Posted on 08/15/2004 2:09:49 PM PDT by SeattleNeedsHelp
Do you think where you live is overpriced? You may be in for a shock. No matter how bad you think you may have it, it's a good bet that plenty of other Americans have it worse.
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Try buying health insurance in Washington State, it is almost impossible.
You lived in California...no wonder you feel the way you do. I moved here in 1988 from Texas...so my case is different. I used to own property in California also so I understand what happens when taxes and the fundamental cost of living keeps going up. Belt tightening is something libs have trouble with because in order to secure getting re elected, the give aways always keep the votes coming in. It is the OLD templet the DNC has always used. Trouble is today that lots of us folks have gotten smart when we learned how to read.
I was born in Seattle and have lived here most of my life.
I am sick to death of the garbageman angrily and officiously taking me to task because I didn't properly seperate my refuse in the different recycling bins in the officially-dictated manner.
I am sick of the unfriendly women who will glare menacingly at you and make snotty comments (or worse) if you make the mistake of holding a door for them at the shopping mall.
Don't expect a second date if you make the mistake of holding a lady's chair for her at a restaurant, helping her on with her coat or open a car door for her.
Forget a date with any of her friends, either, as she will gleefully "out" you as "some kind of neanderthal Conservative".
I am sick of being unable to wash my car in my own driveway for fear of the neighbors ratting me out to the EPA.
I am tired of the Kerry supporters being able to drive around with Kerry bumper stickers while President Bush's supporters can't because they know that their car would be trashed if they parked it anywhere for more than ten minutes with a Bush/Cheney sticker on it.
Let's not even get into the added hazards of driving through Seattle with a Bush sticker on your car.....
You won't see many Bush yard signs because everyone knows that you'll get a rock through your window at 3AM if you dare to put one up.
I am tired of our gutless police department whose officers have their hands tied by an unbelievably Leftist administration. East Coast cities would never tolerate the protesters, "homeless" (bums) and other assorted crime that the current Seattle police administration does.
Don't get me wrong, I love cops, my dad was one. But they can only do as much as their administration lets them.
I am tired of having to drive 50 miles in order to find a place to shoot that allows me to put more than one round in the magazine at a time because Seattle doesn't want me to go on a mass-murder rampage.
I am tired of being limited to ONE Italian pastry shop (Borrachini's) and that it's always out of Cannoli and it seems that only the owner is Italian. Most of the people who work there are black kids and they all wear a scowl as standard equipment.
Sorry about this rant :-( (and I haven't even gotten into the economics LOL)
My Question:
Where is it better? I am forced to continue living here due to obligations but I hope to leave one day.
you have mail
AMEN! However, many of the Italian pastry shops in New York, while still owned by Italians, are staffed by Russian, Albanians and Latinos. Still, they BLOW AWAY Borrachinis big time.
Again, don't start me on the crappy pizza here.
Coincidentally, I, uh...I have a condo for sale just outside of Seattle. But I'd have said the same thing even if I didn't stand to get filthy rich off some stupid Californian who doesn't know any bett...uh...never mind...
Thank you for your reply. I was beginning to think that I was the only one in Seattle who cared about quality pastry.
I have become so incensed by this whole substandard pastry issue here that I have even threatened to LEARN how to cook my own pastry. I even found a source for cannoli forms
http://www.kerekesequip.com/detail.asp?id=373
However, even if I were to address this one element of my previous list, I would still have quite a few items on it that I can't do anything about other than to move, it seems "sigh"
<<<< adding your excellent comment about "crappy pizza" to my "reasons why I hate the city where I was born and have lived most of my life in" list.
(and I STILL haven't touched on the economics here or the Castro-loving Left-wing politics)
Thanks for the ping cybercowboy!
fwiw, I live on the other side of the pond, just west of Gig Harbor, on the Key Peninsula. Rural areas in the Great North Wet tend to be more conservative, safer to raise our kids in, and the people one hell of alot more polite. It's a place where, once you do business with someone, be it at the bank, the lumberyard or one of the many tiny marinas around here, you greet that person everytime you see them for now on. There are still motorized offroad recreation opportunities in the area, though it's critical to stay abreast of and actively fight the constant assault from the enviro nazis to turn the whole damn state into a moss preserve.
My greatest fear here is ratbastards like Sims attacking us the way he did the rural residents of King County in his obscene land grab, not to mention Sims Tent Citys. I'm just barely inside the Pierce county line, so all our decisions are made for us on the other side of the bridge. I truly think Locke's legendary unbridled contempt for the voters of this state will pale compared to a Sims Socialized Society, and I am concerned that we are uncomfortably close to it being a reality.
Though I worked there for a bit, I never liked Seattle much other than the waterfront. From the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks to the marine chandleries and yards, to Fishermans Terminal, and the Aquarium, sailboat races on Lake Union & Washington, and Elliott Bay, its not too bad for someone who messes around with boats for a living. The commute is pretty much unbearable though.
For the most part, I like the weather. My son and I ride dirt bikes year round, and it's a heck of alot more fun to ride in the rain than it is in 90 degree weather. There really isn't a bad time to be in the forests here. Sailing isn't too great in the south sound, very little wind unless its winter, a victim of narrower waterways and taller land masses than Seattle area latitudes, but overall the Puget Sound is one of the most beautiful areas in the world to boat in.
So, I guess overall I'm kinda glad the report came out the way it did, it makes the state legislature look bad, and they're all libs, it'll scare people off from moving here - unless of course they're homeless - and of course there's the I Don't Live There PTL aspect to it.
:~)
>>Like you didn't know ping.<<
Yeah, I saw the teaser and had to click on it. I figured
Seattle HAD TO BE on the list. And surprise, surprise - it was number one.
Real estate here is stupid expensive. It has GOT to be a bubble.
My son lives on queen ann hill. Thanks to the monorail, his license tabs are over $500.
Well, actually they are well under $100 because he has wisely chosen to license his car at my address - outside Seattle city limits. 8^>
Stupid libs just don't get it...
I will certainly do that. Your take on the state is exactly right as it seems to me. I live in the Columbia Gorge and you are right...the beauty is breath taking and I know I live in another world from Seattle and the other high population areas. We pay the taxes and are thankful we can do that. I just wish we had more say in how the money is used. PDX has high taxes most of which is poured into the Oregon school system, yet this past week showed PDX's schools below the national average...shameful, but thats liberal spending for you and believe it for sure, libs control the schools unions where a lot of the money lands.
The truth is that the libs in Seattle simply hate automobiles -- and the fact that people like to drive them, rather than be led by the nose to mass transit debacles like the emerging monorail disaster. Good for you and your son. I wouldn't pay them a dime in taxes, if I could avoid it.
Did anyone notice something else about these cities? They all have extremely HIGH unemployment. I read the blurbs on each of them and UE was about 7%
We read a study that showed out of every 10 Californians that move out of state, 6 move back within 5 years. I would guess the other 4 want to but can no longer afford it.
93 days of rain, wind and cold? Been there done that, hehe. I'll stay put in Cali thanks....
You'll be OK, you still have another month or two before the dark days and freezing rains return......
"You'll be OK, you still have another month or two before the dark days and freezing rains return......"
I hate the summer. Too hot, and the days are too long. I long for those dark days, and even the freezing rain.
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