Is Seattle a Good Place to Live?

[@davidtalbot6842]

Channel is a breath of fresh air every time, happy to live in Seattle as well, the positives overall outshine the negatives, and there’s reason to believe those negatives will still be changed

[@kurotaka007]

Burger King used to have the slogan, “Have it your way”. How I remember America. We forget, what made America great was the ability to compromise and find common ground. Now it’s my way or the highway. My ancestor’s came from Poland and settledin Chicago. Work hard, create your own opportunities. I retired last year a bit early and relocated to Japan to spend my life with my wife and her family. So interesting living in a society 180 from my previous life. I enjoy your (2) Channels. You both motivated me to start my own KZbin channel (coming next month). Seeing the world through a whole new set of glasses. Life as an Ex Pat Marriage to someone of Japanese. No tech reviews. I spent the last 41 years in the tech industry and happily retired from it. origin. Keep up the great work on this channel. I look forward to your next project. We share much common ground! God bless!

[@travis.808]

Coming from someone who grew up in Kaneohe, I always found it really funny when people complained about the rain in Seattle. People think of Hawaii as always sunny but to be as green as it is, just like Seattle, it has to have consistent rainfall. I feel like we may have more of a homeless problem here on Oahu it happens in liberal places with moderate weather. I agree with everything you've said in this video. It takes good leadership which we are in extreme shortage of.

[@poppunkpizza]

You guys might have liked Flagstaff Arizona. Very green, mountains, lakes and it’s fairly safe.

[@robertjames-life4768]

The worst part of Seattle you can’t control- the weather! Lol after 30 years in Kirkland we moved to southern Oregon. Much warmer and clearer.

[@DariuszPorowski]

Hi there, It's a funny case. I started watching your tech channel like 3, maybe 4 years ago and really enjoy it. What does that have with Seattle? A year ago, I did not think I would move to Seattle, so I have been here now for 8 months- I moved from Europe :) After 8 months, I have similar observations as you, but still learning the area, cons/pros, etc. So far enjoy living here - especially on the east side. Cheers!

[@GeminiDiscover]

That is awesome! Welcome to Seattle. The Eastside is pretty nice.

[@RustiKate]

Appreciate your video, your words and effort. Well said.

[@uniquetraveler-w8s]

We moved to Seattle 5 years back after living in Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, and New Jersey. Completely agree with your points, the way I see it, things that are good here (weather, tech industry, nature, decent transit system, good schools district) cannot be easily established elsewhere, but the negatives (homelessness at downtown, graffiti, and petty crimes) can be taken care of in 6 months, with a right intention. Also, if one stays in east side areas like Bellevue or one of the suburbs, they can get the best of both worlds..

[@willskissick4100]

Hey I’m currently living in Dallas and considering moving to all of these areas.. which place did you find most difficult to live in? Were any less than or barely agreeable yet still worth it? Thank you, appreciate your kind help 😊

[@uniquetraveler-w8s]

@@willskissick4100 Depends on what you are looking for in a place. Jobs, weather, vibrant city life? Chicago is a great city for someone in the 20s that can withstand the midwest cold. Whereas Atlanta is a good suburban place where Florida beach are at a driving distance. I like Seattle overall as one can get a bit of everything.. the city itself is walkable, the weather is relatively mild and the suburbs are nice once you have a family. The only downside is the grey & gloomy weather 4 months a year..

[@islanddream8306]

Thanks for the information. I am looking forward to moving down there with my family in the future.

[@aussieexpat]

All my favorites vanished. The computer museum, payne airfields historical plane collection, cinerama..

[@44ute]

I grew up in an area one hour south of Seattle in the 1960's and 70's. We would occasionally take family or school field trips to Seattle tourist attractions (Science Center, Space Needle, Waterfront), they were nice. I went to the Univ of Wash. in the 80's. Explored a lot more of the city back then, except west Seattle. Only once back then, as a man, did I ever feel unsafe. I graduated in 1989 and left for the sunny weather of San Diego, CA for 17 years, then to Denver, CO. Around June 2018 I took my 8-year-old daughter to see some Seattle sites--Space Needle, monorail to downtown to see the Public Market and Starbucks. I was amazed at the amount of pot smoke that filled the air on various blocks downtown (Washington and Colorado states both opted for recreational pot use in 2012--that was a HUGE F***ING MISTAKE). Yes, more graffiti, trash and panhandling than what I remembered from the 80's and few visits back in the 90's. I see no reason whatsoever to return to the Seattle area, even though it has amazing beauty, geography and activities (the gloomy weather still sucks except for the summers). The leadership of Seattle and many other west coast cities (Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles) have lost their 'collective' minds. It will probably take decades to return those cities to some semblance of sanity, if ever. I can't imagine them ever turning themselves around like Singapore. It would take a civil war, or cataclysmic shift in thinking, public policy, governance and enforcement. But it could be done. I wish you well, but enjoy the decline of a once amazing coastal city. In 1982 Seattle adopted the moniker of 'The Emerald City', (I and many others referred to Seattle as 'The Jet City' back then), how appropriate, look behind the curtain to find what ails you. But you already know that, perhaps you should run for public office.

