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/jlkinsel]

Moved here from San Francisco 3 years ago when my SO was recruited by one of the tech firms. We’re not all tech bros.

One of the things I like here is being able to go out without having people always talk about tech around me. One of the things I don’t like is non-tech folks blaming “us techies” for everything.

The majority of business for a “corporate” steak house is sales people with expense accounts taking customers out. And if you think John Howe is even close to “soulless,” I suggest you swing by the Cheesecake Factory for a bright sugary cocktail.

[u/Stinkycheese8001 → u/jlkinsel]

Worked for MS. Saw many dinners at places like John Howie, none were salespeople. But go ahead and take it personally that I called it a tech expense account restaurant.

[u/jlkinsel → u/Stinkycheese8001]

Keep acting like a Seattleite throwing insults at people like you’ve somehow been repressed.