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Drunken Ma
If so, tell me some things about it. I'm contemplating moving there and so far I've only seen pics but I want to know more info. What are the people and culture like and crime rate? Whatever info u can give will be helpful, good or bad info....
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Iâve lived 35 miles south of Seattle near Tacoma all my life (aside from a few years while in college). This is the greatest place to live!
The area is a true melting pot. Ethnic groups from every corner of the globe have found homes in Seattle and surrounding communities.
The City of Seattle is an eclectic mix of just about any thing youâre looking for. Rent and housing is high. Downtown is undergoing a makeover with luxury condos and chic restaurants opening.
Crime is typical for a city Seattleâs size with the highest levels in White Center, Capital Hill, Beacon Hill and the Rainier Valley.
The job market is better here than in many parts of the country. The cost of living is high and wages vary from job to job, even from community to community. Commuting one to one-and-a-half hours each way to work is common.
Our highway system is very poor and our wack-brained politicians keep raising our taxes to pay for a âmassâ (read âmessâ) transit that no one (by them) wants and wonât begin to address the transportation needs of the region.
(none of the âstereo typesâ listed below are in any way meant to be derogatory. Rather, they're used to express the variety of peoples that make up this great place.)
Yuppies tend to live on the âEastsideâ in Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond (home of Microsoft). Some of the nationâs most expensive home are on Mercer Island, Madrona and Medina.
Rural living can be found north of Seattle in Snohomish, west (by ferry) in Bremerton, on a dozen near by Islands, or South in places like Auburn and into Pierce County.
Fremont is know for granolas and neighboring University District is home to the U.W. with a sub-culture all itâs own. Grunge, garage bands and neo-goths all find communities in Seattle.
The Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet, 5th Ave Theatre and a host of other artistic venues offers a never ending experience to anyone looking for entertainment in the fine arts.
People here are generally friendly, very independent and very private. A âlive and let liveâ mentality exists, which has booth good and negative consequences. Almost any life style youâre looking for can be found within a 2 hour drive of Seattle.
The City of Seattle is in a geographic area known as âThe Puget Sound Regionâ, and specifically on the âI-5 Corridorâ in King Co. The I-5 corridor (From Everett to Olympia) is where the majority of Washingtonians live. There is a day and night difference in life-styles within the corridor, but one thing is common to all; the weather.
Donât let anyone fool you; it does rain here a lot! Our average 37 inches of rain doesnât all fall at the same time of course. Rather we can have days, weeks and months of gray skys, drizzle, on-and-off showers and sometimes plain old downpours.
We can get snow, but it doesnât last more than a couple days. But, it doesnât have to snow to be cold, very very cold. The thermometer might read 40 degrees outside, but the high humidity can penetrate the warmest coat and chill you to the bone. I attended college in northern Alberta Canada where temps drop below zero, but the Seattle rainy-cold is a cold all itâs own.
Spring is beautiful, and may start as early as March. It does rains in Spring, but the payoff is a profuse array of colors and a lush green that is almost overwhelming.
Summer usually doesnât start till after the 4th of July and temps and reach into the 90âs for a couple days sometimes a week, but it generally cools off in the evenings and often a long sleeve shirt is needed. On âmildâ 68 degree sunny Summer days locals dress in shorts and teeâs while tourist from hotter climates layer on the sweatshirts.
Fall is generally mild and early Fall (September) is often the driest time of the year.
Hiking, biking, skiing, golfing, fishing, hunting, camping, scuba diving, and just about every outdoor sport imaginable can be found right here! Itâs all part of living in the greatest place on earth!
So, come join us! We'd love to have you!
Iâve lived 35 miles south of Seattle near Tacoma all my life (aside from a few years while in college). This is the greatest place to live!
The area is a true melting pot. Ethnic groups from every corner of the globe have found homes in Seattle and surrounding communities.
The City of Seattle is an eclectic mix of just about any thing youâre looking for. Rent and housing is high. Downtown is undergoing a makeover with luxury condos and chic restaurants opening.
Crime is typical for a city Seattleâs size with the highest levels in White Center, Capital Hill, Beacon Hill and the Rainier Valley.
