Actually, Seattle (in general) is a very pleasant city! We lived very close to there (in Kent, a suburb) for six years and went into the city frequently. Seattle has a terrific opera company, a good ballet company, lots of nice places to shop, and the most gorgeous weather in the summertime. Also a lot of very nice, open, friendly people. We greatly enjoyed living there and tried to go back after my husband finished his degree, but couldn't find a job for him there. I'm afraid Seattle as a whole has been ill-served by displaying only the "grunge patrol" and their weirdness for two hours on national TV!
Oddly enough, Seattle does have one big talent pool: writers. I used to joke that it was something in the water. There is a HUGE writers' community there, especially for SF and fantasy, and many of the ones I knew there were very talented (and some of them were famous, at least in SF). I'm in No. California now and finding a *good* writers' group to work with here has been just impossible ... but in Seattle it was a matter of deciding *which* one you wanted to join! Have no idea what the difference is.
Hey, good to see you on the new thread. I look forward to your commentary. :)
I suspected such, it looks gorgeous! The writer aspect is very interesting, I had no clue writing was such a big interest there.
Also wasn't that Global summit held there a few year ago with all the riots and turmoil? It's kind of a double edge sword for that city trying to stay sane with so many anarchist/liberals residing there.
Well I am ashamed to admit I just posted a snide remark about Seattle just from watching the 2 hr. show, you were left wondering about the people there. Honestly, I'm kinda nervous about the Birmingham auditions now. I hope they don't just show the weirdos, but some talent too!! :)