There’s much to recommend Washington, and Seattle has always seemed like an interesting city to me, and certainly there’s a lot of natural beauty in the area.
That said, Defective Yeti provides the definitive reason why (aside from our love of Denver) a move to Seattle is not in the cards for us.
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Yeah? So? What’s your point?
I grew up in places where it was sunny and warm. I never knew how important it is to me to see the sun until I lived in a place where it was cloudy and dreary for an extended period of time. With the right clothing, rain and cold can be dealt with. But there’s nothing one can do to make the sun come out when it’s been cloudy and grey for three weeks. Yes, one feels giddy and elated when the sun finally does come out, but I’ll gladly give up a few minutes of elation in order to avoid the three months of cloudy crappy weather one must endure to get it.
I lived in Southern California for nearly 40 years. Almost every day of that 40 years, the sun would beat down mercilessly upon me, sapping me of energy, making me sweaty and itchy, and if I were active, possibly causing me to hyperventilate.
I wanted to applaud when the airline hostess said, “We’re making our approach to Seattle. Say goodbye to the sun.”!
I’d prefer a media res. I wouldn’t mind more occasional storms coming into Denver, but the dryness helps the “sweaty and itchy”ness (trust me). And I’ve learned to wear a hat (which I’d probably have to do in Seattle, too, albeit for different reasons.