I was in Seattle last week and i stayed in Tukwila was supper close by the airport as well the future employer, i found too quiet to possible thinking in moving down there so i explored some areas that i was not to crazy about ether, Capital Hill was ok i did enjoy the boulevard with walking distances from coffee shops and restaurants but i just thought is more of a party town at least on the area that i was and then i went to do the touristic staff space needle didn’t like the neighborhood and the pike market were i found my self enjoying the walking distance from restaurants and cute coffee shops as well the fresh food in the market and the age range of people were more between 30’s and i tough would be a better match for me… but im looking on the prices to move in there and is very expensive.. i am just looking for a place where i can walk to different things like coffee shop, museums, restaurants, the water, with inexpensive living for a studio,and possible transportation and not to far for work, parks, jogging trails and save cause im single and a girl:)

Thanks I appreciate your suggestions!

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In case the people of Seattle are wondering why so many Californians are interested in Seattle as opposed to living in the best weather state, here’s a list of reasons to make (a sad Hollywood drama past its prime) long story short:

In regards to CA -

Drastic demographic changes
Ridiculously overpriced and expensive (especially Frisco)
Superficial, pretentious, and unapproachable people stuck in cars all day (The SoCal Freeze)
Traffic here makes Seattle’s traffic look like paradise
Middle Class Squeeze
High Unemployment
You live in either a good neighborhood or bad one here in CA (no middle ground)
Crime
That’s just to name a few….but hey, the weather’s great here in CA!!!!!

I’m from CA but plan on visiting and possibly relocating to Seattle next year….and I can see how Californians who move there have quite a bit of adjusting to do. As far as I’m concerned, there might as well be a blizzard out here in CA since things have changed for the worst since the 80s. Until I traveled to other cities in America and Europe, I didn’t know what real weather felt like. However, I do love the rain and gloomy weather. It reminds me of London, Amsterdam and Berlin.

Any suggestions about how a future attorney may adjust to the real city of Seattle???
I plan on takint the WA bar exam next year.

Pho is a lot healthier than Mexican food too. Sorry, it’s true.

The summer weather cannot be beat up here. The Puget Sound area is unbelievably beautiful in many spots, but there are many towns that are so unsightly that you are happy to zip by them fast as you drive the I-5. My family jokes that there is an unspoken rule up here that before you say anything negative about the Seattle area, you have to preface it with “It’s so beautiful here!”, then you are free to express how you really feel about things. Of the people I know that have relocated here, I’d say about 70% have had issues with the weather, many of which have moved back from whence they came eventually. It’s not the rain you might know from growing up somewhere else (unless it was London.) The rain here does come in prolonged drizzle, and you may have 4 weeks in a row with absolutely no sun. The summers are outrageously wonderful when the sun rises by 5am, and sets around10pm, but conversely.. you have winter where they joke: Only in Seattle can you get up and go to work in the dark, and come home in the dark, and you only work 9 to 5. Many people cannot handle the darkness for weeks on end, and the lack of color. The only way you’ll know is to live here a while.

The traffic. Well, if you’ve ever been to a roller rink you know everything you need to know. It’s much easier to get places in Seattle if you’re in or very very near Seattle. If you’re coming from 30 miles or so out, then it’s like trying to skate through that fast circle at the rink, where the hotshots are skating, just to get to the middle where the newbies are slowly making their way. With all of the water and bridges and ferries, the driving can be gorgeous, but in many ways that saying “you can’t get there from here” really fits. You can be 10 miles from something, but require a bridge and ferry to get there, making it a 2 hour trip.

Bottom line for me. It’s beautiful here (notice how I’m prefacing that?) Many people can hang with the lengthy gray stretches, the interesting traffic, and other region-specific things that drive others away. The secret is to have something here that you absolutely love to do, or love, in order to make those other things less of an issue. If you’re a skier, or a boater, or a reader, or your dream is to live on the water and you can now afford it here, then the weather may be something you can take in stride in order to experience those things. But you may find, through not fault of your own, that you just cannot function without more sunshine. There is only one way to know. Visit at different times of they year, for more than a weekend, and move with the idea that this may be a trial period of sorts. Just in case.

First of all, Seattle’s gray skies and ocassional drizzle/rain is very similar to Northern Europe’s weather (England, Germany, Poland). London is an infamous, huge, overpopulated city, yet their weather is gray, rainy, and sometimes depressing. Seattle’s winters and springs are the same as London’s, but Seattle’s summers are the some of the best in the world. But most importantly, Seattle is an infamous city with great food, award-winning health and education, with neighborhoods and suburbs with character and beauty (like Europe). Seattle has poor weather in the winter, but the city is thee best to live.

Now, the ethnic diversity question is easy to answer… basically, Seattle has incerdible ethnic diversity, and no matter what you’re ethnic background is, you’ll be treated the same as everyone else. However, Seattle’s metropolitan population is increasing very reapidly, and people all over the nation are moving to Seattle due to work; therefore, racism may grow unfortunately. Seattle has an insane population of Asian-Americans; and across Lake Washington is Bellevue (a competitive city with a skyscraper popping up everyday). Bellevue has an unbelievable 15-20 percent Japanese, and about 50 percent Asian (including Indian/Middle Eastern).

I’m so happy you have found a home in Seattle. Good for you and congratulations on all that you have accomplished here.

You must have not read my post as to why I was here for 7 years. It is best to read what someone writes before bashing or not honoring their experiences. Not everyone needs to agree with you or feel what you feel. Also, just because it is not happening to you, does not mean it is not happening (to someone else). I never wrote that a “Middle Eastern” meal was the reason I experienced the Seattle Freeze.

@ Ardell, thanks for commenting! I only know realized you wrote back.