I lived in Seattle for 6 years. The last two I worked in property management and I was amazed at the number of young couples who had had dogs (MAYBE a cat, if they weren’t big dog fans) instead of getting pregnant and having children.
The women either were TOO into being single all while talking a big game about wanting to meet someone.
OR those who WANTED kids had to move away as the housing costs (and relatively small size of the apartments) made it difficult to justify having children in the city itself.
The other thing a Freeper told me years ago was that the area had a high number of single mothers. Maybe not Seattle proper but the Seattle area has a LOT of single mothers and when I first got there I was still in my early-20s and that is something I am NOT going to tolerate (unless she’s a widow.)
Interestingly enough, out of 500 voting precincts, exactly one (!) was for Bush in 2004. To me this shows that liberals - who apparently dominate Seattle politics (Jim McDimwit is their hero...) are innately interested only in self. Which is why they always vote for those who use government to make their constituents’ lives “better.” In other words, “It is all about me” instead of “It is all about my country.” Pathetic.