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*bump*

well, the answer is still "seattle" so why the bump?!

ha...cause I was thinking Portland but am now thinking Seattle

yeah mdler, try and keep up pal. seattle would be honored to have you.

holz.box

if you get this, email me

eberhard49@yahoo.com

checks yo mail, mdler

well, you know I'm biased. I need someone to drink whisky with 'round here. ;)

i didnt realize that by posting me email on here, it would be red and people could just send me random shit by clicking on it...

awesome.

i sent you 2 emails, i think they bounced, though.

i didnt get either of them...unless you are offering me 'natural male enhancement'

well, that's a given.

i'll resend later tonight.

ok take 2

Since I'm posting 5 months after this discussion... did anyone considering moving to Portland or Seattle end up doing it?

I'm planning on Moving in May and sending resumes/portfolios out in January since I will have to battle all those people graduating in May for a job.

holz your list has made my month... I've been trying to weed through firms for awhile now.

Laurem

I moved to Seattle 2 months ago...best decision I have made

Great! I was hoping that you do it. I did a west coast archi-tour summer 06 and I loved the northern west coast... was not as fond of the Southern Coast (mainly LA).

How do you feel about the architecture culture there now that you have had some time (possibly) to experience it?

I'm currently in NYC so I'd be moving pretty far...

I moved to Seattle from San Francisco in late 2000. I'm with mdler. Love it here. Prior to SF I lived in DC. It's not that far Laurem.

laurem,

i'd say one of the biggest drawbacks about the seattle archi-scene, is that it can be rather lame. there isn't anything near as progressive as some of the projects in nyc. definitely not any SHoP/DS+R/OMA/TWBTA-caliber firms, but there are a several that are very strong and consistent.

in my observations, though there are fewer architecture firms in portland, they seem to be doing more interesting work on average, than in seattle.

but yeah, we really like it here as well.

Laurem

I like Seattle... they are building a ton and actually care about the quality of the stuff getting built. I lived in LA and most of the stuff was shit.

The city is wonderful...80 degrees and blue skys today through the end of next week

the only thing that sucks are the drivers

oh and they really really do suck...

do they ever

i joke that I am going to make millions by opening a driving school up here...they are the worst drivers I have ever seen.

any ideas why they cant drive?

because they're paying too damned much attention to the weather to notice the cars? Seriously, Seattlites talk about the weather more than I thought anybody did. As an actual, serious topic of conversation, not just an awkward space-filler.

How is the public transportation for everyday use? It seemed decent when I visited but I didn't need to ride it (so it was just an outside view). I don't plan on having a car so the seattlite poor driving will only affect me if they hit me while I'm on my bike or walking. Which is suppose affects me more...

I also tried to look up UW's lecture series which seemed okay but not really too strong of a series. Are there any outside architecture organizations besides aia that have a lecture series?

we Seattle Archinecters talk about going to a bar and lecturing each other about architecture, but it hasnt happened yet

That's fine but I'm not paying an entrance fee.

or the viewm i dunno how many times i've almot been clipped because people on 99 look out over elliot bay and start to drift over...

metro transit is @ peak ridership. UW has a flaky lecture series. there is another, space.city

which has brought in kengo kuma, bjarke ingels, mathias klotz and several others. it's a little sporadic but seems to have much more interest than the UW lexture series.