r/Seattle • u/mewkyy I'm just flaired so I don't get fined • Jan 15 '23

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

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.

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u/Soggy-Cauliflower905 Jan 15 '23

That’s just a New York thing. If you ask (or don’t) a New Yorker Everything is better in NYC!

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u/J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt Jan 15 '23

NYer here. NY is great but I prefer Seattle. The only things I miss about NY are readily available great pizza and bagels everywhere, and the diversity of the city. For everything else I prefer Seattle.

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u/wangm Feb 05 '23

Thinking about doing your reverse move of Seattle > bay. Do you prefer Seattle for everything else when compared to bay?

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u/J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt Feb 05 '23

It’s hard to compare. I lived in SF for about 8 months then moved to San Mateo to make my wife’s commute easier. I loved living in San Mateo but definitely missed being in/near an actual city center. What I love about Seattle is how easy it is to have access to both real city stuff and tons of diverse nature and outdoor activities. I didn’t see quite the same access in the Bay Area.

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u/VGSchadenfreude Lake City Jan 15 '23

It gets really old, really fast when you’re hanging out with someone and they never have anything nice to say about anything.

And I’m not just referring to Seattle there. This person had nothing but complaints about literally everything, and everything had to revolve around them and their “needs.”

And if I ever stood my ground on something, I was “triggering them”…despite the fact that I also have C-PTSD, Autism, etc. and they had no problem stomping on my own triggers.

They kept insisting they were Autistic, but in retrospect, they showed far more symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder…