What bothers me still about Seattle?

I've been living in Seattle for a decade now. I have grown to really like Seattle and the pacific northwest, more generally. However, I was reminded this past week of a few things that I don't like about Seattle. The following is a list of stuff that bothers me about Seattle:

• Matzah ball soup -- there's no good place to get this soup. period.
• Swimming pools -- I've struggled to find a world class swim center any where near Seattle. And federal way is not close enough to Seattle to make swimming there practical. 
• Basketball -- losing the sonics sucked. I grew up watching Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish and the Boston Celtics. Professional sports seemed to be lacking. The Sounders are great! But, they don't play basketball.
• Traffic -- and the lack of traffic solutions. Why can't we make a friggin' decision about the 520 bridge and the viaduct. 
• Public access to the water -- I just got back from Vancouver. Why we allowed lake washington and lake union to be private spaces without making the first 100 feet of access more public was a mistake. Just imagine this city if each body of water were like Green lake!
• Sun in the winter -- I still need more sun than I get in the winter. It's not the rain that bothers me...it's the lack of sun.  That said, this winter was great!

Comments

[Venkat]

I've found swimming in Seattle to be awesome. I'm not sure how the pools stack up, but the swimming community is phenomenal.

There's a masters group that swims in Queen Anne that's great. Greenlake also has a good group but it's early AM. There's also Colman pool, which is a trek for people outside of West Seattle but it's probably the best pool I've swam in. Finally, for about 4-6 weeks you can always check out the lake (where groups regularly swim).

(I don't think I've been in many 'world class' pools and probably don't have a great basis of comparison, but I've checked out pools in Northern and Southern California mostly.)

[Aaron Franklin]

A good bagel and corned beef sandwich would be nice, too. Manischewitz mix makes surprisingly good matzos ball soup. Great alternative to the ramen startup diet.

[Karawynn]

Basketball: the Storm stuck around; why not watch them instead?