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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Western Washington, have siblings who graduated from UW in STEM areas, I lived near campus for a summer doing an internship in my youth (I went to another university), my birth family bleeds Husky Blue. Take my advice for what it is worth to you.

The University of Washington is a solid, D-1 school. It has a medical school with a full hospital, solid engineering programs, etc. The campus is pretty, Husky football is a fun time.

The downsides would be:

1. cost of living (the campus area is insanely expensive);

2. general safety (there are a lot of shall we say very interesting characters around that part of Seattle, and you have to be careful at night);

3. getting around town (Seattle traffic is awful, awful, awful, the freeway infrastructure isn't adapted to the 21st Century);

4. Seattle Freeze is real (you don't talk to people in the story store line bc they will look at you like you're crazy, why are you talking to me? PNW people keep to themselves, it is hard to break the ice);

5. Basic life choices feel politically magnified (if you are not very, very progressive in your lifestyle choices, many people will write you off as a political conservative...I once had someone ask if I was a far-right Republican...I said no, why would you think that...the person said, "Because you take showers and wear makeup". Life long Dem here.)

6. The weather. Your kid will never experience this much rain anywhere else in the US. It can be very hard for non-natives to deal with come April, when it is sunny at 75 everywhere else but Seattle, where it is still 52 and raining until June.

The PNW is just a different place from the rest of the country. It just is.[/quote]

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