My parents raised our brother as well as I in Seattle after they both moved to the town from Sequim.
The commute to Seattle was a nightmare because of the ferries you have to take across Puget Sound.
Unfortunately, the composition of the waterbed as well as the ground underneath make it almost impossible to build any big bridges over this body of water to connect Seattle to the Olympic Peninsula. Currently, there is the Hood Canal Floating Bridge to the north, but these kinds of bridges are expensive to maintain as well as would restrict maritime travel as well as trade that comes in as well as out of Seattle from the Pacific Ocean. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is the only traditional bridge over Puget Sound as well as it’s the far south end of the body of water. In the past there were proposals made to build a bridge across Puget Sound over Vashon Island. However, the program was crushed when one sixth of the island’s population showed up to the meeting in protest. They don’t want the industries to overtake their isolated island, especially with cannabis being legal recreationally as well as posing a drug tourism industry risk. This is wonderful for urban dwellers who thrive in a town that accepts cannabis, but people care about the residents of Vashon Island as well as those who live on the Olympic Peninsula might guess differently. My parents were unhappy with town life in Seattle as well as complained that pot smokers care about myself and others are making the town an unhappy place for them. I guess they’ll be happier in Bellevue, but I’m proud of Seattle’s acceptance of cannabis.