How about we have a "What do you love about Seattle" thread? Haters, please stay on your own side, just for once

I posted this in response to a guy who said everything is ten times harder in Seattle. I think it's:

Ten times easier to find organic food.
Ten times easier to breathe clean air.
Ten times easier to get to excellent hiking and trailheads.
Ten times easier to know that the people around you aren't racist, sexist, homophobes.
Ten times easier to feel that there people around you are mostly ethical.
Ten times easier to know that you won't experience violent crime.
Ten times easier to know that amazing views are all around you.
Ten times easier to get to Canada whenever you want.
Ten times easier to find independent coffee shops and bookstores.
Ten times easier to find incredible microbrews and small batch spirits.
Ten times easier to salmon, Dungeness crabs, oysters and amazing seafood.
Ten times easier to find great neighborhood blogs.
Ten times easier to people who love and maintain vintage homes.
Ten times easier to access literally hundreds of parks in Seattle.
Ten times easier to avoid rude "conversation", interrupting, abrupt behavior some people consider normal.
Ten times easier to enjoy green trees, flower, things that are alive.
Ten times easier to find a good job climate.
Ten times easier to know that even with climate change, we'll be okay.
Ten times easier to know that you are surrounded by people who sincerely care about the environment.
Ten times easier to know that the people around you aren't showy or ostentatious about their money.
Ten times easier to know that you'll have summers without the ridiculous heat & humidity.
Ten times easier to buy your food at farmers markets and directly from the grower.
Ten times easier to have the amenities of a big city, but feel like a small town.
Ten times easier to see a giant troll under a bridge eating a VW.
Ten times easier to pop you kayak in the water and go for a paddle.
Ten times easier to see the best professional soccer culture in America.
Ten times easier to find charming neighborhoods everywhere.
Ten times easier to find little free book kiosks in front of people's houses and people who love books.
Ten times easier to go over to friends' houses and not be bombarded with a blaring TV and pop culture.
Ten times easier to find people who actually care about recycling.
Ten times easier to find great thrift stores.
Ten times easier to see real crime fighting superheroes.
Ten times easier to take a boat and see real Orca whales.
Ten times easier to have a conversation about a substantive topic.
Ten times easier to meet an urban chicken farmer or be able to hire goats for weed removal.
Ten times easier to jump on a ferry boat anytime you want.
Ten times easier to find independent local papers, radio stations.
Ten times easier to meet a real Viking named Gunnar with a real Scandinavian accent.
Ten times easier to actually meet Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews or Macklemore.
Ten times easier to find great Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and farm to table restaurants.
Ten times easier to find religious and non religious diversity and to not be judged based on it.
Ten times easier to find people in blue jeans.
Ten times easier to see mountains, sunrises and sunsets everywhere you look.
Ten times easier to visit Bruce Lee's and Jimi Hendrix's graves in the same day.
Ten times easier to catch a flight to Asia or Hawaii.
Ten times easier to be asked to take your shoes off when you go in someone's house.
Ten times easier to meet highly educated people.
Ten times easier to find amazing summer music festivals.[/quote]