Bangkok doesn't have nearly the noise issues of Jakarta; the traffic proceeds without every vehicle beeping most of the time in Bangkok. Also no prayer calls.

Man if you think Seattle has too much noise and traffic you should stay away from basically every other mid-large sized city anywhere in the world.

I presume they mean South East Asia.

The regional abbreviation, or the airport code?

.... what? Either works?

Seattle's not really known for noise. The opposite, if anything. Rain (caveat it's not the rain it's the dark and it's mostly mizzle blah blah blah) and traffic though, sure.

And homeless drug addicts.

I’ve never been there, but the US version of the tv series The Killing is so great and it sure gives a grim impression of the weather.

Not that serial killers are any better on a nice day in pleasant weather.