This might be a bad time to ask for advice about Seattle

re: This might be a bad time to ask for advice about Seattle

ausic — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:29:55 GMT

I don't think it's ideal for a Microsoft employee (even a single) to live in Seattle downtown. The commute on the Bus 545 from downtown is almost 30mins and the return in the evening is even worse. It's too painful. It's insane to do it regularly.

Plus there is hardly any supermarket in the city. Maybe I'm just a suburban guy. Clean air, open space, any time. Redmond town centre is good enough.

re: This might be a bad time to ask for advice about Seattle

joemorel — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:36:43 GMT

Clean air and open space in Redmond? Must be a part of it I haven't seen yet... :)

I've been living in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle for a year, and found the commute to be better than the commute I had from downtown Kirkland, mainly because it was possible to take a direct bus. General rule--if you're married or going to be soon, the Eastside is great. If you're single, you better get over to Seattle.

Other advice? Sounds like a blog post to me... :)

re: This might be a bad time to ask for advice about Seattle

KarinM — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:39:45 GMT

We moved to Bellevue from Hawaii 8 years ago and love it here. There's so much to do outdoors and Seattleites often say, "there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes." With enough GoreTex and down anyplace is comfortable.

Check out this slideshow of how beautiful (but cold) Microsoft main campus looked under a blanket of snow last week http://blogs.msdn.com/karinm/archive/2007/01/11/slideshow-microsoft-campus-in-the-snow.aspx

re: This might be a bad time to ask for advice about Seattle

Darren — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:34:35 GMT

I'm biased, but I think Vancouver is Seattle 2.0. Less rain, better urban planning, less violent crime and you can marry if you're gay. Of course, the commute to the MS campus would be a killer.

Interesting Finds: January 21, 2007

Jason Haley — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:20:54 GMT

re: This might be a bad time to ask for advice about Seattle

yoshiro (mark) aoki — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:29:17 GMT

I really like Seattle, especially the East Side (bridge commuting is something I learned not to do when I lived in Florida). Snoqualmie is just down I-90 maybe an hours drive away, with good snowboarding day & night. Hey Darren, BC rocks! I remember when I seriously contemplated commuting from Whistler by small airplane, but I figured it would only be a matter of time before I ran into a ‘rock cloud’:)