The job market is better here than in many parts of the country. The cost of living is high and wages vary from job to job, even from community to community. Commuting one to one-and-a-half hours each way to work is common.
Our highway system is very poor and our wack-brained politicians keep raising our taxes to pay for a âmassâ (read âmessâ) transit that no one (by them) wants and wonât begin to address the transportation needs of the region.
(none of the âstereo typesâ listed below are in any way meant to be derogatory. Rather, they're used to express the variety of peoples that make up this great place.)
Yuppies tend to live on the âEastsideâ in Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond (home of Microsoft). Some of the nationâs most expensive home are on Mercer Island, Madrona and Medina.
Rural living can be found north of Seattle in Snohomish, west (by ferry) in Bremerton, on a dozen near by Islands, or South in places like Auburn and into Pierce County.
Fremont is know for granolas and neighboring University District is home to the U.W. with a sub-culture all itâs own. Grunge, garage bands and neo-goths all find communities in Seattle.
The Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet, 5th Ave Theatre and a host of other artistic venues offers a never ending experience to anyone looking for entertainment in the fine arts.
People here are generally friendly, very independent and very private. A âlive and let liveâ mentality exists, which has booth good and negative consequences. Almost any life style youâre looking for can be found within a 2 hour drive of Seattle.
The City of Seattle is in a geographic area known as âThe Puget Sound Regionâ, and specifically on the âI-5 Corridorâ in King Co. The I-5 corridor (From Everett to Olympia) is where the majority of Washingtonians live. There is a day and night difference in life-styles within the corridor, but one thing is common to all; the weather.
Donât let anyone fool you; it does rain here a lot! Our average 37 inches of rain doesnât all fall at the same time of course. Rather we can have days, weeks and months of gray skys, drizzle, on-and-off showers and sometimes plain old downpours.
We can get snow, but it doesnât last more than a couple days. But, it doesnât have to snow to be cold, very very cold. The thermometer might read 40 degrees outside, but the high humidity can penetrate the warmest coat and chill you to the bone. I attended college in northern Alberta Canada where temps drop below zero, but the Seattle rainy-cold is a cold all itâs own.
Spring is beautiful, and may start as early as March. It does rains in Spring, but the payoff is a profuse array of colors and a lush green that is almost overwhelming.
Summer usually doesnât start till after the 4th of July and temps and reach into the 90âs for a couple days sometimes a week, but it generally cools off in the evenings and often a long sleeve shirt is needed. On âmildâ 68 degree sunny Summer days locals dress in shorts and teeâs while tourist from hotter climates layer on the sweatshirts.
Fall is generally mild and early Fall (September) is often the driest time of the year.
Hiking, biking, skiing, golfing, fishing, hunting, camping, scuba diving, and just about every outdoor sport imaginable can be found right here! Itâs all part of living in the greatest place on earth!
So, come join us! We'd love to have you!
redmond/kirkland area of wa. state, who should i go with sprint, verizon or at&t?
elizabeth
my husband and i are getting our 1st smartphones and we want to know who has the best coverage, customer service and how much the prices fluctuate month to month.
Answer
Verizon has always had decent coverage - up in the mountains, out in the San Juans. I've been out camping and the only phones that had coverage were Verizon.
We switched from AT&T a few years ago because our house in the burbs (not at all in the boonies) was in the middle of a donut hole of awful coverage. And we checked the coverage maps for AT&T recently and it's still the same.
Bottom line - there are a lot of places with few people and no cell phone towers in this state (mountains, state parks etc.) and no carrier has invested in the equipment to have great coverage through the whole state. But it certainly seems that Verizon has it covered better than anyone else.
Have a nice day
Verizon has always had decent coverage - up in the mountains, out in the San Juans. I've been out camping and the only phones that had coverage were Verizon.
We switched from AT&T a few years ago because our house in the burbs (not at all in the boonies) was in the middle of a donut hole of awful coverage. And we checked the coverage maps for AT&T recently and it's still the same.
Bottom line - there are a lot of places with few people and no cell phone towers in this state (mountains, state parks etc.) and no carrier has invested in the equipment to have great coverage through the whole state. But it certainly seems that Verizon has it covered better than anyone else.
Have a nice day
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