Tulsa to Seattle!! (Bellevue, Pacific, Highland: fit in, salons, hairstylist)
Seattle areaSeattle and King County Suburbs
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Hello everyone! This may turn into a long post so bear with me. I'm 24 years old, single hairstylist. I'm looking into relocating. I have visited Seattle as a teenager and ever since had a dream of moving away to there. I love how you can stand in the middle of a city and see some of the most beautiful nature in the country. Of course, I did only visit as a teenager for a week at a time so I want to make sure I'm relocating into what I think I am.
My issues with Tulsa are:
*I HATE having to rely on a car!! I want to live in a city where a car isn't necassary!
*Nightlife/Single scene SUCKS! Tulsa is an amazing place to have a family. Hence as soon as people graduate high school they start working towards that. There are a few areas with one or two bars, but nothing to write home about.
*Weather is awful besides like two months out of the year It's blazing hot or deep freeze ice storms and blizzards. Rain is okay! I love cool and rainy!
*Tulsa is very conservative and small town. You run into people you know all the time. It's very conservative. Population wise Seattle and Tulsa are about 200,000 apart. Is that really that big of a difference? I am looking for a more urban feel. Chicago is a little to urban for me though.
Also if there are any Hairstylist on the forum I'd love to hear from you! What kind of clientele is in which area? And what are some great salons to start building at? I started out doing hair at Regis which I'm sure you all have heard of. Which was a great salon to start building at and then I moved into an independent salon. I'd prefer to not work corporate, but if a great opportunity strikes I would be pumped about it. What are some of the main headliner salons in Seattle?
Thanks again and hope to meet some of you when I arrive!
My issues with Tulsa are:
*I HATE having to rely on a car!! I want to live in a city where a car isn't necassary! Obviously you'll need to live close to the city for that.
*Nightlife/Single scene SUCKS! Tulsa is an amazing place to have a family. Hence as soon as people graduate high school they start working towards that. There are a few areas with one or two bars, but nothing to write home about. I'm pretty sure the scene in Seattle is much better than Tulsa's, LOL
*Weather is awful besides like two months out of the year It's blazing hot or deep freeze ice storms and blizzards. Rain is okay! I love cool and rainy!
*Tulsa is very conservative and small town. You run into people you know all the time. It's very conservative. Population wise Seattle and Tulsa are about 200,000 apart. Is that really that big of a difference? I am looking for a more urban feel. Chicago is a little to urban for me though. Tulsa is pretty spread out, whereas Seattle is more land-limited. Hence the urban feel, but yes, we got nothing on Chicago.
I always don't run into people I know-- in fact, some I don't see for a long time and I'm fine with that, LOL.
Seattle is very blue, so definitely a culture change from Tulsa.
Also if there are any Hairstylist on the forum I'd love to hear from you! What kind of clientele is in which area? And what are some great salons to start building at? I started out doing hair at Regis which I'm sure you all have heard of. Which was a great salon to start building at and then I moved into an independent salon. I'd prefer to not work corporate, but if a great opportunity strikes I would be pumped about it. What are some of the main headliner salons in Seattle? Don't know about the rest of the questions, but the headliner salon here in Seattle would have to be Gene Juarez.
Thanks again and hope to meet some of you when I arrive!
Hi amanda, I used to live in Tulsa, it sounds like you would fit in great here. But the population difference you are referring to is city proper; metro population is over 4x what Tulsa is, Seattle is more densely populated, and it is the regional hub so it feels quite a bit bigger than it really is. Even though Dallas metro is over 6 million now, I still feel more "city" in Seattle, you can easily do without a car.
Keep an open mind to the cultural differences you are in store fore though, it is hard to speculate what that might be for another person, but rest assured you will encounter it. Being 24 and single, I wouldn't rule any work place out, corporate or not, and you'll notice less people care where you work, what car you drive, what wallet you carry, anyway. As wholesome as the South's reputation is, I found people in Seattle less superficial. And your first job might just be the place where you meet the people who lead you to a better one.
After always having lived in warm, sunny places before moving to the Pacific NW, it was several years before I could understand why anyone complained about cool summers and misty rain.
Don't know anything about hair styling except that it can be pretty lucrative with the right person.
Thanks so much for your replies guys! i'm so excited to get up there and experience a different way of life. Kevin that's great to know about the cultural difference. Because your right, people do care a lot about a certain standard of living here. I love my friends, but they are horrible about things like that and judging people off first glance. I'm excited about this new adventure and can't wait to meet some people up there!
I lived in Bellevue, WA (Eastside Seattle across the lake) for 10 years. Washington had been really good for me. I operated a small business for those 10 years. Then for no great reason decided to return to Oklahoma (my home state) Initially I went to Oklahoma City where I grew up and most of my relatives live and found that my whole perspective on life was somewhat contrasting to theirs.
So I bounced over to "Tulsa" to put some distance between us. As you have already implied, Tulsa was the pits! I stayed there for a whole year, realizing that I had to come back to Washington. So I've been back since early summer 2011. The transition was a little rough, but that time is passing and things are beginning to open up for me again. I have a place to live and part-time work in my field and vision and prospects of other things to enrich my life. I'm expecting this time to be even better than before.
