they don't call austin south by southwest for nothin. i really like houston more but i ended up in austin kinda by chance & just ended up staying. yeah seattle is pretty diverse! a lot of the brown people there are rich tech workers, so not sure about getting much solidarity from them, but not all of them. there is specifically a really big ethiopian / eritrean population in south seattle & a ton of good food down there. it's pretty cool walking around hearing people speaking amharic, ukranian, hindi, etc & there is even a pretty big indigenous culture (coast salish - duwamish specifically) but sadly most of them are unhoused. but yes there's tons to do, pretty good public transit that keeps expanding, & a TON of nature in the city itself & not for away. like the olympic peninsula has rain forest, beaches, hot springs, etc & it's like less than an hour away by ferry. vancouver bc is 3 hours away. portland, or is three hours away. if u go into any forests you'll find wild strawberries. but come july the blackberries will be EVERYWHERE, every fence every sidewalk every yard. i make myself sick on them every summer lol. last summer i made purple ice cream with them. you're going at a really good time of year!! i think it's supposed to be hot next week but it might still rain. it usually rains into june. i bet where u live now is beautiful too, i'd love to see a small island in a sea forest!! (check out the san juans for actual islands in a salish sea of forest). i'm sure it'll be a culture shock etc but if u are used to being surrounded by nature seattle is prob the best big city u could hope for in the states.
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yeah seattle is pretty diverse! a lot of the brown people there are rich tech workers, so not sure about getting much solidarity from them, but not all of them. there is specifically a really big ethiopian / eritrean population in south seattle & a ton of good food down there. it's pretty cool walking around hearing people speaking amharic, ukranian, hindi, etc & there is even a pretty big indigenous culture (coast salish - duwamish specifically) but sadly most of them are unhoused. but yes there's tons to do, pretty good public transit that keeps expanding, & a TON of nature in the city itself & not for away. like the olympic peninsula has rain forest, beaches, hot springs, etc & it's like less than an hour away by ferry. vancouver bc is 3 hours away. portland, or is three hours away. if u go into any forests you'll find wild strawberries. but come july the blackberries will be EVERYWHERE, every fence every sidewalk every yard. i make myself sick on them every summer lol. last summer i made purple ice cream with them. you're going at a really good time of year!! i think it's supposed to be hot next week but it might still rain. it usually rains into june. i bet where u live now is beautiful too, i'd love to see a small island in a sea forest!! (check out the san juans for actual islands in a salish sea of forest). i'm sure it'll be a culture shock etc but if u are used to being surrounded by nature seattle is prob the best big city u could hope for in the states.