So my wife and I are on "vacation" right now in western washington state, north of Seattle. We are back here visiting family after living in Indianapolis for the last year. My wife was born here, I lived here for 12 years and this is the first time back since moving.
Washington pretty much sucks. Let me get this outta the way, it IS pretty with the mountains and the ocean water but thats the end of the nice things I have to say about it.
Everything here is expensive, from groceries to houses. Home prices are double and lets just take beer as an example; an average 18 pack of regular beer in indy you can easily find for less than $9, here your lucky if you find it for $15. Forget about eating out, there are less than half the choices of food that you have in the east and what you do have is $$$.
This area is LOADED with liberal white people and I am still seeing a good amount of Obama stickers. Lots of buisneses are closed down since just a year ago, the ones that are doing well cater to Canadians (who are EVERYWHERE). Unemployment here is pretty high, if you want a job you are going to have a hard time finding more than $10 an hour (remember, your average house is $250k) and your job will be in retail serving canadians. All elected officials here are very liberal and therefore taxes are high. Minimum wage is nealry $10 an hour so dont even think about starting a buisness here.
Luckily we are driving a "cash for clunkers" eco car from a family member, gas prices here are around $3.20. Everyone here is "green" and therefore better than you...the smug level is really high. We have to put up with it for four more days, we fly back to Indy on sunday.
So ya, I miss and appreciate Indy...when I get back I am planning on buying some more guns so I've got that to look forward to. Plus, I love my job there and cant wait to get back to work.
end of rant
Washington pretty much sucks. Let me get this outta the way, it IS pretty with the mountains and the ocean water but thats the end of the nice things I have to say about it.
Everything here is expensive, from groceries to houses. Home prices are double and lets just take beer as an example; an average 18 pack of regular beer in indy you can easily find for less than $9, here your lucky if you find it for $15. Forget about eating out, there are less than half the choices of food that you have in the east and what you do have is $$$.
This area is LOADED with liberal white people and I am still seeing a good amount of Obama stickers. Lots of buisneses are closed down since just a year ago, the ones that are doing well cater to Canadians (who are EVERYWHERE). Unemployment here is pretty high, if you want a job you are going to have a hard time finding more than $10 an hour (remember, your average house is $250k) and your job will be in retail serving canadians. All elected officials here are very liberal and therefore taxes are high. Minimum wage is nealry $10 an hour so dont even think about starting a buisness here.
Luckily we are driving a "cash for clunkers" eco car from a family member, gas prices here are around $3.20. Everyone here is "green" and therefore better than you...the smug level is really high. We have to put up with it for four more days, we fly back to Indy on sunday.
So ya, I miss and appreciate Indy...when I get back I am planning on buying some more guns so I've got that to look forward to. Plus, I love my job there and cant wait to get back to work.
end of rant
