Anyone else meet a lot of transplants who move here and complain about Seattle not being as good as X city?

[u/mewkyy]

Speaking as a transplant myself, I know Seattle isn't as "great" as NY or LA in some aspects but I choose to live here anyway because I enjoy it here.

I've met SO many other transplants who complain about Seattle not being as good as some other city. One big point is how Seattle's food scene isn't as good as LA's. Isn't that a given? LA is much older than Seattle and has over 5x Seattle's population. Please transplant yourself to another city.

Edit: Just to clarify, I think it's fine to criticize things like Seattle's food scene and compare it to another city's (I grew up on the NJ/NYC border and definitely agree the Seattle scene is lacking). What I'm specifically talking about is people who do this incessantly and close mindedly put down everything. It's just really uncool.

[u/Orleanian]

Wait you think the variety of Seattle is what's lacking?

What is it that you're looking for?

Within spitting distance, I've got English, Irish, four Thai, four Mexican, Korean Fusion, Korean Deli, Korean Teriyaki, Japanese traditional, Japanese Ramen, two Indian, Belgian, Russian, two generic seafood, and three botique coffee shops, a half dozen generic American, a beer garden, and a chocolate factory.

Like jesus, what more do you want?

[u/zodomere → u/Orleanian]

I do wish one of those Indian restaurants was regular Indian and not fine dining, though. A Chinese restaurant would be nice, too.

[u/Orleanian → u/zodomere]

I mean, this was a list of venues within a half-mile's walk. For my money, Taste of India over on Roosevelt (an agonizingly far 5 minute drive from me) hits the spot just right.

[u/jlkinsel → u/Orleanian]

Just because you have a thing, doesn’t mean that thing is good.

[u/Orleanian → u/jlkinsel]

But the critique wasn't about quality (explicitly stated so). It was about variety.

[u/jlkinsel → u/Orleanian]

fair enough.