Congrats on the new job, Deb. (Mind if I call you Deb?) Good for you for getting that signing bonus (God, I hope you have one) and moving to a city you’ve heard so much about.
As a person who lived in Seattle for the last seven years, I have some thoughts about what Seattle is like to live in. I know what it’s like to be new here, because I was new here seven years ago. And I also know what it’s like to move away: I recently moved back to the Midwest, to a part of the country not frantically under construction, an area where the overall attitude toward life has eased into menopause. As innocuous as that analogy may seem, I can assure you that a Cap Hill resident is seething wildly after reading it.*