FYI - Seattle is a great place to live. Housing prices are very steep though. When I think of how expensive houses are in Portland I just look at real estate ads in Seattle and it makes me feel better. And I agree with Gerryatrics...delay your return flight so you can catch that game! There aren't many things that are more fun than going to a Seahawks game at Qwest Field!
This time of year the drive to Ranier starts can be dicey. It snows like a sonufa in the Pacific NW most years. November may be OK, just depends. http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/road-status.htm for road closure info.
I like taking the ferry from Anacortes to Victoria BC and spending a night there, then back via any of several other routes. As someone else said the San Juan islands are simply spectacular.
It is absolutely a GREAT place to live, although as TLong said, it is quite expensive. I lived in a dorm that was paid for by a scholarship so I was lucky. But I looked into prices for living off campus and it was way out of my budget.
If I thought I could swing it (since I am self-employed and you have to pay State taxes up there), I would totally move back in a heartbeat. Seattle is very open-minded, the people are generally well-read and educated, it is very 'green' (environmentally friendly) and there is always something to do, every weekend. Culturally it is great for someone like me who loves Asian and Pacific Islander food and culture. Except for all the spam dishes the Hawaiians make. Gross!
The public transportation is excellent, as my poor college student ass bussed it everywhere. In most parts of town, the bus runs off of electricity and there is an emphasis on walking and bike riding, with many streets having bike lanes.
It rains a LOT but its piddly little drizzle-type rain most of the time. Just enough to keep things wet and grey. You have to have a strong cons ution, when I was there I read that Seattle was the suicide 'capital' of the country, and the weather they say had a lot to do wtih it. I happen to love grey, overcast days so it was perfect for me. But I did miss the big South Texas thunderstorms. You will see lightning occasionally in Seattle but rarely any thunder or hail, or even wind.
If you love the outdoors and nature, its a wonderful place. You have the best of everything within an hour or two drive. Mountains, lakes, forests, hiking, camping, the ocean, volcanoes
I compare Seattle to San Francisco. Both are cities by a bay (Elliot Bay in Seattle), both have temperate summers and cold (but not usually snowy) winters and both have hills galore, a large Asian population and a lot of tech-type jobs driving their economy. I love San Francisco as well but if I had to choose it would be Seattle, no question.
talked to my buddy who lives there about 3 weeks ago and he told me the weather is nice. Of course that can change in a heartbeat over there.
don't jaywalk..they enforce it like crazy in that city
I'm in awe how beautiful this city is. Didn't know a city could be this beautiful and so green with trees all over the place next to the highways like Seattle and it's outlying cities. I've done a lot of stuff you guys have suggested so thanks a lot for your suggestions! The parking here is a and so is the traffic. The drivers here are freaking crazy!
What sucks though is that it gets dark at 4:30 in the afternoon and feels like the whole day goes by really fast.
Awesome city. I'll be back in the Spring for sure!
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