Ok so I moved to Seattle, and when I say I moved to Seattle, i moved in the heart of down town, like i'm less than a mile from the columbia tower, the biggest building in Seattle.
heres my issue, I've never lived in a situation like this before, and apparently, retail outlets aren't very accommodating of you if you live in downtown Seattle because retail outlets dont exist down here.
Lets face it, small towns get you acustomed to shopping at big box solutions, Target, Wal-mart, Safeway, Best Buy, etc.. you see the trend here basically being that You know what you want, you go to the "popular" and well known store.
here? god, theres nothing, I have to drive to a suburb like edmonds/northgate/lynnwood.
it feels so backwards to me :\
live and learn i guess, but it kinda sucks, it defeats the whole purpose in my mind of even moving in to a downtown environment to begin with.
The only saving grace is that I'm within walking distance of some food places and my work place, and some night clubs/bars (but I only wanna go out to those like once a week if that)
it's just so weird though that if i want to go "shopping" like for actual groceries or goods, I have to drive 8-10 miles minimum.
kinda frustrating in a way cuz i'm in a year lease and i'd really like to move about 4 miles north of my location at this point to be halfway between work and the retail sector, but that's not happeneing for another 10 months.
blech.
oh and if you wanna see for yourself
http://lostinseattle.com/
my neighborhood
http://www.lostinseattle.com/LIS/-im...l18,5-18.shtml