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[Chizzang]

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[Grizalltheway]

You working for Amazon now cleets? Last time I was there (April), the Seattle Times had a big expose about how terrible a corporate citizen they are...

[AZGrizFan]

Sorry, AZ tells me it's the worst place on earth, and I have no choice but to believe him.

Ya...
He lives in a dirt patch frying pan called hell on earth
Seattle just had 95 consecutive sunny days between 75 & 88 degrees - and will now have 30 more days of sunny and 70 degrees
In the winter it won't drop below 35 degrees but 7 to 10 days total all winter
averaging about 45 degrees / perfect mountain biking trail weather

The economy is strong
The food is world class and diverse
The outdoor fun is year round unmatched / lakes / rivers / mountains / The Puget sound / Mount Rainer / World class Skiing / World Class hiking and Biking / top 10 ranked scuba diving
On lake Sammamish where I live we have all day / 22 pairs of mating Bald Eagles / common River otters that frequent our dock / Trout / Salmon / Osprey / Red Tail / Snow Geese / Swans

and I live 10 minutes from Down Town Seattle...

So, Seattle has ONE year where they don't get their normal amount of rain and suddenly it's paradise. Jesus, you're easily impressed. 98% of the time, in a normal year, you're doing ALL those things in the rain.

No thanks.

[kalm]

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My SIL Just moved from Sammammish and it takes 10 minutes just to cross the street.

[Chizzang]

Ya...
He lives in a dirt patch frying pan called hell on earth
Seattle just had 95 consecutive sunny days between 75 & 88 degrees - and will now have 30 more days of sunny and 70 degrees
In the winter it won't drop below 35 degrees but 7 to 10 days total all winter
averaging about 45 degrees / perfect mountain biking trail weather

The economy is strong
The food is world class and diverse
The outdoor fun is year round unmatched / lakes / rivers / mountains / The Puget sound / Mount Rainer / World class Skiing / World Class hiking and Biking / top 10 ranked scuba diving
On lake Sammamish where I live we have all day / 22 pairs of mating Bald Eagles / common River otters that frequent our dock / Trout / Salmon / Osprey / Red Tail / Snow Geese / Swans

and I live 10 minutes from Down Town Seattle...

So, Seattle has ONE year where they don't get their normal amount of rain and suddenly it's paradise. Jesus, you're easily impressed. 98% of the time, in a normal year, you're doing ALL those things in the rain.

No thanks.

Not at all accurate
EVERY summer since I've lived here has been virtually identical
You might want to fact check your opinion

[Chizzang]

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My SIL Just moved from Sammammish and it takes 10 minutes just to cross the street.

Where the corn farts is Sammamish..?
Just kidding

She's on the wrong side of the lake dude

[AZGrizFan]

So, Seattle has ONE year where they don't get their normal amount of rain and suddenly it's paradise. Jesus, you're easily impressed. 98% of the time, in a normal year, you're doing ALL those things in the rain.

No thanks.

Not at all accurate
EVERY summer since I've lived here has been virtually identical
You might want to fact check your opinion

I know, I know....misty days and gray, drizzly days don't count in your world.

[kalm]

Not at all accurate
EVERY summer since I've lived here has been virtually identical
You might want to fact check your opinion

I know, I know....misty days and gray, drizzly days don't count in your world.

I read somewhere once that Seattle gets less annual rainfall than NewYork or DesMoines. June-October is pretty nice. Not Eastern Washington nice but nice.

[kalm]

My SIL Just moved from Sammammish and it takes 10 minutes just to cross the street.

Where the corn farts is Sammamish..?
Just kidding

She's on the wrong side of the lake dude

You're either high, you speed...a lot, drive at 2:00 am or all three.

[Grizalltheway]

I know, I know....misty days and gray, drizzly days don't count in your world.

I read somewhere once that Seattle gets less annual rainfall than NewYork or DesMoines. June-October is pretty nice. Not Eastern Washington nice but nice.

To be fair, days of sunshine per year is a better gauge than annual rainfall. Like Z said, it's the winter gloom that bothers most people.

[Wedgebuster]

I read somewhere once that Seattle gets less annual rainfall than NewYork or DesMoines. June-October is pretty nice. Not Eastern Washington nice but nice.

To be fair, days of sunshine per year is a better gauge than annual rainfall. Like Z said, it's the winter gloom that bothers most people.

I thought the weather was about the best I have ever seen on the Northwest coast when my folks lived there, but apparently visiting during the late August salmon run every year and visiting for Christmas every other year did not properly expose me to the dreary drippys sufficiently.

When we moved them back home, I spent an entire week out there in early March in a drippy dreary cloud. Rain varied to pounding on the metal roof to a constant drizzle, it sucked.

Now, the number of inches of rain varies a lot up and down the coast, take Forks, Wa for instance, 120" average but if you happen to go by there on a sunny day, it is the most beautiful rain forest anywhere.

Sequim on the other hand is on the north end of the Olympic Peninsula and says they only see about 15" a year, Sequim seems to be the most popular retirement community in Washington.

Cleets is right, when the sun shines the air is clean, the foliage is awesome, and there are damn few bugs flying around, just have to look out for slugs where you are stepping.

[Chizzang]

Not at all accurate
EVERY summer since I've lived here has been virtually identical
You might want to fact check your opinion

I know, I know....misty days and gray, drizzly days don't count in your world.

