Roasted Mar 23, 202692 views92 pts
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Congratulations, you've discovered the one place where spending $10 round trip to commute on a boat doesn't make you a financial genius, just another overpriced ferry junkie. Every morning, you'll join the army of latte-clutching commuters who think taking 'the boat' to work makes them maritime sophisticates instead of just expensive suburbanites with a water fixation.
Welcome to the only place where your entire existence revolves around boat departure times like some nautical North Korea. Can't grab that second glass of wine, can't finish that conversation, can't even take a proper dump - because the ferry waits for no one, and missing it means you're stranded in overpriced purgatory until the next maritime escape pod arrives.
You'll love living somewhere that's bigger than Manhattan but has a sushi scene you can count on one hand and the dining sophistication of a gas station. Hope you enjoy the same handful of Winslow restaurants forever, because the island's idea of a food adventure is a ten-minute drive to a different strip of the same sweatshirt-wearing people.
Within six months you'll be wearing the official Bainbridge Island dress code of feed store sweatshirts and rubber clogs, looking like a tech millionaire's idea of what 'earthy' means. Your children will adopt this tragic aesthetic too, and there's no going back once you've embraced the voluntary fashion surrender that comes with island living.
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