^We also have very vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. Taking into account of everything said, I can attest that Seattle is not perfect, but neither is any city.
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If Seattle had the amount of winter sunshine that say San Francisco gets and you could live near downtown I would say it would be getting close to perfect. Yeah the transit could be better but oh well. It seems manageable and there is just such a great mix of natural beauty and urbanity, like Vancouver. In fact if it weren't for the cloudy winters I would probably be living in one of those to cities right now.