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At this point Seattle is a fairly crummy city in a fairly nice location. The region and climate are nice but the traffic is hell, the crime is bad and the housi
by slm_HN 8y ago
At this point Seattle is a fairly crummy city in a fairly nice location. The region and climate are nice but the traffic is hell, the crime is bad and the housing costs are astronomical. The tech salaries are high, but it doesn't make up for the otherwise poor quality of life.
- dpark 8y agoPoor quality of life? I guess my standards are low, because my quality of life here is great.
- lackbeard 8y agoI'm pretty sure crime is far lower in Seattle than other large US cities, especially violent crime.
- dawnerd 8y agoPeople say the same about crime in Portland too and really it's just property theft/drugs.
- rurban 8y agoPlus Portland gets the same amount of rain, as Seattle.
- jotux 8y agoWhy speculate when there's data[1]. City Violent Crime/100k Property Crime/100k Los Angeles 16 60 San Francisco 90 711 DC 79 672 Chicago 33 108 NYC 7 18 Houston 42 193 Seattle 88 808 Portland 77 850 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- todd8 8y agoNo, the actual values are quite different. From [1], the same source: City Violent Crime/100k Property Crime/100k Detroit 1759.6 4093.6 DC 1202.6 4516.2 Houston 966.7 4397.5 Chicago 903.8 2946.3 San Francisco 776.8 6138.0 Boston 706.8 2316.1 Los Angeles 634.8 2359.6 Seattle 598.7 5522.0 NYC 585.8 1518.7 Portland 472.8 5234.8 Raleigh 392.3 3063.0 Austin 372.5 3771.0 (I added a few cities that are frequently on HN and rearranged them.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b....
- jotux 8y agoYou are correct. Unfortunately I can't go back and delete my erroneous post or edit it. I misinterpreted the "total" column as total events, and divided them by the population. Hopefully people looking at my original post will continue to read down to your reply, and this correction.
- todd8 8y agoYes, I wondered about the heading labeled "total" as well! It was a bit confusing to be there next to the actual population of the city number. I had recently looked up the NYC crime rate though and I figured out the "total" column was actually the total/100k.
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- toweringgoat 8y agoIt's far higher than SF at least, in fact I'd say it's higher than most US cities. Plus the traffic is less of an issue with the light-rail expansion (assuming you live close enough to light rail). But still far lower than most of the rest of the world.
- Camillo 8y agoIs the climate actually nice? I could not live in a place where it's cloudy most of the year.
- influx 8y agoNope, it’s rains here all the time, go to California instead. Much better weather there. :)
- remarkEon 8y agoIf you’re considering moving here, think hard about it. It does rain for most of the year, meaning that there’s lots of “green” all over the place (if that’s your thing). Also, in the summers it’s basically 60-70 straight days of 70s and sunny. Not a lot of variety imo.
- anonymous5133 8y agoSeattle has the highest amount of rainfall per year of any mainland region.
- curtis 8y agoThis is just flat out wrong. We do get more cloudy days than any major city in the U.S. but we don't actually get that much heavy rain. This is at least partly offset by the fact that the temperatures are much milder year round. Seattle barely gets any snow in the winter, and rarely gets very hot in the summer. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Climate.
- aaronbrethorst 8y agoThe winters here can be really rough. For me, owning a SAD lamp is pretty much a requirement.