Living in Seattle, The PROS & CONS

I'm pretty much sure there no house crisis like others countries I'm homeless last 25 years yes job is not the issue its accommodation

Seattle sucks which is why I moved away.

has moved to the KP South of Gig Harbor works in Bellevue A bit of rural forest and a bit of city with a train that runs from the Tacoma dome... Heyyyy it's beautiful everyone

The light rail is SO SLOW. It’s crazy the distance they are planning to cover with such a slow system. BART in the Bay Area is so much more superior.

Great video man thank you

Frasier

Where are affordable sub cities surrounding Bellevue or Seattle?

An honest pros and cons of Seattle and he included homelessness. This video deserves a like.

You look like a NBA basketball player named Gordon Hayward.

Is there any public transportation going to hiking trails?

Try Guy video?

lol. was just in downtown Bellevue a few days ago. There were definitely a non-zero number of homeless people.

I moved to Seattle 25 years ago, and it was wonderful then. That Seattle doesn’t exist anymore. We moved to the Bay Area 2016-2022, and moved back to Washington, summer 2022. However, the Seattle Metro area was not even on the list. Moved to Whidbey with a view of the Sound, and really love being back. When we run errands across the water, Can’t wait to get back.

Quality of life has gone down dramatically in the metro area.

You left out that hot weather doesn’t usually last more than 1-3 weeks, and it’s low humidity.

Houses in the Seattle area suck. There is a lot of crappy construction or very outdated homes.

The long grey winters are real. Get a light therapy box (medically rated) - they work!!!

Recently moved away from the SeaTac area. I spent my time split between SLU and Tacoma. There is a lot to love about the PNW, but what you're trying to sell is the Seattle from five years ago. The massive tech boom that was spurred further by the pandemic took a swift downward turn in January. Massive layoffs coupled with a (currently) horrendous job market have added to the already pervasive issues with drug abuse and property crime. Camps of the unhoused are unavoidable for all but the richest neighborhoods in the greater metro area, including the suburbs you glossed over. While there are plans for affordable housing, most of the high-density development is the typical 5-over-1 "luxury" apartments cobbled together with scotch tape and glue sticks and rented to transient, contracted tech workers at obscene rates. I understand that you have a vested interest in "selling" Seattle as a place to live, but cherry-picking details and smoothing out edges is false advertising.

Gaslight much???

There is no homeless issue, it's all about the drugs, and the use on ALL public transportation, bus and light rail.

I know it's your job, soi boi, but please be more honest.

why am i watching this i already live here

there are no pros to living in seattle. yall can go back to the cities you came from and get out of washington

I moved here from Houston. Its expensive but such a better place to live. Yes it's not what it once was but where is. Places like Fayetteville Ashville will have these problems as growth continues

It’s it possible to get a free acres within a commutable distance to down town Seattle?

I moved to Seattle 34 years ago, but I no longer have a love affair with the area. The high cost of living, traffic, and homeless encampments have me eager to leave upon retirement.

great video! I wish we could see more tech expansion at even a fraction of what you have in Seattle. Perfect breakdown of the traffic situation with the comparison to LA. When visiting Seattle I've typically thought the traffic could always be worse...

All of that cost money and Seattle is expensive

Cascadia fault line is and always will be the biggest con

Did you mention them all the homeless people and the drug dealers and all the fentanyl on the streets? Okay you did mention Homelessness but the crime is at an all time high!

Total cess pool. Seattle is a disgusting place.

LOL. The median price for a house in Seattle is now a million dollars which means that, unless you get a high-paying tech job ($500K/yr or higher,) the only "living in Seattle" you'll be doing is at the end of at least a one-hour one-way commute from an ex-urb like North Bend or beyond.

hi sir im going to move to tukwilla or kent but I'm still confused which one is better for living and work and cost of rent?

Wow! This guy sure glazed over the drugs and homelessness is this state, not just Seattle proper as he tries to lie about, the entire state has skyrocketing numbers of homelessness and drug abuse. We live an hour and a half north of Seattle, trying to escape all the sickness, but Inslee has destroyed this once beautiful state, giving the homeless a free pass to do everything from deficating on the streets to shooting up in public. There is no safe place in Washington, the enitre state has panhandlers on every corner and tent cities in every town, even small towns that were rural only a few years ago. We pay more than 5 bucks a gallon for gas when the rest of the country pays 3. Mild weather is not worth the hell here. After 40 years here, my family and I are done.

