Seattle! How is it now? Are there jobs? Should I move there?

tsk.

saint tehersa, savior

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41D4rVbSo6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

did you know: she is actually my namesake?

aw<3 no i did not. but i always liked her.

two people killed, three wounded at my beloved Cafe Racer, another killing downtown about an hour later. what the fuck is going on here?

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/30/another-shooting-police-warn-seattleites-to-stay-out-of-active-scene-on-roosevelt-way

wtf is going on, idgi

Somebody shot at Folklife over the weekend too

at least there's a new 24 hr diner. that evens things out

no

no

:(

downtown shooting a few blocks from my place and on my walk to/from work

Another (allegedly) mentally ill murder-suicide involved in all of it today. The Kyle huff thing from 6 years ago came to mind.
Hope there is a benefit for the family & friends of the victims. Too numb to say more.

there's a motion to get as many people on Friday to attend music shows as possible, given that some of the victims were local performing musicians. I like this idea a lot for many obvious reasons.
Also, you'll be able to buy vodka at midnight at certain supermarkets. yay?

woman shot downtown apparently the wife of someone a close friend works with (not an officemate, but a frequent consultant)

so, i spent the past week in seattle and faced heavy pressure from my extended family to move there. i kind of want to. it was beautiful weather. i went to the park every day. the lake glittered! but i hate driving! and traffic! should i do it??? i'm in an active job search, so maybe i should just look for jobs in seattle? i'm very torn. pros, cons, etc?

Take public transit, esp if you live/work where you can take the light rail. Or, live where you can walk to work.

We need an FAQ for the thread title question. In brief: the weather is more often cooler, grey, and drizzly but that doesn't detract from the beauty. Summer is a perfectly deceptive time to visit. Still, I love it here year-round except for November. If you live & work in Seattle proper, public transit is easy. (there's a major King County Metro change coming in September, including RapidTransit & removing downtown Ride Free Zone. Hopefully it will be awesome) If you live or work outside Seattle, public transit can be trickier. It just depends.

yeah, i'll look over the rest of the thread in a more leisurely fashion later. thanks for the responses!

I live a mile from my job and walk every day, it's not hard to do.

pros: it's a great city all the way around. some of it's world-class already, the rest is under construction. (the five or so of us that still post are all serious SEA boosters, so ask away as your questions become more specific)
cons: weather blah blah blah boring blah blah

lots of neighborhoods you can live in and not need a car. coincidentally they're the best neighborhoods in town (capitol hill, lower queen anne, belltown, fremont, wallingford, columbia city and 5ish more).

As an area native, I have to give the obligatory "Boooooo, you aren't wanted here. Go back to California. Damn outlanders ruining everything." *goes back to my hut made of moss and flannel*

pros: not many weather extremes, rarely humid, few mosquitoes/fleas, things like to grow here, moss is awesome
cons: really rotten when it snows/ices
pros: Seattle public library/King county public library, lots of independent bookstores still, Fantagraphics is here, SIFF and SIFF Cinema and NWFF show cool obscure movies, still lots of old classic movie theaters around that retain some original decor from the 20s, farmers markets all over the place
cons: .... parking maybe?
pros: casual dress pretty much everywhere
cons: if you dress up a little for work, people think you are going on an interview

the parking is really atrocious, you have to admit.

Parking in Seattle is a breeze compared to parking in San Francisco or New York -- or any part of Los Angeles where you have to street-park, for that matter.

That said, I've been without a car for my 9 out of the 11 years I've been here. I can count on one hand the number of times per year I really wish I had a car... like pick up furniture, go to a friend's house in a remote suburb, or do a quick drive to Snoqualmie Falls and back. And that was it. And there are Zipcar options in case any of the above come up.

(Reading back at the thread, the election of 2007 was a pretty contentious one for Seattlexors. Holy shit. I would just read backwards until 2008 or so. So much has changed since then anyway.)

yeah, part of what is contributing to my indecision is that whenever i've gone to seattle, i've stayed with my family in the burbs, so i actually have no idea what it's like to be in seattle itself, except for quick day trips. but i'm in kind of a transitional stage right now and it was so pretty when i was there that when my grandma tells me for the 10 millionth time to move to seattle, i want to say yes! i'm coming! even though i don't really know anyone there cept for family.

(parking won't be a problem since i plan to rely on public transport if i move here/there)

but thanks everyone for the pros/cons!!

(my family moved there after i left home, so even though it is now where i go when i go "home", i never lived there)

rayuela, have you been here during the autumn or winter? if yes and you're not daunted, then move here! if no, do that first and then decide.

move to the city, though, not the suburbs.

yeah, i would have to, esp if i don't plan on driving. btw what time does public transport shut down there?

i've been there around thanksgiving and xmas time. but only for like a week or so, so i don't know if that is enough for me to assess whether i can deal with the non-summertime weather. i did live through 4 years of boston winters, though, so maybe it won't be that bad.

in terms of cold the winters are nothing compared to boston.

light rail runs til 1. buses til 2ish. there are a few night buses.

next time you visit let us know. it's always a help (and fun) to meet and ask questions of locals before moving. i know the next time i move i will TRACK DOWN the one ilxor that lives there.

free trees btw http://www.seattle.gov/trees/treesforneighborhoods.htm

jaq u should plant like 10 in that side yard

I was going for italian plums last year, but missed the window. I so like the idea of a tree with tiny but persistent fruit.

Seattle! It was cool when I was there a couple of weeks ago. There's a job for me, apparently. In a month, I will move there.

If you can enjoy a December/January in Seattle, then you will be just fine.

silby, that's great! Can we throw you a welcome fap?

hey man, welcome. it's been decided, there ARE jobs

Wah

http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2013/01/02/easy-street-records-to-close-queen-anne-store-jan-18

damn.

okay the chase bank thing is just an added layer of fuck this.

Yeah exactly.

General manager of the place will have their office space on the stage or something.

Ned, when are you comin' back here?

Hopefully sometime this year!

Yay, Ned.

fuck the fucking seattle times, seattle will continue to pretend to be a world-class city while not giving a shit about public transportation or the working class in general.

In the meantime, Constantine says he'll be sending the County Council a proposal to cut 550,000 hours of bus service annually.

72 routes gone. Goodbye, short bus to my workplace. Hello, 3 mile walk.

ugh sorry, that's terrible.