4 ms·

No don't move to Seattle it rains a lot and there's no sun for 9 months. Also, volcanoes.

by dmoy 11y ago

wlesieutre 11y ago
If you're trying to keep people from moving to Seattle, at least mention the earthquakes and tsunamis. > FEMA projects that nearly thirteen thousand people will die in the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. Another twenty-seven thousand will be injured, and the agency expects that it will need to provide shelter for a million displaced people, and food and water for another two and a half million. > we now know that the odds of the big Cascadia earthquake happening in the next fifty years are roughly one in three. The odds of the very big one are roughly one in ten. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-...
- jonknee 11y ago
  Seattle isn't at a significant risk of a tsunami thanks to the large mountain range between it and the Pacific, but it is an issue for those on the peninsula and even more so for coastal Oregon (higher population). A big quake will happen, but that shouldn't deter someone from SF.
mikestew 11y ago
You'll get used to the rain. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are rare. If you want to keep people away, tell 'am about the astonishingly shitty drivers, because after sixteen years they continue to annoy me on a daily basis.
- rifung 11y ago
  What's wrong with the drivers? I find they drive slowly sometimes but it's not really a big deal. I find driving in SF to actually be scary on the other hand with people forcefully merging into your lanes. I've been here for almost two years but I'm still not used to the lack of sunshine for most of the year.
  - rconti 11y ago
    You mean you haven't noticed the "you go first" wave battles that can last minutes on end? And the fact that, no matter how many lanes an Interstate has, they'll all be going exactly 59mph, making passing or trying to make your exit near-impossible?
- jonknee 11y ago
  A slow going Subaru in the left lane?
bch 11y ago
Mt. Rainier looming in the background. Judging...
mahyarm 11y ago
The reason why I don't live in seattle is because the only big employer HQs you have a choice of is MSFT and Amazon, both a negative in their own way. In the SFBA you have far more choice
rdl 11y ago
Especially don't move to Seattle to start technology startups to take advantage of all the great Amazon and Microsoft people who would be great hires 5 to 5000 at new startups (as well as a lot of other big companies), great university, etc. (i.e. don't be like SpaceX, Google, Facebook, ... who have all opened offices up there)

No don't move to Seattle it rains a lot and there's no sun for 9 months. Also, volcanoes.

by dmoy 11y ago

No don't move to Seattle it rains a lot and there's no sun for 9 months. Also, volcanoes.

If you're trying to keep people from moving to Seattle, at least mention the earthquakes and tsunamis. > FEMA projects that nearly thirteen thousand people will die in the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami. Another twenty-seven thousand will be injured, and the agency expects that it will need to provide shelter for a million displaced people, and food and water for another two and a half million. > we now know that the odds of the big Cascadia earthquake happening in the next fifty years are roughly one in three. The odds of the very big one are roughly one in ten. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-...

jonknee 11y ago
Seattle isn't at a significant risk of a tsunami thanks to the large mountain range between it and the Pacific, but it is an issue for those on the peninsula and even more so for coastal Oregon (higher population). A big quake will happen, but that shouldn't deter someone from SF.

mikestew 11y ago

You'll get used to the rain. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are rare. If you want to keep people away, tell 'am about the astonishingly shitty drivers, because after sixteen years they continue to annoy me on a daily basis.

rifung 11y ago
What's wrong with the drivers? I find they drive slowly sometimes but it's not really a big deal. I find driving in SF to actually be scary on the other hand with people forcefully merging into your lanes. I've been here for almost two years but I'm still not used to the lack of sunshine for most of the year.
- rconti 11y ago
  You mean you haven't noticed the "you go first" wave battles that can last minutes on end? And the fact that, no matter how many lanes an Interstate has, they'll all be going exactly 59mph, making passing or trying to make your exit near-impossible?
jonknee 11y ago
A slow going Subaru in the left lane?

bch 11y ago

Mt. Rainier looming in the background. Judging...

mahyarm 11y ago

The reason why I don't live in seattle is because the only big employer HQs you have a choice of is MSFT and Amazon, both a negative in their own way. In the SFBA you have far more choice

rdl 11y ago

Especially don't move to Seattle to start technology startups to take advantage of all the great Amazon and Microsoft people who would be great hires 5 to 5000 at new startups (as well as a lot of other big companies), great university, etc. (i.e. don't be like SpaceX, Google, Facebook, ... who have all opened offices up there)