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That and the transportation. Otherwise, Seattle is probably the place I like to live in the states the most. The traffic and lack of good public transport options is a serious negative :(
Depends what kind of transportation, though; when I lived there, I made use of the great bicycle infrastructure[1] every day, and really loved how much better that was than any other US city I'd lived in. But yeah, the other forms of transportation (including plodding your own car through the traffic) kinda suck. [1]: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=...
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Personally I don't want to live in Seattle because of the earthquake risk that nobody is prepared for. See http://discovermagazine.com/2012/extreme-earth/01-big-one-ea... if you don't know what I'm talking about.
I think almost every region in the country is overdue for some disaster that is predicted to happen any day now.
it is just getting better and better to live here in Seattle. Legalization of weed, same-sex marriage, and now high-speed internet
Fix that whole rain thing and I'll be there tomorrow.
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That and the transportation. Otherwise, Seattle is probably the place I like to live in the states the most. The traffic and lack of good public transport options is a serious negative :(
Depends what kind of transportation, though; when I lived there, I made use of the great bicycle infrastructure[1] every day, and really loved how much better that was than any other US city I'd lived in. But yeah, the other forms of transportation (including plodding your own car through the traffic) kinda suck. [1]: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=...
it is just getting better and better to live here in Seattle. Legalization of weed, same-sex marriage, and now high-speed internet
It's still better overall than most states, but I'd prefer a different corporate income tax structure. Even a 5-10% corporate income tax, with no minimum, would be fine. The worst part about California corporate taxes is the $800 minimum; if you got rid of that, it would be pretty reasonable I think.
I'm moving to Seattle in January and was already planning to sign up with CondoInternet. Seeing as my to-be neighborhood is one of those they say this will be offered in, I'm now wondering when this will be rolled out. Awesome news though. Edit: "Gigabit Squared will be aggressively building, with eyes towards beginning services in the Fall of 2013."
it is just getting better and better to live here in Seattle. Legalization of weed, same-sex marriage, and now high-speed internet
Private health insurance sucks ass in WA, but other than that it does look good :)
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Personally I don't want to live in Seattle because of the earthquake risk that nobody is prepared for. See http://discovermagazine.com/2012/extreme-earth/01-big-one-ea... if you don't know what I'm talking about.
We've been prepping for "the big one" for generations. Many have become complacent. We're more worried about earthquakes causing a "lahar" mud slide off Rainier and plowing through lowlands. Evacuation drills are down to about 4.5 minutes. Earthquakes are a good reason not to live anywhere on the Pacific coast. Hurricanes are a good reason not to live in the southeast, or apparently, New Jersey. And I don't want to l…
I absolutely know this to be false.
I grew up just north of you in Victoria. I was a teenager when they began piecing together evidence that earthquakes of that magnitude actually could hit the area. Before then there was no thought to preparation. And large parts of my home town are still on landfill, close to sea level. (Which is not what you want during an earthquake...)
Earthquakes are a good reason not to live anywhere on the Pacific coast.
The earthquake risk in California is well-understood and the area is prepared for it. That risk is quite acceptable to me. The Pacific Northwest is less prepared, and has the potential for an earthquake over 10x bigger than anything that California has to worry about.
That article is just more FUD, designed to be fed to people who enjoy being afraid. There's no new knowledge there.
It was one of the top links when I searched for "Cascadia superfault". I did not research it carefully. I would not expect it to contain novel information.