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He loved Big Brother

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9. I moved here from Florida.
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:12 AM
May 2016

I love almost everything about it, but it took me about ten years to get there. There's more money to be made, it's more technologically advanced, and it's beautiful. I will say, I was miserable, but it's nicer being miserable in Seattle than almost anywhere else I've lived (which is quite a few places).

The big cons- it's mostly white people, very lacking in diversity. It's gentrified as all hell. It's expensive, and people don't really help one another out much. Also, dating is hard. It's the sort of place where perfectly dateable people can be single for a long time. Making friends is sometimes even more difficult than dating. I hope you like karaoke.

I have also lived in Portland. Portland is much better. Seattle could learn a lot from Portland, but Portland doesn't have a thing to learn from Seattle.

If you end up here, message me and maybe we could grab coffee.

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Traffic is bad HassleCat May 2016 #1
Seattle is a great and beautiful city. ciaobaby May 2016 #2
I have been to Seattle mercuryblues May 2016 #3
The minimum wage is Not $15 an hour. sense May 2016 #6
I left Seattle last summer after 16 years The Blue Flower May 2016 #7
Heh. BreweryYardRat May 2016 #8
Portland He loved Big Brother May 2016 #10
Property in all of the Northwest has been surging. Same thing that happened newthinking May 2016 #11
Good for you! oldandhappy May 2016 #4
It would be opposite larkrake May 2016 #5
I moved here from Florida. He loved Big Brother May 2016 #9
Consider Olympia or Bellingham. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #12
Crazy overpriced and too many tech people. LisaM May 2016 #13
100% correct The Blue Flower May 2016 #14
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