I adore this region and community. Perhaps I’m biased. My parents grew up here, so even while we lived all over the globe, Seattle was always titled “home”. Its funny, though, that my father’s greater family left Seattle in the 50s and my mom’s family lived in Yakima. So it was Seattle, in a greater sense. Pretty much the airport, I guess.
This area, though, has always felt like home. Laden with the positive and negative feelings of ” home”, its been complex. Both feeling smothering and liberating, if not at the same time, often one on the heels of the other. And there’s the financial challenges of this area’s expensive cost of living. Both delight and discomfort; yay!
Much of the positive feeling stems from the environment. Surrounded by mountains, right against Puget Sound, this area is unique geographically. Much of what I love is interconnected with that.
This region has tough problems to work through: affordability, maintaining the attractive lifestyle, transportation, just to mention the big ones. Yet the people here care. We have some human warmth issues, and a passive-aggressive core, but the central culture here really makes this region innovative and interesting. Together, we work through these challenges. And that’s what I love most.
So, go and do great things!
