Vacation Spots (Graded)

Last year when I lived in Oregon, my roomate and I decided that we wanted to take a trip somewhere. So we started to list our choices and what we really wanted in a trip. We both decided that we want somewhere close within about 10 hours. So from Oregon, we looked north and south and found our two possible destinations. Seattle in Washington and San Francisco in California. Then we listed the pros and cons of each destination.
In Seattle we did not know anyone that lived there and would be touring the city or doing things by ourselves. We also relaized that Seattle has a reputation for raining alot and did not want to get stuck in a bunch of bad weather. But Seattle has a very good music scene which is one thing we wanted to do, go to some concerts. The scenery in Seattle seemed a little better than SF and that is one attribute that makes a difference in where i pick to go.
Is San Fran, we knew about 10 different people that we could hang out with, that could show us around the city and let us stay at their places without buying a hotel. Which is a big, big plus. The one thing we didn't like about SF is how expensive everything was going to be. We had heard it is very expensive to eat and drink there. Both of us had also never been to CA so we decided to go with San Fran and it was a definite good time.
I think the biggest thing for us was knowing somone that could save us money and show us all the cool things around the city. And for not picking Seattle it was the weather. We didn't want to spend vacation under umbrella's the whole time. The trip to San Fran ended up being a really good time and such a good time that i'm headed back there in the end of may!!