Posted on 02/25/2015 2:05:45 PM PST by Freedom56v2
My daughter is graduating this summer--she has a dear friend who lives in Seattle and has suggested my daughter might move out there. Daughter could move anywhere she can find job in her field.
My daughter is a conservative tho not a political junkie like her mom LOL. Her friend is probably a moderate, but not particularly political. I have a "moderate" republican friend who said Seattle is just growing by leaps and bounds and lots of young people are moving there.
Though I have no direct say in the matter as daughter is an adult and I have not been in Seattle except for the airport, I am not sure how I feel about the city Seattle or state Washington? From what I have read, most conservative liberty-lovers have left...but I have no first-hand information.
I would appreciate input in the event that my daughter asks for my opinion--eh she usually does.
Anyone have any thoughts on Seattle (preferably first-hand) to share?
I appreciate it. Thanks!
I take it you like Seattle?!
Sounds like Seattle could use an injection of conservatives. I would never reject a place based only on politics. I never understood why so many conservatives run away.
Seattle has gone to the dark side. San Francisco’s twin.
Yes, there may be much better places...which daughter may be able to visit and explore :)
Eastern Washington is extremely conservative and has a much better climate. Not knowing her field of study but I would have her look at the Tri-City area (Richland, Kennewick,& Pasco). Lots of sun and fun and high paying wages if her field is science, engineering, or medical. Crime rate is low and her cost of living compared to Seattle is a lot better as well. Only drawback is it is not very metropolitan if that is what she is looking for.
As an example, I moved from the Tri Cities to Seattle in 1997 and my auto insurance nearly doubled.
Seattle is Commie Central.
I lived in Seattle for years, still visit often, and have a lot of both conservative and liberal friends there. Like every place else in this world, it takes all kinds! :) This next may sound cliche, but it’s true: if you are prone to seasonal depression, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU. Fall and Winter are quite dark, wet and brooding; Spring and Summer are somewhat less dark, wet and brooding.
The weather is somewhat offset, however, by the incredible seafood.
Actually I just happened to remember the song, I haven’t been to Seattle for decades, but I used to live in Olympia and Tacoma.
Like you have already read, Seattle is a liberal city.
My daughter rents an older efficiency apt, (no bedroom), but has everything else and she pays $750/mth near the Green lake area.
Seattle has changed a lot since I lived there but you are close to the ocean and to mountain skiing.
Good luck!
One of our religious friends told us that Seattle and San Frncisco, along with other cities I can’t remember, are controlled by demons and are scheduled for total annihilation by God.
Washington Pingy.
Seattle always seemed to me to have much more in common with the snobbish, self righteous European cities many of us know and loathe than it does with much of the rest of America. I hope I can be proven totally wrong on this however.
It is a beautiful city. There is money to be had and jobs to get for a motivated educated young person. There are conservatives but they won’t admit it. It’s not as bad as San Francisco but it’s still very liberal. If I had the opportunity to live there I probably would for a couple years.
It will also depend what industry she is in. If she is in high tech she will be inundated with bearded freaks and flannel wearing lesbians that are blindly liberal. IF she is in manufacturing she can do well for herself and will find people who will whisper in hushed tones “you don’t like Obama? Thank God. I thought I was the only one.”
Seattle is full of liberals and they hold all the political power. The same can be said of almost every other major metropolitan area in the county. The liberals are clustered in urban areas, on college campii, and on Indian Reservations.
Political control of any particular state is a function of the size and density of the metropolitan areas compared with population density in rural areas and small towns. Washington State is controlled by the liberals.
Too bad it’s not Spokane - then you could live in ID and commute.
Yes, I have heard good things about Idaho!
Does she like coffee?
Does she like gray skies?
Does she like lots of rain?
Does she like bans on anything?
Does she like to dress ‘funky’?
Does she like men with beards who are not quite men?
Does she like explosive volcanoes nearby?
Then Seattle is the place for her : )
Seattle Hipsters - photos
http://tinyurl.com/n6hmrj4
Ah I think guys
http://notsportscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hipsters.jpg
There are probably some down at Ft. Lewis. And be sure to visit the post’s museum, you can see it from the interstate.
If your daughter likes the sunshine she should is going to be in for a rude shock.
The joke about how people in Seattle don't tan, they rust is not a joke. :)
My son lives near Seattle. It is about as far left as one can get.
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