Seattle, Washington: home to the Seattle Seahawks, coffee lovers, and known for its consistent rainy days. Here are a few reasons why you probably shouldn't move to the 206.
1. It rains too much.
According to some extremely credible and accurate source, Seattle only has six sunny days per year. The overcast is always so low that you can’t see anything two feet away from you. It is safe to assume that every other day rains an incredible amount and the light sprinkles every day is basically a safety hazard to the greater community. Unfortunately, you don’t get the luxury of watering your own lawn because Mother Nature does that for you. And who likes clean, fresh air and seeing green everywhere you go anyways?
2. There is too much nature.
The Evergreen State, the Emerald City, etc. - we get it. Seattle is very green and full of nature. But if you want to go to the mountains, they are 45 minutes away from downtown. It takes a whole 45 minutes to completely immerse yourself in the beauty of nature and go on hundreds of Washington State hikes and explore the unknown. The views cannot be that great anyways.
3. Coffee shops are everywhere.
Having the first Starbucks, their headquarters, and the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle does not help the fact that there is literally a Starbucks on every single block. Everywhere you turn, there’s a Starbucks. Everyone you see, they’re drinking Starbucks. But that is just the least of it. There are so many family owned coffee shops in Seattle that no one can possibly visit all of them in a single lifetime.
4. Dick’s Burgers is now accepting credit and debit cards.
Why would I ever want the convenience of using my card to pay for the iconic, fast, mouth-watering burger, shake, and fries when I could just pay cash?
5. Seattle has too much PRIDE.
From celebrating gay pride at the Seattle Pride Festival to seeing activists march and protest along the streets of downtown fighting for equal rights almost every single day, Seattle is a very liberal city and stands by that. Whether it be by painting rainbow crosswalks on Capitol Hill or just the inevitable mutual respect that everyone has for one another, this community is very vocal about everything they stand for.
6. Seattle is not unique at all.
The gum wall at Pike Place Market? Gross.
7. The Fremont troll?
Weird.
8. The Space Needle?
A moving restaurant to give you an aerial 360 degree view of the city is not that cool.
9. The sports in Seattle are nothing worthwhile.
The support for the Seattle Seahawks is sub-par. It’s not like we hold the Guinness world record for having the loudest crowd at a football game or anything. (We will get our Sonics back too, just wait.)
10. The skyline isn’t that great either.
It’s not like we have multiple, breathtaking views of the skyline WITH Mount Rainier in the background or anything.
11. There is too much traffic.
There is no such thing as “traffic hour” in Seattle, because every single hour is traffic hour here. If you are driving south on Interstate 5 and there is traffic, you have the gorgeous view of the skyline and Lake Union to look at from the bridge after you pass Wallingford to distract you from the road. That view is probably causing all of the traffic anyways.
Seattle is truly the greatest city in the world and if you cannot see that, it’s okay. Leave it to us Seattleites to enjoy the outstanding Pacific Northwest to ourselves – we don’t mind at all.
#pacificnorthblessed
