Moving to Seattle
So ... as mentioned in the "first project of the new year" thread ... my wife Nancy and I are moving to Seattle ... hopefully in early spring ... sooner is OK to ... just need to sell the house (yikes).
Anyone out there with moving advice ... be it Seattle- or Pacific Northwest-specific ... or general moving ideas and resources ... your input would be most appreciated.
Anyone out there with moving advice ... be it Seattle- or Pacific Northwest-specific ... or general moving ideas and resources ... your input would be most appreciated.
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We vowed never to return to that forsaken city.
Sorry :happy:
wow.. unfortunate that Slater had such a negative experience in Seattle. it's a great place. it rains, sure, but the actual rainfall amounts are not that large.
traffic does suck.. majorly. Seattle and Vancouver have the same problems: need more roads, no place to put them.
Moving to Seattle? you'll love it.
don't buy a house until you've scoped things out. the market may be relaxing a bit, but it's still cutthroat for buyers.
advice 1: store most of your stuff and plan on renting. don't take your car, or find a place to park it and only use it occasionally. the public transit in Seattle is more than adequate. ride the transit around until you get a good feel for the neighbourhoods and districts. i've lived in the Queen Anne, Ballard, and University districts. they were all very wonderful places to live. i've also lived downtown. ... not so great.
advice 2: give a lot of weight to a good view. it is true that there are a lot of grey days. a great view can really make a difference.
advice 3: plan on the same thing if you move to Vancouver.
advice 4: i don't know if you've researched working in Canada, GoCat. it's very restricted and regulated for non-citizens. basically, there's a list of desired occupations, and if yours isn't on it, your potential employer has to tell the government that there is no canadian that can do the job they want to hire you for. you can't apply from inside the country, either. you have to apply from wherever you live. coming in on visitor status means you have to turn around and go home.
advice 5: i'm not sure you're aware that Apple Canada and Apple USA are two completely different companies. they do not share much except they both exist to sell product. Apple Canada wouldn't even allow "official" refurbs until about a year ago, etc. there' are 2 Apple Stores in Vancouver. one is downtown, the other one is out towards Coquitlam. neither are very big or very busy. Macintosh computers have a much smaller percentage here than in the US.
advice 6: the best way to move to Canada and go to work is to throw money at us. people who have 100,000$ to invest in a business that will hire canadians are welcomed with open arms.
shall i shut up now?
heh
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Me mum is a Canadian citizen to this day ... and I have lots of family from Toronto to Victoria ... so I have some "ins."
heh..!! lot/GoCat. i wasted all that typo-ing preaching to the choir. go North young man, go North.
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And many thanks to you flak for the offer ...