THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE MOVING TO SEATTLE *brutally honest* | good, bad, and ugly | seattle fashion

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[ann_r_kee]

Side note: please don't STEAL peoples dogs

[nosoulboy]

Tip for meeting people here. Find something you like to do and find a place where you can do it. Keep going to the same place and others will start noticing you. Strike up convos, become a regular. You'll make friends with people who like some of the same things you do. Seattle people are nice, but they like their patterns and their "places", and everyone feels like they don't have the bandwidth, so find a way to get into that bandwidth, or minimize your 'width'.

[nancywilson]

I moved to Seattle in 1970. I now live in a SE suburb incorporated town. I loved Seattle from the moment I moved here and still love the whole urban area. It is tough if you don’t have a high salary as the cost of housing is quite high. I moved here as a student in 1970 and could pay rent and tuition by a campus job and a few shifts in a tavern making pizzas and sandwiches. I can’t imagine anyone being able to do that now.
The scenery is amazing and so are most of the people.

[marcus.]

Transplant from socal here. Moved in 2018 for work. If you're a city person, you won't need a car. However, if you're into the outdoors and camping/hiking etc you will need a car. You can't live in the Seattle area and not check out the Olympics, the Cascades, Mt Rainier etc. Plus all the lakes on the Eastside like Sammamish and Kachess. I live in the Bellevue area now and love it. As for the "Seattle freeze", it's over exaggerated. Join a gym or do things you like, you'll meet quality people. At least that's how it is on the Eastside like Kirkland, Redmond and Bellevue.

[christopherderrah]

I knew a guy in Seattle who had a black lab puppy. He could strike up conversations with about 10 different women with one walk around Greenlake.

[court]

While we have culture, and a wide variety of people.. I was born and raised here, and the Seattle Freeze is SO REAL. Everyone knows it, it’s extremely difficult to make friends or real connections, and I’ve lived here my entire life 🫤

If anyone reading this considers moving here, I highly recommend living outside of the city. Even neighboring cities to Seattle are becoming too expensive to live in for the vast majority.

Everyone is welcome here, but you do have to do some searching for your people. Still haven’t totally found mine. I’m also very introverted, so this doesn’t bother me as much lmao. The PNW is a beautiful place, and individuality is accepted.

Also Seattle and Portland have some of the best vegan food 🤤 and amazing Vietnamese coffee

[dezigirl]

This video is phenomenal. I just got a job at a non-profit out there and will be making the move next month. I’m coming with my poodle, Sassi, so I’m excited that it’s so dog friendly. I’m happy I found your channel.

[chutman]

Seattle freeze ? Join meetups or any group like for running, fitness or almost any activity. If you stay home & read or watch tv all the time you're just not going to meet anyone. Duh! So many great neighborhoods all with their own character. We seem to end up in Ballard, Queen Anne, Fremont or UW area mostly. University Village is not to be missed.

[marcuslorenzokai]

Having moved here from Melbourne, Australia, I've found Seattle people to be absurdly unfriendly. Drivers love to tailgate and argue until you confront them. Seattle people blame it all on "transplants", but the transplants are the only people that will hold the door for you and have a wee chat. Then they turn around and call Portland people weird for being normal, nice neighbors.

It's a strange hypocrisy that doesn't exist so much in Australia (Melbourne and Sydney I've lived in). So much potential here, can't wrap my head around it really.

[aprilproano]

I’m from Chicago and I go to Chicago ever summer. Seattle has gotten more dangerous. I have been living in Seattle since 2015 and got assaulted by the Whole Foods in SLU in 2021 in the daytime and I’ve had to use pepper spray another time because someone tried to corner me. I feel MUCH safer in Chicago. The crime rate might look worse but it’s all on South Side and can be avoided while crime in Seattle is spread all over the city.

[charushekhar]

I have actually been living in Seattle for 7 months now and I absolutely love it! I moved from Arizona and my first thought was the massive change in weather!

[Runnerschai]

I don’t know why it’s never mentioned but my biggest issue in Seattle and Bellevue was tons of new construction and nothing has air conditioning. I know most of the year you don’t need it, but the few hot months those things that look like college fridges just don’t cut it with the cost of living.
Also all new construction has parking for extra fee. Tons of new construction all over. No charm but lots of availability so many concessions.
Love the city it’s so charming but the AC should be known. No one ever mentions and it’s a real issue 3 months plus. The smaller the apt the more it’s really hot and stuffy.

[christopherderrah]

I have lived in Seattle for 35 years. I bike and walk at any time of night in most neighborhoods. I have never yet been attacked or mugged. I know 2 people who were mugged in the 80s and 90s.

[martingreenberg]

I live in Seattle and recommend having a car. Abandoning your car means using a bicycle for short distances and using public transportation or Uber for longer hauls. Going downtown means using a bus. The buses don’t always stop to pick up passengers. They don’t necessarily run on time.

Downtown at night is frightening. Virtually no traffic on the street other than buses. That means no police cars or taxis. Not much street life. Definitely homeless people. As a retired RN, I’d say some of the homeless are former psychiatric patients off their medication.

I believe in the Seattle freeze. It takes a while to find your tribe. People are polite but not necessarily friendly. A dog is good. A way to meet others with a similar interest.

Yes, rent is high. Glad I bought a condo ten years ago. Of course, in cities like NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA, San Francisco this is also true. Unfortunately, not everyone can work for a tech company.

You can’t talk about Seattle without addressing weather. Yes, it does rain. It rains frequently but for short periods. From October through March it is overcast. The temperature is moderate. It seldom goes below 20 degrees and seldom snows. During the summer it is between 70-80 degrees. It does hit 90 for short periods. We don’t get the humidity found on the right coast. Most places don’t have A/C as a result.

I can recommend the Seattle public library. There is a thriving art scene. I was surprised and happy to discover a jazz scene. We have a great NPR jazz station based in Tacoma & Seattle, KNKX.

I miss NYC but can’t afford to return. There are a lot of NYC refugees. There are a lot of educated people here. I’d guess the population skews towards 20 & 30 year olds. I love being state income tax free but watch out for the 10% sales tax. Gas is ~ $1/gallon more expensive than the national average. This is a blue area politically.

Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

[susactivitiess]

Living in an outside neighborhood SE of Seattle! Would definitely recommend living outside and commuting there instead of living inside the city bc it’s much safer, cheaper, and bigger so you can drive easily. But Seattle is still an awesome city to live in, just so expensive.

[ecprescott]

Hey! Really appreciate the video. I just moved here so I’ve been doing a bunch of research. Spent the last few days learning public transit and visiting some neighborhoods. I just got a room in a house in the u district but I’ll be commuting to first hill for work

[shannon-huang]

I’m moving to the Seattle area this summer and I started taking notes half-way through, haha 😉 Thank you for your concise, invaluable insights!

[orbitaljunkie]

Good vid. I moved to west seattle from atlanta earlier this year and I think everything you said is spot on. Everyone in the south thinks seattle is some sort of non-stop warzone and i'm over here like this shit is paradise. Definitely considering selling my car and checking out cap hill and fremont for a new spot. west Seattle can feel really cut off, bridge or not.

[djpetenice]

Thank you for the tips. My wife and I are moving there in July. She landed a high paying job as a nurse. We're from San Jose, CA. Thankfully I have a handful of friends that live there already and I used in bands over the decades. The car situation concerns me. I'll need to get around myself to find a job. We have a relocation couch helping us. Im excited and scared at the same time.

[iamkurtwilliam]

When I lived in Seattle… I thought of nothing but getting out. Now I live on a beach in Thailand and am never going back, lol.