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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xyanthon" data-source="post: 3134721" data-attributes="member: 9181">Heh,  I migrated to Seattle from the midwest.  I had all kinds of misconceptions about the rain and weather there.  I thought that I would be very put off by it, but it was not at all what I'd expected.  The rain is really more of a drizzle (but it does last from late Oct through May).  It does get dark early (I would leave for work in the morning in the winter and the sun wouldn't come up until 8 and by the time I got off work at 4:30, the sun would be setting).  It is pretty much grey all winter.  I'm not sure if Portland is quite as dark and rainy.  It took me a bit to get adjusted, but after the first year, I really LOVED the weather.  I could get out and about in the winter as it wasn't as cold as Missouri.  There was all kinds of hiking and outdoor things to do year round.  The summer in Seattle (indeed, the entire PNW) is unbelievably beautiful.  I consider Seattle to be my home even though I'm a transplant (my son was born there).  So someday I hope to return (like I said either to Seattle or Portland - they are both great places).EDITHow could I forget the hotsprings?  There are lots of them.  Just so much to do outdoors.  Gaming-wise, I NEVER was at a loss for good gaming.  There is a rather large Con that happens in Portland every year.  I've never been but several of my buddies did and they always had a great time.</blockquote>