Unlike Tulsa, the metro bus systems are excellent here. I thought I'd die waiting for buses in that heat back there. I knew I could not bare another summer with that avalanche of construction work going on everywhere, making it hot and dusty.
So allow me to encourage you to make the change. I found Tulsa to be suffocating and small minded. Even bus drivers treat you like a criminal if you're a nickle short on change for the bus fare. I hope its not felt as bad for you, but my opinion of Tulsa is that it is the worst place I've ever been. I've been many places including France, England, Belgium and South Korea. But Tulsa has a hick backwoods feeling that makes it the worst place I've ever been. Even though my cousin is a State Rep in Oklahoma City, I don't think it is much better.
So expand your life and dreams and leave Tusla ASAP!
Thanks so much for your replies guys! i'm so excited to get up there and experience a different way of life. Kevin that's great to know about the cultural difference. Because your right, people do care a lot about a certain standard of living here. I love my friends, but they are horrible about things like that and judging people off first glance. I'm excited about this new adventure and can't wait to meet some people up there!
I noticed that on my recent trip to Seattle too...I saw some very high fashion being worn and carried around, but it didn't appear that women carried their expensive bags to show them off like they do in Dallas and OK...they carried the labels because they simply like them...lol. Plus, I believe Seattle has the highest concentration of millionaires and billionaires than any other city, and people with REAL money generally aren't too flashy or conceited with it. Some of the most down to earth people in Dallas were the Highland Park people...some of the WORST were what we called the "$30,000 Millionaires." Ugh!
Hello everyone! This may turn into a long post so bear with me. I'm 24 years old, single hairstylist. I'm looking into relocating. I have visited Seattle as a teenager and ever since had a dream of moving away to there. I love how you can stand in the middle of a city and see some of the most beautiful nature in the country. Of course, I did only visit as a teenager for a week at a time so I want to make sure I'm relocating into what I think I am.
My issues with Tulsa are:
*I HATE having to rely on a car!! I want to live in a city where a car isn't necassary!
Seattle is your city , Tulsa is probably 10 years away from even getting Light Rail
*Nightlife/Single scene SUCKS! Tulsa is an amazing place to have a family. Hence as soon as people graduate high school they start working towards that. There are a few areas with one or two bars, but nothing to write home about.
Not so Tulsa Entertainment area's Cherry Street and Brookside are way more advanced than that , and Cain's (never liked it myself ) and the BOK Center are both WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT VENUES
*Weather is awful besides like two months out of the year It's blazing hot or deep freeze ice storms and blizzards. Rain is okay! I love cool and rainy!
Tulsa has three seasons Spring , Fall and Hell Season
*Tulsa is very conservative and small town. You run into people you know all the time. It's very conservative.
Nothing that you can do about that , but there are all type of political leaning in the Tulsa Area
Population wise Seattle and Tulsa are about 200,000 apart. Is that really that big of a difference? I am looking for a more urban feel. Chicago is a little to urban for me though.
Seattle is more than 200,000 people larger than Tulsa
Also if there are any Hairstylist on the forum I'd love to hear from you! What kind of clientele is in which area? And what are some great salons to start building at? I started out doing hair at Regis which I'm sure you all have heard of. Which was a great salon to start building at and then I moved into an independent salon. I'd prefer to not work corporate, but if a great opportunity strikes I would be pumped about it. What are some of the main headliner salons in Seattle?
Thanks again and hope to meet some of you when I arrive!
God speed in your upcoming move to Seattle the Emerald City of OZ..
Thank you guys for the encouragement! Gingerous, it sounds like you get the same feel of Tulsa that I do. Like I said nightlife wise...we do have the cherry street and brookside area, but to me they are nothing to make me say "Tulsa is like a baby Vegas!!!" That being said the BOK center is by far the BEST thing that's happen to Tulsa.
One more question, what is the best scenic drive to get up there? I've heard mixed things about driving thru the Rockeys on how horrible scary it is or it's a beautiful amazing drive. What's your guys view on that? My leave date is April 1
Thank you guys for the encouragement! Gingerous, it sounds like you get the same feel of Tulsa that I do. Like I said nightlife wise...we do have the cherry street and brookside area, but to me they are nothing to make me say "Tulsa is like a baby Vegas!!!"
That being said the BOK center is by far the BEST thing that's happen to Tulsa.
One more question, what is the best scenic drive to get up there? I've heard mixed things about driving thru the Rockeys on how horrible scary it is or it's a beautiful amazing drive.
Since you are a young foot loose girl of 24 years of age , try the northern route-Tulsa , St. Louis , Chicago , Milwaukee , Minneapolis/St. Paul , Rapid City SD Mount Rushmore & Crazy Horse Mounument , Denver , Salt Lake City , Reno , San Francisco Bay , Portland , Seattle
What's your guys view on that? My leave date is April 1
Only do your mountain driving during the day.......
Why don't you join the PBA and network with other members of the Professional Beauty Association in the Seattle area?....
I know what all is in Tulsa, but thanks for the links? I'm more interested in learning about a place I hope to live and what all is there. I've posted some things on other hair stylist websites I would just like to hear from client stand point on what some of the good salons are. Asking a client vs. stylist your going to get very different answers and I'd like to hear all of them.
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