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To be fair, here's a con: Mount Rainier is only 60 miles away and is literally an active volcano, perhaps the most dangerous in the country and one of the most dangerous in the world. So, if potential imminent death is a concern of yours, then perhaps this is a factor to consider. But, you could make that argument for literally all of life, so, to each their own.
I wouldnt say this is a con. Yellowstone is also active and if it goes off we're all pretty much done.
I personally don't see it as a con. All of my positives, I wanted to give everyone something else to be upset about for parity's sake.
Thanks for the call to action garageland . Of the 7 cities I've lived in, Seattle is far and away the best of them. Here's 7 brief reasons why:
If a band is going on a North American tour, 99 times out of 100 they're coming through Seattle
I go months at a time without checking the weather. The temperature it was yesterday? That's probably pretty much the temperature today. It won't get any colder than 40 in the winter and won't get any hotter than 80 in the summer. The rain? Oh, you mean when it sprinkles and mists all day and you can essentially never get wet? I lived in Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee; when it rains in those places it's fucking RAINING. Here when it rains you can still casually go about your day. Because of this, then, the summers are absolutely glorious. From about mid-April until mid-September the weather is damn-near perfect. It doesn't rain the entire summer, it's just 65-75 degrees and sunny almost every day. The weather gets a seriously bad rep and I don't understand.
I've lived here for 6 years without a car and it's not a problem at all. We have a light rail, deeply thorough bus system and the Sounder getting commuters in and out of town. We have dedicated bike lanes throughout the city as well as the Burke-Gilman Trail spanning about 19 miles of the city. I walk to and from work every day and it's lovely.
If sports are your thing, we have the NFL, MLB, MLS, NHL and mark my goddamn words we'll have the SuperSonics back in the next 5 years.
It's literally on the Puget Sound, which means since it's sea level you get grassy, rocky and sandy beach parks, views of the mountains on either side of the city, ferries in and out of town, as well as views of the neighboring towns and neighborhoods.
Cost of living complaints? All of these cities are cities, it's 2022 and most of you are adults; figure it out. Get roommates, a second job, lower your expectations, live 2 miles outside of town, or don't live in a city. I've been living and working in cities for the past 12 years, I don't understand this argument. "BUT ISN'T IT SoOoOoOo expensive?!" Only if you're not paying attention. Do your research and maybe go to the grocery store more often.
The people? Most of them aren't from here, which allows for a decent amount of sociocultural diversity. Sure, the population of vest-wearing cis-het white dudes is exhausting, but they all stay in their neighborhoods and they're easily avoided.
Denver is wildly overrated. I have fond feelings about Chicago because of going to Pitchfork with one of my brothers some 10 years, but it's still the midwest so it sucks from October to March. A sex worker tried to convince me of her services outside of a Subway in LA while my dad and I were stuck there for three days trying to fly out to New Zealand when I was 17, so I'm pretty ehh about it. Portland is straight up *fine*. And I've somehow lived my whole life without ever going to NYC or NOLA, so I have no opinions other than I know almost for a fact I'd really enjoy both.
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A Lyft driver in Seattle told me the bad weather rep is a deliberate ploy to mask how great it actually is there in order to keep transplants away.
Seriously though, the weather here is SO much better than back east, where it seems to be overcast the entire winter/spring. Also it regularly hits 60/70 in January, and is always dry
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