Comments on: Guilty of Slandering Seattle http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tina http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-94539 Tina Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:18:55 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-94539 I'm just noodling around this site. My 23y/o daughter is the fourth generation of my family to live in Seattle. I like the name Rain City. Does it matter if it's an historical name? It's a catchy name and I love it. PS All "Seattle" movies are filmed in BC and LA. I’m just noodling around this site. My 23y/o daughter is the fourth generation of my family to live in Seattle. I like the name Rain City.

Does it matter if it’s an historical name? It’s a catchy name and I love it. PS All “Seattle” movies are filmed in BC and LA.

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-84099 ARDELL Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:29:50 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-84099 I have to admit that I get really mad when I watch a movie that is supposed to be set in Seattle, and they have it pouring rain and people walking around with unbrellas all the time. That is NOT how it is here at all. I have to admit that I get really mad when I watch a movie that is supposed to be set in Seattle, and they have it pouring rain and people walking around with unbrellas all the time.

That is NOT how it is here at all.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-84028 Dustin Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:00:50 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-84028 The coffee theme is a really good one and I definitely could have happily gone that route! :) The coffee theme is a really good one and I definitely could have happily gone that route! :)

]]> By: Brian Brady http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-84024 Brian Brady Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:57:30 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-84024 Maybe Coffee Bean Town Blog? Maybe Coffee Bean Town Blog?

]]> By: Jay Matthews http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-83572 Jay Matthews Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:20:43 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-83572 In conversation, does anyone actually refer to Seattle as anything *but* Seattle? -blinks several times and hits "post"- In conversation, does anyone actually refer to Seattle as anything *but* Seattle?

-blinks several times and hits “post”-

]]> By: Bert Sperling http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-83449 Bert Sperling Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:45:57 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-83449 > For one, we get less rain than most cities East of the Mississippi River. Maybe not most, but many. For example, Seattle gets slightly less annual rainfall than New York City. But the inches of rain isn't really the issue - it's the number of days with rain. In this category, Seattle averages nearly six more weeks (!) worth of days with precipitation than the Big Apple does each year. So maybe the correct sobriquet for Seattle would be "the Rainy Day City." Also, Seattle leads all major U.S. cities in the number of overcast days annually. But Northwest summers are the best! (I'm so pleased I got a chance to use "sobriquet", which I recently learned is not used in a barbeque grill. In my next comment, I will try to work in zeitgeist or schadenfreude.) Best, Bert > For one, we get less rain than most cities East of the Mississippi River.

Maybe not most, but many. For example, Seattle gets slightly less annual rainfall than New York City.
But the inches of rain isn’t really the issue – it’s the number of days with rain. In this category, Seattle averages nearly six more weeks (!) worth of days with precipitation than the Big Apple does each year.
So maybe the correct sobriquet for Seattle would be “the Rainy Day City.”
Also, Seattle leads all major U.S. cities in the number of overcast days annually. But Northwest summers are the best!

(I’m so pleased I got a chance to use “sobriquet”, which I recently learned is not used in a barbeque grill. In my next comment, I will try to work in zeitgeist or schadenfreude.)

Best,
Bert

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-82299 Dustin Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:43:25 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-82299 Bill and Dave... Thanks for the comments! I'm not really doubting my choice of title, but I find it an interesting conversation! :) Bill and Dave… Thanks for the comments! I’m not really doubting my choice of title, but I find it an interesting conversation! :)

]]> By: Davefrombellevue http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-82062 Davefrombellevue Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:20:16 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-82062 Actually A local band Queensryche had A song "Jet City Woman'that was early ninetys I believe being A native ive never heard of Rainy City but often heard the old "in seattle we rust not tan'. Actually A local band Queensryche had A song “Jet City Woman’that was early ninetys I believe
being A native ive never heard of Rainy City but often heard the old “in seattle we rust not tan’.

]]> By: Bill Williams http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-81849 Bill Williams Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:03:19 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/27/guilty-of-slandering-seattle/#comment-81849 Dustin, a Seattle author of mystery stories (fun ones too) by the name of Earl Emerson used the title "The Rainy City" in 1985 to introduce a series of mystery novels set in the Seattle area. And it appears that the objector on wiki doesn't remember the jokes and complaints about the name "The Emerald City" when it was first proposed... a young native, no doubt. I don't remember anyone using the Jet City since the "turn out the lights" days when Boeing was having trouble. Rain City guide is the perfect name, and it is how I found you on the search engines early last year... say Rain City in Idaho, and we all know where that is ;-) Dustin, a Seattle author of mystery stories (fun ones too) by the name of Earl Emerson used the title “The Rainy City” in 1985 to introduce a series of mystery novels set in the Seattle area. And it appears that the objector on wiki doesn’t remember the jokes and complaints about the name “The Emerald City” when it was first proposed… a young native, no doubt. I don’t remember anyone using the Jet City since the “turn out the lights” days when Boeing was having trouble.
Rain City guide is the perfect name, and it is how I found you on the search engines early last year… say Rain City in Idaho, and we all know where that is ;-)

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