More reactions on Seattle
Now that I've worked (almost) a full week, been white-water rafting, explored a bit, experienced the rain, and have been here for 8 days, here are some more quick notes on Seattle:
- Yes, it rains. It rained once while I was at work (and the view from PacMed of the rain/lightning was actually awesome over downtown) and once on my way to work the next day. But, really, the weather has been quite good. A lot chillier than what I expect from summer (currently it's 65F here, while it's 93F in Detroit) but according to the locals it warms up in late July or so. But this is still much better from what I expected-- rain and gray and cold. It's more like mostly sunny, cool, and nice with a few showers here and there.
- It's still really weird to be in a city where tech is so prevalent. I was reading about Gnomedex (Microsoft's quasi-baby conference) and started wondering where it was. I looked it up, and it turns out I can see the conference center from my balcony-- it's directly across the street. Weird.
- Seattle is a lot larger than I expected. I knew it was a city, but didn't think it was quite such a large city. It still feels relatively small and quite manageable (especially in comparison to Chicago), but larger than I expected.
- Belltown, where I live, has no grocery stores. Why is that?
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I lived in Belltown for most of the '90s, and there were no grocery stores then, either. (Other than small ones like City Foods and Ralph's.)
What I always heard is that the Pike Place merchants didn't want a grocery store because it would be too much competition.
Which is, of course, nuts. Belltown should have a grocery store.
Aah, well that makes a little more sense, then. Still, it's quite annoying. And yes, Belltown should definitely have a grocery store.
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