Is SEATTLE Worth Moving To?

[@dorkladytravels]

So what do you think about moving to Seattle? Other ideas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5rXlJ1pet5katU

[@manictiger]

To each his/her own, but I wouldn't move there. Idk, it just feels like this so-called "leadership" doesn't give a damn about anything besides virtue-signaling and self-righteousness. Crime and degeneracy should never be normalized or rationalized away. It shouldn't have even been allowed in California, but now it's spreading throughout the entire U.S., like a cancer and we're supposed to act like it's an accident, and that there aren't traitors sabotaging this once prosperous nation. I don't like seeing this empire collapse. I don't like seeing the crime shoot up. I don't like going on Nextdoor and seeing floods of complaints, stolen cars, stolen catalytic convertors, phone thieves, burglars casing out people's houses, litter piles, tent cities popping up everywhere, people doing drugs in broad daylight, shameless degeneracy... This is fast becoming a third-world country, and I can't sit here, bite my tongue, and act like things are great and that Seattle, Portland and all of California aren't major malignant tumors against the American people.

[@manictiger]

Sorry to be negative, but I really don't like Seattle or Portland. I feel like I moved to this state at the end of an empire. Spent my whole life in miserable 455 California, and now when I find paradise, it's paradise removed.

[@dorkladytravels]

How can we reverse the decay? Is it even possible, or is this just an inevitable stage of empire that can only collapse to begin anew?

[@manictiger]

@@dorkladytravels I want to believe that people will somehow throw out the previous leaders and replace them with good ones, but idk. I think the one thing we can rely on, is our local communities. I plan to defend and build this community when the system completely fails. I believe that a community that sticks together can outlast any calamity.

[@OtayBuckwheat]

I always read the AARP "best places to retire" articles and the TripAdvisor recommendations etc, and I still haven't figured out where the very best place to live is, but Puerto Rico suits my needs because the warm climate affords me a better quality of life health wise, and metaphysically and spiritually it's beneficial for me to be near the water and out in the country. Seattle is far too damn and cold for my old bones and muscles.

[@nunyafawkingbiz]

I'd live in Puerto Rico before Seattle lol! And that's speaks volumes because I wouldn't live in PR! Now Eastern WA! Yes!

[@michelleslifeonrepeat]

Nope would want to ever live there. But the small islands via ferry boats are beautiful. And Yes, I’m presently living in Washington State.

[@dorkladytravels]

North of Seattle in some of those smaller communities look interesting too. I'd love to take a road trip up there sometime to really explore.

[@OtayBuckwheat]

It's truly beautiful, and yes those islands are magnificent, but to visit.. not reside. Those incredible homes on those beautiful islands are not what I would consider affordable options for most.

[@OtayBuckwheat]

I traveled a lot working in the film industry and I'm a first impressions kind of guy when it comes to cities and states, so I would never consider Washington state as a place to reside, but I would recommend visiting, just be careful about what time of year you choose because I was stranded due to blizzards, and then it rained and rained. ⛈️ Every time I visited San Francisco it was foggy, rainy and nasty 🌫️ and the French Quarter in New Orleans is fun until the morning after. 🎉👑🗑️ If you think 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico was hot and humid and the mosquitoes were bad, visit Mobile Alabama. 🦟 Gulf Coast mosquitoes leave welts the size of quarters. Atlanta and LA are traffic nightmares. 🚦🚗🚓 The Gulf Coast is great if you're a Fern! 🥵

[@dorkladytravels]

LOL, thanks, Otay... Good to know!

[@michaelblanco2189]

Seattle is the worse city to live in as a single male. I lived there for 5 years, then went on a cross country work trip where I got to stay/ party in most every major city. Seattle was by far the worst. I ended up moving to San Diego, this city is incredible for single males/ females,

[@dorkladytravels]

Michael, thanks for adding your perspective. I agree about San Diego, it's a great little city and we always enjoy visiting there.

[@SippyCupAdventures]

I am glad we had a chance to visit Seattle and the surrounding Puget Sound region after our music event in 2019. We got an AirBnb in Gig Harbor which was tremendous, and absolutely loved that area. We drove to Bremerton with family and took the ferry to Seattle to explore a little. We explored "just enough," as I wasn't enthralled to visit the downtown area as much as Patti. Glad we did though. The weather was perfect, a rarity, but it was at the end of July. Nope. Could not move there. Too many overcast days. When you go back, explore the Gig Harbor area!

[@dorkladytravels]

Hey Darin, thanks for the tip. Gig Harbor and Bremerton are definitely on the list. I don't mind fog and overcast, rainy days, but I'm not sure if I could take them all the time. It's just one of those things we'd have to try out, I guess... :)

[@rochelleglam]

Born and raised in Seattle. This town used to have vibrancy. Now it’s woke, homeless everywhere, rampant crime and the W. Seattle bridge is not in use and no one knows when it will open again. I don’t love the rain but the mild weather is nice in comparison to the rest of the country. Our Governor seems pretty bought by the industry giants here (Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, etc). The suburbs you listed listed outside the city are ridiculously expensive. Better neighborhoods for your value than those. It is beautiful here and the air is clean except when the BC fires are burning. King county is huge and so that vax passport is a nuisance if you opted out. The cost of living has gone through the roof and people are getting priced out, way out of the city. I wouldn’t move here.. I’m looking to leave.

[@dorkladytravels]

Hey rochelleglam, thanks for adding your perspective. If we were to move to the area, I suspect we'd go to a community on the edges, somewhere in the hills with not as many people but we could still drive to city, do fun city things, then leave.... :)

[@rochelleglam]

@@dorkladytravels as long as you are fully vaxxed then yes. But avoid W. Seattle because of the bridge. I grew up in W. Seattle so it makes me sad that now that area is so disconnected from downtown.

[@dorkladytravels]

Thanks for that tip, I had no idea about the bridge. Do restaurants only serve the vaccinated?

[@rochelleglam]

@@dorkladytravels also if you are ever in the mood for Italian when in Seattle check out La Spiga- the best gnocchi!

[@rochelleglam]

@@dorkladytravels in King county you have to have a vax card for restaurants, concerts, gyms.

[@benata51]

Great editing. But stop the background music.

[@eddieonthegotravel]

Ewww, all my friends are moving away from there because like other heavily gentrification cities, prices are skyrocketing and culture being erased.

[@manictiger]

Seattle and Portland bring shame to everyone in the surrounding area. I left California to get away from the woke idiocy, and now these two cities are exporting crime, tent cities, antigun stupidity and just plain woke dumbness. Washington was not this run down back in 2019, or even in 2020. I miss being able to say "there's no crime or litter in my neighborhood", and I do blame these zombie manifestation zones, Portland and Seattle.

[@dorkladytravels]

It's too bad that with all the good things, the great restaurants, arts scene, and urban creativity, come all the other issues associated with a lack of fiscal foresight and responsibility. How do all our best cities keep falling into these predicaments?

[@manictiger]

@@dorkladytravels Yeah, I moved here to be near Portland, but not in it. Ironically, I've almost never stepped foot in Portland, but, admittedly, a lot of my rent checks come from money made in Portland. It is really unfortunate, that the places where there's all the jobs and infrastructure, are the worst places in the U.S. to live.