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Re:Why I left Microsoft by potatolicious on Monday January 18, 2010 @10:43PM (#1061440)
I'm about 6 months into my Seattle stint (not at Microsoft), and I'm already loathing this city. It's sleepy, but not in the charming beach-side small town kind of way, in the lazy "I'm too arsed to go out, ever" way. There's no energy anywhere around here, which is a far cry from any other city I've had the pleasure of living in.

Was the environment - Seattle/Kirkland/Redmond/Bellevue a major factor in choosing to leave?

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Re:Why I left Microsoft by city41 on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @01:06AM (#1061619)
Honestly, yes it was :-/

In fact, I met a lot of people here who came from the midwest and all of them either hate it or have already left (I'm from the midwest too).

Seattle is a gorgeous city, when I first came here it blew me away how beautiful it is. But there's just something about this area that really didn't jive with me. I agree "sleepy but not in a good way" is one good way to describe this area.

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