seattle is so great because...

it has a lot of nice people around...

• on a friday, when alex and i were done loading all the stuff we got from costco into the car, and when alex was about to take the cart back - a guy was pushing his cart back and offered to take ours so as to save us a trip ...
• on a saturday, when i was waiting in line at the post office, i saw various people offering help to a lady who was carrying a big package to mail ...
• on a sunday, a neighbor walked by and chatted with us and offered us great ideas for gardening ...