[@matt007]

I was born and raised in WA and spent a lot of my life in Seattle, but moved away. The way it has been destroyed by the left, it would take a lot for me to move back. I’d probably move to Kirkland/Bellevue before I’d go to Seattle.

[@poppunkpizza]

Where did you end up moving to? I’m trying to find a nice safe place to live in Washington that won’t cost an arm and a leg.

[@LobodArcis]

You started off correctly Seattle's geography and what you can do in this region. Is the number one draw? More people move away from seattle because of the gray and the rain their own depressional issues. Seattle is a balance well. We do have a homeless problem but so does just about every other major city in america. This is 1 of your best videos.

[@NicoleKekona]

I don't want to hear about weather or homeless or roads that are not well taken care of. I want to hear about the gangs, drug use, and crimes in the area. everything else I can handle.

[@juliehatcher5626]

Thank you” for your honesty.”

[@carlsilverman754]

Been to Seattle! met tv reporter Rebecca Boren 1998...of famous Boren family founders of city

[@rootbox]

The crime etc. part ...you should have lived here in the 70's and 80's! It was gritty to say the least. Now that the city has priced itself out of the working class budget and the profound increase in population, the gritty stands out more.

[@GeminiDiscover]

Do you have an explanation why Seattle has always had this gritty criminal element?

[@tzzz7]

@@GeminiDiscover Seattle was dirty, full of street folks and crime back in the 70's and 80's (and the era -stereotype of corrupt cops). It didn't have the wealth and big city feel that exists now. Like night and day. The people that dissed Seattle then, did so for the same reasons. I stayed in Manhattan for a short spell in 1985...it was gritty also. Nothing like it is now. Tacoma- the same. Just bumps in a city's lifetime. I look back at the gritty eras of the 3 cities I mentioned with fondness. They are different now and will morph in the future to yet something different. This is a great channel, Thanks for your content!

[@jeffrelf]

Martin ( the host ) is accurate, as always. Seattle can be expensive, but you get what you pay for.

[@GeminiDiscover]

Thanks for watching and joining the conversation!

[@NinaWinder]

The whole truth!

[@anthonyporto8094]

How would you compare Seattle to Vancouver BC?

[@GeminiDiscover]

Vancouver is better built and less problem ridden at the moment but the wages are lower and the taxes are higher yet real estate prices are extremely high so Seattle is actually better to make a living

[@yordanpopov]

Vancouver has no real economy and feels like a tourist town. Seattle is a lot better place to live.

[@Whatsth3ruckus]

Is the fact that Colorado is landlocked the only reason you decided not to move there?

[@GeminiDiscover]

Yes and that a lot of the issues Seattle is having have showed up there too

[@Whatsth3ruckus]

@@GeminiDiscover True, I can believe that.

[@thomasmcroy1756]

The current version of American progressivism is a modern tragedy.

[@aussieexpat]

The only people who like Seattle typically are nowhere near downtown. Downtown is unequivocally a complete and utter hell hole.

[@julienalexander6113]

don't move to Florida. don't do it.

[@GeminiDiscover]

We don't want hot humid and flat

[@jeffrelf]

In Seattle, these days, it's very important to know who is dangerous, when & where, and how you should react. Parking lots & Public transportation are extremely dangerous.

[@8088-f8b]

Objectively, if you compare American cities and states, guess which states / cities have these particular problems? There is a common theme here, and it is not opinion or bias to state this fact---these types of problems are OVERWHELMINGLY common in blue, "progressive" run states / cities. Other than the natural beauty (and even it suffers), most of these places are ghettos.

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

Not Anymore

[@Spark4Dummy]

So you deleted my truthful comment

[@GeminiDiscover]

I haven't deleted any comments. What was it?

[@AjaySingh-228]

🙂✌️

[@ScottCole-sb8fy]

I grew up on Bainbridge island across the bay from seattle. This in the 70's --80's. I used to go to seattle on the ferry all the time. Go to Ivars' fish n chips down on the water. Walk through all the music stores on 1st ave. Go to the space needle for dinner. Shop at Nordstroms', Frederick & Nelson's, the Bon Marche', Catch the monor rail. Seattle was a fun, beautiful city. Now it's a dump. A liberal, crime ridden, socialist dump. Sad.