Daily Exasperation #13

Dispatches from Seattle. A love letter of sorts. The future of maritime AI.

I desperately want to move to Seattle. At some point, I’ll just make the move. I love New York, and it’s my home and will forever be, but there’s something nostalgic and romantic about the remoteness of the Pacific Northwest. It still feels like a secret to be here, despite almost 800,000 people in on it. The types of people I’ve met here have ranged from stereotypically standoffish to the most welcoming and adventurous I’ve met anywhere I’ve been. Most people have shades and dotted lines of both. There’s the other axis—those born and raised here and those who have made the conscious choice to move here. I’d like to be one of those people and help the state, region, and city provide a quality of transportation such that grandma can take a bus (or two) from Columbia City to Ballard and that grandson can get to a hike without owning a car. …