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I've only visited SF. From what I've seen, there are far better cities such as Seattle, San Diego, ect, ect. I live in Dallas and couldn't be happier. I've been

I've only visited SF. From what I've seen, there are far better cities such as Seattle, San Diego, ect, ect. I live in Dallas and couldn't be happier. I've been able to start a family as a Postdoc! http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/03-29-17-us-census-bureau-report-dallas-fort-worth-population-growth/ http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/03-29-17-us-cens...

ng12 9y ago
What makes Seattle better? I've visited friends there a few times and I can't shake the feeling that it's only trailing the Bay by a few years in of affordability and transportation woes.
- Analemma_ 9y ago
  The housing situation isn't quite as fucked as the Bay, in that Seattle is actually building more units (there are dozens of high-density apartment complexes under construction at the moment). It's not enough to stop rents from going up, but it's something. And hey, we can always hope that Amazon opening a new HQ somewhere else will ease the influx.
- jostmey 9y ago
  My opinion: - Seattle has more diverse industry. I toured the bio-science companies down at the harbor and was really impressed. Seattle is more than just "tech". - SF is way too restrictive with allowing new housing to be built. I did not perceive the problem to be as bad in Seattle. - In SF, a lot of the streets reeked of weed--It's like when someone cranks up their music too loud forcing everyone to listen to it. I don't care if someone smokes weed, I just don't want to smell it everywhere--it's not family friendly. Meanwhile, Seattle's streets appeared much cleaner to me when I explored the city (on foot).
  - ng12 9y ago
    > In SF, a lot of the streets reeked of weed What? Where did you live? I never once had that problem. It's not like the entirety of SF smells like weed 24/7, I think that's a pretty absurd strike to give a city (especially since it's legalized in WA).
    - jostmey 9y ago
      It was around 2013 and I stayed at the Holiday Inn civic center. I explored around on foot. I remember wanting to get the fresh ocean air in my room (because of the funky odor in my room) and deciding to close my windows because all I smelled outside was weed (though lots of places smelled of weeed)
      - ng12 9y ago
        Yeah, Civic Center is a dumpster fire. Lots of earthy folks hanging about. I used to avoid it as much as possible, which was getting harder after Twitter/Uber/Square/etc moved down there.
  - glibgil 9y ago
    Reeking of weed is like ambulance and police sirens. You only notice it the first two weeks of moving to a crowded city
  - thatswrong0 9y ago
    > - In SF, a lot of the streets reeked of weed And that's not the worst thing I constantly smell / see being done on the streets.
  - mrep 9y ago
    you still live in seattle because I smell it everywhere?
conanbatt 9y ago
9 months of rain?

ng12 9y ago

What makes Seattle better? I've visited friends there a few times and I can't shake the feeling that it's only trailing the Bay by a few years in of affordability and transportation woes.

Analemma_ 9y ago
The housing situation isn't quite as fucked as the Bay, in that Seattle is actually building more units (there are dozens of high-density apartment complexes under construction at the moment). It's not enough to stop rents from going up, but it's something. And hey, we can always hope that Amazon opening a new HQ somewhere else will ease the influx.
jostmey 9y ago
My opinion: - Seattle has more diverse industry. I toured the bio-science companies down at the harbor and was really impressed. Seattle is more than just "tech". - SF is way too restrictive with allowing new housing to be built. I did not perceive the problem to be as bad in Seattle. - In SF, a lot of the streets reeked of weed--It's like when someone cranks up their music too loud forcing everyone to listen to it. I don't care if someone smokes weed, I just don't want to smell it everywhere--it's not family friendly. Meanwhile, Seattle's streets appeared much cleaner to me when I explored the city (on foot).
- ng12 9y ago
  > In SF, a lot of the streets reeked of weed What? Where did you live? I never once had that problem. It's not like the entirety of SF smells like weed 24/7, I think that's a pretty absurd strike to give a city (especially since it's legalized in WA).
  - jostmey 9y ago
    It was around 2013 and I stayed at the Holiday Inn civic center. I explored around on foot. I remember wanting to get the fresh ocean air in my room (because of the funky odor in my room) and deciding to close my windows because all I smelled outside was weed (though lots of places smelled of weeed)
    - ng12 9y ago
      Yeah, Civic Center is a dumpster fire. Lots of earthy folks hanging about. I used to avoid it as much as possible, which was getting harder after Twitter/Uber/Square/etc moved down there.
- glibgil 9y ago
  Reeking of weed is like ambulance and police sirens. You only notice it the first two weeks of moving to a crowded city
- thatswrong0 9y ago
  > - In SF, a lot of the streets reeked of weed And that's not the worst thing I constantly smell / see being done on the streets.
- mrep 9y ago
  you still live in seattle because I smell it everywhere?

conanbatt 9y ago

9 months of rain?