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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^I'm in the exact same boat, looking for a rainy city too!  So funny.  I really liked the area around Seattle, but the people are not very friendly there either.  That's why I'm considering the areas in Tennessee, same area as you.  I've never been to Asheville and haven't explored the east coast as much, even though I was raised in DC.  But I definitely intend to.  My dream would be to be in a place deep in a forest, but close to where I could drive to get a morning latte.  :)  Not gonna, happen, I know... but I can dream, right?

We are like the same age too (I'm late 20s) and I am thinking of a place long term, to maybe raise kids or where I could live long term.  It is strange- you still want a place with other young people so you can socialize but then you're trying to plan far into the future... [/quote]

Life is strange that way. Forest works just as well for me though I'm not so much an outdoors woman as someone who likes the idea of beautiful nature out on my doorstep and the main town not far off on foot. People laugh when I say I want to be able to walk from my home to a coffee shop or a fast casual place for a light lunch but its important to me. I don't think I'm asking for the moon - just not a small town with 'Jane's Diner' or the Sea Shack as the only place to eat.

[quote=Anonymous] Pittsburgh is VERY rainy (gets as much rain as Seattle) and very lush and pretty in the summer to boot.  It's pretty temperate.  And there are lots of woodsy areas within commuting distance of the city.  But it's pretty dreary 9 months of the year; I personally had a hard time taking it.[/quote]

Chiming in here - I've been to Pittsburgh. It and Philadelphia are like night-and-day to the rest of PA [i]but[/i] Pittsburgh itself is very...stunted. You really get a coal-country vibe there, I don't know how to explain it. I went to visit by friend in a postdoc program at Carnegie Mellon and pretty much vowed not to go back. It's not my kind of city and if you're driving to get there, going through the rest of PA is like being in a Children of the Corn flick. Isolated communities and lots of endless cultivated crops.[/quote]

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