Hello westcoasters
I was hoping you guys could fill me in on everything Seattle, as well as show me some great pictures of the city.
You see, I currently live in Texas *vomit* where I have grown up my entire life...unfortunantly. I am nearing the end of college, as well as flight school- I am training to be an airline pilot.
For as long as I can remember there has been no doubt that I would leave Texas once finishing school. Over the past few years I haved thought about a few places I could move to...the top canidates were Miami, then the Baltimore/D.C. area, and even San Francisco-unitl I saw the housing prices :eek2:
Despite all that, I always loved Seattle. Why it never crossed my mind as a place to move to...I don't know. But for the past few months there has been no doubt in my mind that Seattle must be my new home.
Of course as all you who live in Seattle can imagine, the first response people give me when I tell them of my plans is: "but it rains so much!" Well, according to my research-and it has been extensive- Seattle actually receives some bad press. From what I learned it actually doesn't rain nearly as much in Seattle as it does on the east coast...Seattle is just cloudy so it has that reputaion as a rainy city.
But in either case, I like the rain and mild temperatures. Much better in my opinion than the sizzling heat and humidity of the South.
So, please I need you guys to help me out here. Tell me what it is like to live in Seattle. What is the lifestyle like there? What are some good neighborhoods to live in? I have been looking at Burien, Ballard, and West Seattle as possible locations. Are they good?
And most importantly, I would love to see more pictures of Seattle. Ranier has some incredible ones on here in the forums but I was hoping to see some more. The pictures of the downtown area are great, but I was also hoping to see much more neighborhood pictures as well.
Thanks so much for the help!
I was hoping you guys could fill me in on everything Seattle, as well as show me some great pictures of the city.
You see, I currently live in Texas *vomit* where I have grown up my entire life...unfortunantly. I am nearing the end of college, as well as flight school- I am training to be an airline pilot.
For as long as I can remember there has been no doubt that I would leave Texas once finishing school. Over the past few years I haved thought about a few places I could move to...the top canidates were Miami, then the Baltimore/D.C. area, and even San Francisco-unitl I saw the housing prices :eek2:
Despite all that, I always loved Seattle. Why it never crossed my mind as a place to move to...I don't know. But for the past few months there has been no doubt in my mind that Seattle must be my new home.
Of course as all you who live in Seattle can imagine, the first response people give me when I tell them of my plans is: "but it rains so much!" Well, according to my research-and it has been extensive- Seattle actually receives some bad press. From what I learned it actually doesn't rain nearly as much in Seattle as it does on the east coast...Seattle is just cloudy so it has that reputaion as a rainy city.
But in either case, I like the rain and mild temperatures. Much better in my opinion than the sizzling heat and humidity of the South.
So, please I need you guys to help me out here. Tell me what it is like to live in Seattle. What is the lifestyle like there? What are some good neighborhoods to live in? I have been looking at Burien, Ballard, and West Seattle as possible locations. Are they good?
And most importantly, I would love to see more pictures of Seattle. Ranier has some incredible ones on here in the forums but I was hoping to see some more. The pictures of the downtown area are great, but I was also hoping to see much more neighborhood pictures as well.
Thanks so much for the help!