- Public SchoolsA-
- Crime & SafetyC
- HousingC
- NightlifeA
- Good for FamiliesA
- DiversityA
- JobsB
- WeatherB
- Cost of LivingC-
- Health & FitnessA
- Outdoor ActivitiesA+
- CommuteA
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$70,594
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Seattle Reviews
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Seattle--what a wonderful place! When you arrive in Seattle, visiting or for living, it's very likely you will see overcast skies and/or rain; that's given. After a while, you adjust, adapt and learn to accept the weather as part of your identity, as if it were tattooed onto your heart. You find a sense of commonality in a city of over 0.5 million people, most of whom you may never know. However, the 0.0001 % of people you may meet and make friendships with is the part of Seattle that unlocks the magic because beyond the Space Needle, Starbucks, flying fish and other common attractions are the true intimacies of the city. When you wander into Fremont and find some of the best coffee and some of the friendliest people, when you meander into Queen Anne without know and find the homiest Turkish cuisine, when you discover Wedgewood and its enticing serenity, when you voyage to tucked away neighborhoods and find some of the most intriguing street art, that's when you've found Seattle.
If you don't mind a light drizzle for most of the year, the summer in Seattle will make it up to you. Great coffee, great food, great people watching opportunities. If you keep your eyes open, there is plenty of great art, performance and visual, happening year round. Amazing performing arts companies like 5th Avenue Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Symphony & Seattle Opera. And so so much more. Don't stop at the big companies, because the smaller fringe companies have so much to offer. Oh, and techies galore!
I live nearby, and the reputation of Seattle has suburban kids whining to their suffering parents, asking "why couldn't we have moved to Seattle? Don't you love me, Mary-Beth? I could have met people! I could have had a life!"
Of course, Seattle isn't perfect -- it's often sprawling, and difficult to meet others. If you're in your mid-20s, it's perfect -- or a suburban kid who hasn't seen a band in their entire life. Seattle's the spot for artsy self-proclaimed "losers" who can afford laptops costing them an upwards of $2,000. The Craigslist scene is popping, though. If you want a free couch, get over here.
Of course, Seattle isn't perfect -- it's often sprawling, and difficult to meet others. If you're in your mid-20s, it's perfect -- or a suburban kid who hasn't seen a band in their entire life. Seattle's the spot for artsy self-proclaimed "losers" who can afford laptops costing them an upwards of $2,000. The Craigslist scene is popping, though. If you want a free couch, get over here.