I'm about 6 months into my Seattle stint (not at Microsoft), and I'm already loathing this city. It's sleepy, but not in the charming beach-side small town kind of way, in the lazy "I'm too arsed to go out, ever" way. There's no energy anywhere around here, which is a far cry from any other city I've had the pleasure of living in.<p>Was the environment - Seattle/Kirkland/Redmond/Bellevue a major factor in choosing to leave?