Can a midwest girl survive and thrive in Seattle?

[Aggie_Ama]

I have no opinion on PNW because I am still waiting to visit but I overheard a funny conversation between a Wisconsin transplant to Texas and a Texas uproot to Colorado last weekend.

Wisc: I think after 5 years we finally just learned to deal with the heat and appreciate the come winter we wouldn't be shoveling that g-d snow. Plus the spring and fall is not too bad when we finally go into the 80's and my friends left up north can't ride on Christmas day without studded tires but I went out with the kids (his boys are racers).

Colo: I miss it here but not the summers. In Colorado we like the snow the first few weeks we ski then remember the summers are gorgeous and we really live there for the summers because you don't melt.


Oh and on the hills, you just get stronger. I moved from a flatter area when I was in college to here and you just start learning.

[Biciclista]

the toughest thing about PNW is how expensive housing is. I know a lot of people who moved here and then returned to the midwest because they couldn't stand the crummy little houses they could afford. (compared to what they could buy at the same price back home)