PacNWers, be aware.

[Roadstergal]

Dave is sneaking closer.

[Mr.7]

Oh-no  

run for the hills

[davipu]

and I have shitty internet so I'll be out more.  muhahahahahaha

[Thor S Magic Bathtub]

A safety tip:
If you will be buying beer, carrying beer, drinking beer, or anywhere there may be beer around, keep your eyes open and be prepared to protect yourself.
The safest thing to do is drop the beer and step away slowly. In cases where your beer is too precious to you (poor college students especially), carrying a knife is your best option.

[davipu]

from spending extended periods of time in national city/ chula vista I have aquired a habit of wearing a level III BPV along with my MC gear.  knives and most small arms won't penetrate.     neener neener neener.

[RVertigo]

carrying a knife is your best option.

Always...

But:

knives and most small arms won't penetrate.

So...  The Louisville might help if he takes his helmet off.  

[Kee]

Didn't like San Diego?

[TheGoodGuy]

is carrie and david dating now?? did he move up there to be with roadstergal??

gossip gossip....

[davipu]

Kee, my living expenses had a 400% increase, which I couldn't afford.
and no, not that I whould mind bending her over my bike, we aren't dating.

[RVertigo]

So, you're actually moving up here?  

Why?  Seattle sucks!

[NightRyder]

Seattle doesn't suck! It's not the best ever, but it certainly doesn't suck.

[Kee]

Yeah, San Diego is ridiculously expensive. Makes me wonder how anyone can live here with the home prices. Good luck up there. Guess I will have to find someone else to work on my bike.

[RVertigo]

Seattle has been the #1 over-priced city for two years running...  We've been top 10 for about 4 years.

[Badger]

Seattle has been the #1 over-priced city for two years running...  We've been top 10 for about 4 years.

I found it interesting that Boston didn't make the top 10 overpriced, being that it's in the top 5 for cost of living.  So...we just pay a lot more, but it's worth it?  

[RVertigo]

So...we just pay a lot more, but it's worth it?  

Yup!

Seattle costs a lot for no reason...

[Roadstergal]

What does Bahston have that Seattle doesn't?  Chicago has blues clubs and the Art Institute, New York has Times Square and the Metropolitan Opera, and Boston has... ?  Even their accents are funnier...

[RVertigo]

Well, I'm not gonna defend the list since I didn't write it... But... Here ya' go:

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/forbes/P123785.asp

[Roadstergal]

Thinking about it - I suppose if you only look in the city proper, living costs are high.  But once you move out to the outlying cities that are convenient to Seattle, the prices do go down.  Local cities - Bellevue, Shoreline, Federal Way, Issaquah, yadda - occupy a space that's about as big as the total size of a big city.

That being said, from my completely unscientific and non-comprehensive poking around, housing prices are indeed pretty nuts.  Rental prices aren't bad if you shop around.

[RVertigo]

Yeah...  Rentals aren't as bad if you have the time to look and you luck out and find a place you like, in a good location, for a price you can afford.

But...  Living in Bellevue really sucks unless you're downtown...  Then it only kinda sucks.  Downtown Bellevue costs almost as much as Seattle...  So, why not live in Seattle?

You have to pay me to live any farther than Bellevue...  Squaw-Town just friggen sucks...  Redmond is worse...  Kirkland is just as bad as Redmond.  BLEH!!!

[Badger]

What does Bahston have that Seattle doesn't?  Chicago has blues clubs and the Art Institute, New York has Times Square and the Metropolitan Opera, and Boston has... ?  Even their accents are funnier...

Boston vs. Seattle?  We have:

* Funny accents (noted)
* Four distinct seasons
* Foliage
* Sunshine
* An actual baseball team
* Ditto football
* Some very old buildings.  Like before-this-was-a-country old.
* Fanueil Hall/Quincy Market
* Lots of places where, once upon a time, we fought the British, disposed of some tea, and generally made a nuisance of ourselves.
* Monuments to such.
* A high concentration of some of the best universities in the world (unfortunately, with that we also get the students...pity)
* We have a nifty new tunnel (thanks for helping pay for it, by the way).  It only leaks a little.
* A comprehendable subway system