You know NOT of what you speak

November: Pot luck / Can be gorgeous / can be crappy
December to March / Dark rainy gloomy 45 degrees
April to June / Gray cool misty lots of low cloud cover
July to October / ZERO clouds 80's perfect

and Dude I wouldn't live in that sh!thole you call home for any amount of MONEY
I lived in Palm Springs for a year - so I know the weather very well

[Grizalltheway]

I think we can all agree that Minnesota has the worst weather on the planet. Hot, humid and buggy in the summer, cold as fuck and snowy in the winter, without so much as an ass pimple to ski on.

[Chizzang]

I think we can all agree that Minnesota has the worst weather on the planet. Hot, humid and buggy in the summer, cold as fuck and snowy in the winter, without so much as an ass pimple to ski on.

Chicago Buffalo and Cleveland suck beyond description - for so many reasons
weather being only the diarrhea frosting on that shit cake

[AZGrizFan]

I know, I know....misty days and gray, drizzly days don't count in your world.

You know NOT of what you speak

November: Pot luck / Can be gorgeous / can be crappy
December to March / Dark rainy gloomy 45 degrees
April to June / Gray cool misty lots of low cloud cover
July to October / ZERO clouds 80's perfect

and Dude I wouldn't live in that sh!thole you call home for any amount of MONEY
I lived in Palm Springs for a year - so I know the weather very well

Palm Springs <> Cave Creek. Oct 1-June 15th...perfect weather, zero clouds, 80's - low 90's...For the mathmatically challenged that's 9 1/2 months of PERFECT weather....keep your gray cool misty low cloud cover dark rainy gloomy 45 degree days that you consider perfect.

[Chizzang]

You know NOT of what you speak

November: Pot luck / Can be gorgeous / can be crappy
December to March / Dark rainy gloomy 45 degrees
April to June / Gray cool misty lots of low cloud cover
July to October / ZERO clouds 80's perfect

and Dude I wouldn't live in that sh!thole you call home for any amount of MONEY
I lived in Palm Springs for a year - so I know the weather very well

Palm Springs <> Cave Creek. Oct 1-June 15th...perfect weather, zero clouds, 80's - low 90's...For the mathmatically challenged that's 9 1/2 months of PERFECT weather....keep your gray cool misty low cloud cover dark rainy gloomy 45 degree days that you consider perfect.

A perfectly sunny SHIT HOLE
Sounds great

[AZGrizFan]

Palm Springs <> Cave Creek. Oct 1-June 15th...perfect weather, zero clouds, 80's - low 90's...For the mathmatically challenged that's 9 1/2 months of PERFECT weather....keep your gray cool misty low cloud cover dark rainy gloomy 45 degree days that you consider perfect.

A perfectly sunny SHIT HOLE
Sounds great

If you're talking about Palm Springs, I agree.

[Gil Dobie]

Not at all accurate
EVERY summer since I've lived here has been virtually identical
You might want to fact check your opinion

I know, I know....misty days and gray, drizzly days don't count in your world.

How's the gravel pit they call the Valley of the Sun

[AZGrizFan]

I know, I know....misty days and gray, drizzly days don't count in your world.

How's the gravel pit they call the Valley of the Sun

Gorgeous and green right now.

[Chizzang]

A perfectly sunny SHIT HOLE
Sounds great

If you're talking about Palm Springs, I agree.

Oh please
I've lived in damn near every corner of this great Nation

Carmel CA / Palm Springs CA / Missoula MT / Baltimore MD / Boston MA / Raleigh NC / San Antonio TX
and have a pretty good idea about this country
The arm pit that is Phoenix ranks somewhere below Las Vegas and above Houston TX

[dbackjon]

I like pie.

Cherry, Apple or Hair?

[Gil Dobie]

How's the gravel pit they call the Valley of the Sun

Gorgeous and green right now.

Paint the town green?

Just flew in a month ago, still looked like a rock pit.

[AZGrizFan]

If you're talking about Palm Springs, I agree.

Oh please
I've lived in damn near every corner of this great Nation

Carmel CA / Palm Springs CA / Missoula MT / Baltimore MD / Boston MA / Raleigh NC / San Antonio TX
and have a pretty good idea about this country
The arm pit that is Phoenix ranks somewhere below Las Vegas and above Houston TX

Good for you. 5.6 million people disagree.

[Chizzang]

Oh please
I've lived in damn near every corner of this great Nation

Carmel CA / Palm Springs CA / Missoula MT / Baltimore MD / Boston MA / Raleigh NC / San Antonio TX
and have a pretty good idea about this country
The arm pit that is Phoenix ranks somewhere below Las Vegas and above Houston TX

Good for you. 5.6 million people disagree.

Dude...
6.5 live in Houston Metro and that is an absolute dump
What does that prove..?
So you and 3 million Mexicans and retired mid-westerners think Phoenix is awesome compared to Nogales and Cleveland - yeah I'll write that down -

[AZGrizFan]

Good for you. 5.6 million people disagree.

Dude...
6.5 live in Houston Metro and that is an absolute dump
What does that prove..?
So you and 3 million Mexicans and retired mid-westerners think Phoenix is awesome compared to Nogales and Cleveland - yeah I'll write that down -

Please show me where I said Phoenix was awesome.

I'll wait.













But it is 10x better than Seattle for 300 of the 365 days of the year.