Comments on: 16 Things You May Not Know About Seattle Until You Move Here

By: I hate this fucking place

I hate this fucking place — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:30:07 +0000

Seattle is like living in a damp smelly kitchen sponge. It does not actually rain just this god damm constant drizzle. In inches they don’t get much rain. They just get no fucking sun. I need to get out of here

By: whytni

whytni — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:10:23 +0000

bernie heffe, you need to fucking chill.

By: Bernie Heffe

Bernie Heffe — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:04:49 +0000

“Every one I have ever met in Seattle are mentally ill
and don’t know it.”
Said by a beautiful and good person who used to live there
and doesn’t any more.

Just like me
I don’t live there any more either
and I could not agree more,
I was glad she gave me the words for the feeling I also had.

Seattle sucks
and most every one who lives there sucks too.

Mental.
Off.
Fucked up.

I fucking hate Seattle

As does every resident I ever met, they just don’t know where else to go, even though they hate it there

hate themselves

and maybe they’re right
they deserve nothing better

like gross attracts like gross.

By: Ruby Kane

Ruby Kane — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:07:54 +0000

Spring is in February.

By: Dr. lee

Dr. lee — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:05:49 +0000

Forget about the Driving…

You failed to mention the views?

GAS WORKS PARK MOUNTAIN? WOW!

Not sure why people are fascinated by the Locks?

gettyImages is here too.

Lots of Road Bike trails that take you literally around the city and all over the place.

People don’t really look at you here in the eye on the streets. not sure why?

once you talk to someone though, they open up like a flower…

When is spring here?

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:11:57 +0000

I moved here about three years ago, around the same time as a few other friends. Generally Seattle wins on all points- fresh Northwest food and restaurants, good companies and a nice selection of them, lakes and mountains that take your breath away.

But the Drivers? What the heck are up with them? Why is the leftmost lane the slowest? Why is 520 a 3-person HOV? Why do some people brake in advance of a stoplight that’s not yet red? Is it an inborn fear of hydroplaning?

I love it here, but I still don’t get it.

By: G Love

G Love — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:14:23 +0000

On the highways, nothing is to be assumed. Sometimes the hov lanes are 2+, sometimes 3+. Sometimes the expressway is north-only, sometimes south. Sometimes the hov lanes are on the right, sometimes on the left. The highway exits are on the right, except when they’re not.

Also, my favorite is that the fastest way from point A to point B is across 4 lanes of rush hour traffic. Wanna go from downtown to 520, cross 4 lanes. Wanna go from I-90 to the Seattle Center, cross 4 lanes.

Lastly, there are 2 topics of conversation that are always acceptable:
1. Making fun of people who can’t handle the weather.
2. Looking down on the city/county/state for not being able to put together any sort of transit plan.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:03:33 +0000

I would say that the thing I’ve had the hardest time getting used to is lack of driving sense people seem to have here.

JUST this morning I was stopped at a red light on Market Street in Ballard and some guy behind me, pulls around me, into the right turn lane, and races through the red light because the street was clear.

People run stop lights and stop signs more here than in any other city or town I’ve lived in and it astonishes me.

Stop signs and lights are not suggestions, they’re the law, and they’re there for your safety and other peoples safety!

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:41:41 +0000

Jeff – when i first read your comment I thought by “PDA” you meant “Personal Digital Assistant” like a Pocket PC or something… which probably relates to #17 – you can’t swing a cat in this town without hitting a computer nerd

I’ve lived here for 6 years and can also attest that the native Seattlite is a rare and illusive creature. Most people are transplants, it is so hard to meet someone that was born and raised here… and Casey’s comment especially holds true for these folks.

By: Jeff Croft

Jeff Croft — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:21:04 +0000

Oh, yet another thing about Seattle: The level of PDA in this town is freaking insane. People are making out everywhere. Get a room!