sounds like a beautiful place if your passing through.

Seattle is cool to visit. Beautiful up there. But it's not

Went through boot camp at Ft. Lewis in November/December of '69
Cold and wet... sun didn't shine very often... foreign land for a Texas boy that had never been north of Tulsa!
Mt.Rainer was awesome though!

Housing is Xpensive! Double to triple Texas prices
Lots of losers. Govt regulations. You will regret it!

A lot (really) depends on your personal viewpoints in life.
Its the OPPOSITE of Texas in many many ways and politics.

A lot to like about the place. Eastern Washington and Western Washington is about as different as East and West Texas. The state produces some of the best produce, cheese and wine ever. My son graduated from Washington State University and I wish I could have visited him more often than I did.

I liked the weather but we moved out in the early 60's. I was born at Fort Lewis and dad worked at McCord. I remember huge apples and all the other fruits grown at the house.
I've been back after growing up and the weather was decent the week I was there.
Clapboard siding instead of brick. Near Seattle and you only have AC for occasional use.

My brother who lived in Cary, NC(beautiful) visited Seattle. Him and his wife liked it so much they left good jobs at IBM and moved there. A couple years later they both were working for Microsoft at the complex, settling in Issaquah. They loved the weather and all the stuff to do.
A couple years ago she quit to get into another field and he was let go when they downsized.
The moved to CA for work and he's working for Google and living near San Jose now.

The housing prices were much higher than average. A 3200 sq/ft home they sold in NC for 350 thousand needed another 150k to buy a 2700 sq/ft house on less land.
Moving go CA and they spent another 200k to buy an even smaller home.

My sister lives in Tacoma. She loves the rainy foggy weather. The bright sunny days of Dallas give her a migraine headache. I have visited her during the summer and the weather is great compared to the 100 degree Texas summers. It seems half the population drives an AWD Subaru due to snow and ice on the roads. Houses are much smaller, older and more expensive.

Seems like the weather is always wet, damp or raining.
I lived in Seattle til I was 7 and again in 1969 so my opinion is dated.
69 was a good time to be there.
I think I hear a lot of complaints about the sky high property taxes.
The salt water and the mountains are some of the most beautiful country you will find anywhere.
I found more than a few weird people there in 69. Don't know if that changed or not.

better check the gun laws carefully before you go, they got some.

I have been there many times in the truck (co. I drove for when I got hurt was out of tacoma) and at best a meh from me. it is a coastal rain forest and has some awesome scenery but the weather and cost are no goes for me.
winter there can be an experience from he77, snow usually screws things up really good till the plows can catch up.

on a hop scale of 1-10 (10 best) I give it a 4.25.

Been up that way a few times. My son is stationed up there. His 2 bedroom apt is $1200 a month w/ military rebate. People are different. When I ask my son how the weather is up there he always says "Gray" After he had been up there a few months he got in trouble because he broke formation to go stand in the first ray of sunlight he'd seen since he arrived. Told his C/O it was worth it, because that was the closest thing to Texas he had experienced since he got there. Cost of living is pretty high. We were there 2 months ago and the weather was gorgeous. Going back next week. Mt. Ranier area is breath taking.

I've wanted to move to the northwest for some time, and was also curious about the weather. We all are told how rainy it is in Seattle and the surrounding area.

I actually called Troy Dungan from Channel 8 back in the 90s, and asked about Seattle. He told me it is overcast a lot, and it mists a lot, more than actually rain. He also said, yearly, and on average, Dallas gets more rain than Seattle.

Seattle just looks Dracula-gloomy, sort of like England.

Addendum: Bad things about Seattle, a lot of homeless (bless their hearts) and the northwest will NOT build new highways, therefore, lots of traffic. I'd say Seattle is like Austin.

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Dont forget property taxes. Average house around $400 a month.
Average House is well over $400,000. You would have to make nearly
double Texas wages and benefits to make it work.

My brother has lived there the last couple years. They love it. As stated parking sucks and expensive so they left their cars at their house here. I think the whole city is pretty much all Google and Amazon employees. Weed options are A+.

Out.

It's a nice place to visit. But I don't think it's a good place to live.

There is a TON of money up there though.