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I'm curious why is Seattle so bad you'd give up the relative safety to live in a third world country?
by plandis 10y ago
I'm curious why is Seattle so bad you'd give up the relative safety to live in a third world country?
- larrykubin 10y agoI live in Seattle. I get really depressed from December-February due to the lack of sunshine, and I've found it to be a more difficult place socially compared to other cities I've lived and worked in. To the point where I have frequently thought about leaving. That said, I played beach volleyball all day yesterday with some friends as the sun set over the Olympic mountains in the background, and it was greatness. But it took me a couple of years to find my place. Happy as can be at the moment, but it's odd how the gray can send me into a spiral of inward reflection that drives me nuts. Everyone posts the beautiful pictures of Mount Rainier and sunsets, which are gorgeous, but half the year you can feel lethargic and go into a hibernation mode which messes with your head if you don't have a strong social circle already.
- drewrv 10y agoThe secret to living in Seattle is to take a week off in February and go to Hawaii or Cabo.
- fragola 10y agoI live in Seattle. I love the look on new coworkers' faces when they see Mt Rainier for the first time in April: "HOLY COW IS THAT A VOLCANO??"
- adrianratnapala 10y agoI live in Munich and work in just south of it. I took my lunchtime walks down the same country path 100 times before I noticed the Alps were looming huge right in front of me. And I think the weather here is good. (And the wheather in Seattle was wonderful on 100% of the days that I visited it).
- aianus 10y agoI did an internship there and didn't see catch a glimpse of the sun for three straight months. I've never been so depressed in my life. That's the main reason; it also smells like pee, there are aggressive hobos everywhere, the public transit is useless, it rains every day, and everything closes at 6pm.
- freyir 10y ago> it also smells like pee, there are aggressive hobos everywhere, the public transit is useless As a San Francisco resident who recently visited Seattle, I was amazed by how much less it smelled like pee (and other human waste), how polite the hobos were, and how efficient the public transportation was. It seemed like some kind of gleaming urban utopia, although I did visit on warm sunny days.