I am very curious to know why do people think this about the area. I just do not understand how is the area is boring, I mean what is it that visitors like to do that is not boring.
Back in January 2020, just before the pandemic, I moved from NYC to Seattle mainly because I got a job at Microsoft. Then everything got locked down, and I got bored as bored can get. Even with the pandemic easing up, I tried meetup groups, but nothing stuck. I had one acquaintance after three and a half years, and outside of that one group I stopped trying since it's so hard to make friends ...