>Maybe its the lack of sunlight. Maybe its the layout of the city. Maybe its the high cost of living, or the abundance of people who didn't grew up here, or tec

>Maybe its the lack of sunlight. Maybe its the layout of the city. Maybe its the high cost of living, or the abundance of people who didn't grew up here, or tech. But it seems everyone defines themselves through their job, and everyone has pretty much the same job, and not much else going for them. All of the above. Commuting 1-3 hours every day solely due to traffic the city is doing absolutely nothing about so you end up having an 11-13 hour day most days, most non-engineers having to live 10-40 miles outside of the city where all you can really do is stay inside, you work so much in the city that going back there or staying there after work is mentally painful, the homeless problem and seeing all kinds of stuff a human shouldn't see such as death on the streets or people high as s#-t on meth roaming around the city screaming about shooting up schools, the cost of living is far too high in the entire region for a lot of minimum wage ($15/hr is not liveable within 10+ miles of the city) workers. Unless you live in the city, traveling to a friends house can be 45min - 2 hours by public transit. Employers don't give vacation time unless you're corporate and are a $100k+ salary worker. Employers needed to be mandated by the city to just give 5 paid sick days. Seattle is very exploitative and fisically right wing; its not this socialist paradise everyone makes it out to be. I'm personally exhausted on my weekends. My week ends up being ~60 hours with my commute and none of that is at home.