you'll be okay with the weather is to experience it.
Andrea | Seattle, WA