More than a quarter-million residents of greater Seattle have considered leaving the Emerald City due to rising crime — the highest percentage of any large metro area in the country, according to a new national survey

I was born and raised in Seattle in the 40’s thru 60’s but after my college and military years I moved out of Seattle to the suburbs. The best move ever. Housing prices were still decent and living conditions haven’t deteriorated anywhere as bad as in Seattle. The problem, “the city council”. A bunch of inapt and idealistic people that think Seattle should be run as a Utopian society that will operate without guidance or any type of social and moral boundaries.

The SeaTac area is wonderfully diverse; I’ve lived here for four years and absolutely love it ❤️(moved from New Mexico)

there are no pros living here anymore. as soon as my Dad passes, im gone

Great video! Thanks for the info!

Seattle sucks, because of big tech. Tech people are bland and boring and most importantly, cheap. Seattle is experiencing its 5th bust. In order: timber boom/bust, Klondike gold rush boom/bust, aviation boom/bust, tech bubble 1.0 boom/bust, tech bubble 2.0 boom/bust. Seattle is at its 5th nadir, right now. How do I know? Who am I to say this? I worked in downtown for all of last year in private security at a management level working for a client named Downtown Seattle association. A nonprofit composed of small, mid and large businesses in the central business core. Look it up. Tragically, Seattle is a secondary real estate market. It’s not LA or New York. The major ownership, those that own the city blocks of the central business core, keep homelessness and drugs in the street so that they can gentrify the 100+ year old buildings. It’s a cycle; homelessness unmitigated shuts down small businesses, buildings sit empty, commerce stagnates, buildings become dilapidated either naturally or by mishap due to homeless population (fires, vandalism, squatters, etc.), buildings get condemned, owners build a new building, offer new units at a premium, building sits empty but is now guarded by private security, this all sums up to an increase in property value not only in the central business core but but fanning out across the metro area. No one who really has money wants to live here full time. Bellevue is definitely a city that the wealthy techies built because they didn’t like Seattle, but here’s a con worth mentioning, go hang out in Bellevue, if you like it, it’s because you’re a garbage person just like the rest of those scum that live there. This place sucks because the ultra wealthy own it and don’t give a shhh about it. The zoo, the aquarium, any city type amenities are really second rate. But, what Seattle is a part of is really one and only in the whole of the world. You have to think of Seattle as a transition point. Seattle really, is the center of a major network called the Pacific Northwest. It’s not about living in Seattle. Seattle is a cesspool, it’s Las Vegas of the northwest, literally casinos everywhere, and everything is so commercialized, 40,000,000 visits a year. Seattle as a city has limits but when I think of Seattle, having been here 15 years, I think of all of Olympic national park, all of the cascades from concrete extending to mount rainier, back west to the coast, and really all the way up to Victoria, bc, Vancouver bc. At its really far ends, it’s Portland, up to whistler, bc, mouth of the hoh river to Leavenworth. That to me has ended up to be what Seattle is to me; a stepping stone to many other places more difficult to get to from Colorado or Missouri. I can’t wait to move away from here, but I will miss things about it. This place grows on you like moss. If you get into the history of the place you find that it is a very deep well. I was connected to this place long before I came to it and now it is a part of me. I recommend visiting the place before deciding to move. It’s dark side is extremely dark. You can take what I said at the top of this with a grain of salt but be forewarned, if you’re not in tech, Seattle will make you struggle, because it’s still very small town. It all closes at 6:00pm. Ever see the show twin peaks? You should watch all of it and realize that David lynch and the lead actor who plays the fbi agent are from the Pacific Northwest. This place is weird and harbors strange energies. It has old history tied to deep sorrows. It’s worth it to visit but I really don’t want to live here.

I live near Seattle. I never go to Seattle unless I have no other choice. It once was great. Not anymore.

Stay away from Seattle trust me

Pro: Public Transportation - LOL, Do you even live here?!

planning on moving to the area or close to it from Florida. Do not move to Florida people.

haha the con of gloomy skies is the reason i came 😃 idk i have always hated super hot weather and too much sun since i was a child

Cons might include but are not limited to : getting knocked out by a homeless man, getting robbed and shot, waking up and seeing your car is missing.

Pros: feel free to use any hard narcotic of your choice without any consequences.

Considering moving all the way from east baltimore..just need a new fresh start and scenery

Nice video

i'll consider transit good when east link is done

How are the schools and the best places to raise children?

Been there, done it, no more Seattle for me

What about biking?

Great video! Love the detailed breakdown you give for each area