Life is Strange in Seattle

[JohnnyD]

I'm in Seattle for a week for a client and the longer I'm hear, the stranger it seems. Now, I've been to California a ton of times, but these Northern Pacific people are different.

For instance, I held the door for a person earlier today and they said "Why Thank You!", then shot me a genuine smile. On the east coast, you might get a half-hearted "Thanks".
While walking from my hotel wait to cross the street, I noticed that not a single driver was using their cell phone. In Boston, who isn't on the phone (or texting) while they drive?

While here, I've also been enlightened to the fact that Seattle isn't necessarily a rainy city, that Boston gets far more rain based on inches. I mentioned to one guy that it's not rare for us to get a couple inches of rain in a single day, sometimes in one hour. He told me that .5"-1" of rain in the day here causes roads to shut down.

It isn't completely dark until after 10pm.

Also, Seattle is the home of Starbucks. At 10:00 this morning, I walked to one to grab a coffee.... and it was closed?!?! There are more Starbucks locations within 1 block of the Boston Common than I've seen since I got here.

My whole world is being torn apart the longer I'm here. I can't wait to get back home where courtesy is rare, the people don't pay attention to the road and almost anywhere you go there is at least one Starbucks or Dunkin in view.