Any advice for considering Seattle Washington after college?
Well It's almost finally time to graduate (December of this year) And I guess to be honest I'd love to experience something different in life, and aside from the isolated negative reviews concerning the weather; I believe Seattle would be a great place to try and move for a career in business. That being said I've lived in Dallas my entire life, and am just curious to know how the people are, a little about the culture, and some of the better areas within/near Seattle you may recommend taking a look at. Thanks alot
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what kind of business career are you looking for? economy up here right now is kinda rough, but that can be said for just about anywhere i suppose. i know alot of people who've graduated from area colleges here in seattle the past 2 years and have been struggling to find decent jobs. seattle is a lot different from the south from what i hear (because i've never actually been there myself). seattle is very diverse but very yuppyish. lots of rich techies that are into their starbucks. i've heard from people that have moved here from other places that the people tend to come across as very cold and unfriendly. you can also expect it to be more expensive than dallas. as far as housing goes you can probably get a mansion in texas for the same price you can get a shack in seattle, which leads me to also believe that apartment prices here are probably a bit more expensive to what you probably pay down there. seattle area in general ranks up there with some of the more expensive big cities to live in like nyc, san fran, denver, etc. are you looking to live in the actual city? if so stay away from the south side, it tends to be the sketchy side of town. Also areas that are smack dab in the middle of downtown like belltown - its right downtown with hip/young professional happy hour type bars but its expensive and crime has gone up a lot there recently and also pioneer square where the nightclubs are located isn't the best neighborhood to be in at night. wallingford, magnolia, ballard are places i'd look into. and then like the south, once you move far north i'd stay away from as well - the udistrict, northgate, etc. if you're looking for the suburbs around seattle anything on what people call here, "the eastside" (basically there's lake washington, seattle is on the westside of the lake and then there are 2 bridges that go over the the "eastside" cities) is going to be a nice area - all areas over there are pretty high class suburbs - bellevue is like a mini seattle just without the flair and diversity of a real big city. it has a lot of high end shopping and restaurants. kirkland, redmond are also nice places. mercer island is also a realllly nice place. it's a bit uptight and every house there is a mansion but its a super safe and clean town (nice parks, lots of bikers and runners everywhere) and surprisingly a couple of the apt complexes there are way more affordable than places in seattle and its only a 5-10 min drive outside of downtown.
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