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They just opened a new 3 story Etiquette store downtown Seattle dont now much about it. They have started construction or build out of the new Zara in Westlake its going to be big box format but 2 story above Nordstrom Rack. The new 3 story TJ MAX is going to be 65,000 square ft and there currently working on it also. Actuallly downtown Seattle has quite a few big box retailers already downtown there just multi story developments. Bed Bath And Beyond has a huge 2 story store downtown. Ross has a large 2 story store, Barnes and Noble has a 2 story store, Forever 21 has a 4 story store, Then theres the Hybrid City Target 3 story. R.E.I is 200,000 square ft and also downtown. Thats a few of the big box stores in Seattle downtown.
Our nation began in Philadelphia. This is just a fact. It's close to a warm ocean you can swim in ( pacific is ice cold) and an hour and a half from New York. Seattle is a little town full of transients, hardly anyone is local or stays long thus the "Seattle freeze" cold attitude of the residents. After living in Seattle, the downtown loses interest after a year; there are few things to do. The nightlife is mostly restricted to the capital hill neighborhood & there is only so much shopping can entertain you. (Anything remotely historic is being swallowed up by condos) That's when you head to the outdoors & mountains. Philadelphia which is massive comparatively, I'm forever finding new and awesome events and places after decades of living there. There is no competition: Philadelphia tops isolated Seattle.
Philly's MSA has 2.8 million jobs with 1.1% growth, Seattle 1.9 million but with 3.9% growth. Even with all the "census cuts" nonsense often repeated here, Philly barely gets any bigger with all of Central NJ added in. Philly is not massive. It's 8th in jobs, and will be 9th in a few years when Atlanta surpasses it. Metro DC actually has more jobs than metro Philly due to higher labor participation rates.
Class A office space in Seattle is going for over $40/ft, Philly mid-20s.
Median household in the City of Seattle is $65k vs. just $37k in Philly.
Sea-Tac airport handled 37 million pax last year, up 30% over 10 years vs. just 30 million in Philly, where traffic has been flat over the last 10 years.
Philly is an economic has been. Seattle is a city of the future.
Philly's MSA has 2.8 million jobs with 1.1% growth, Seattle 1.9 million but with 3.9% growth. Even with all the "census cuts" nonsense often repeated here, Philly barely gets any bigger with all of Central NJ added in. Philly is not massive. It's 8th in jobs, and will be 9th in a few years when Atlanta surpasses it. Metro DC actually has more jobs than metro Philly due to higher labor participation rates.
Class A office space in Seattle is going for over $40/ft, Philly mid-20s.
Median household in the City of Seattle is $65k vs. just $37k in Philly.
Sea-Tac airport handled 37 million pax last year, up 30% over 10 years vs. just 30 million in Philly, where traffic has been flat over the last 10 years.
Philly is an economic has been. Seattle is a city of the future.
I still would take Philadelphia any day over Seattle because I really liked the east coast when I was back there.
Seattle will eventually have an economic meltdown when prices on everything get to high. its not a matter of IF its just WHEN.
As far as the household income thing goes all places are pretty much similar in regards to income/cost of living. When I worked in DC I made $60,000 a yr, when I came back to Portland my income dropped by $15000 but I still had more spending money and a bigger apartment at the end of the day.
As far as the airports go Seattle has a geographical advantage being the northern most major city in the NW. Usually its the airlines and not necessarily local traffic that determines an airports traffic.
I still would take Philadelphia any day over Seattle because I really liked the east coast when I was back there.
Seattle will eventually have an economic meltdown when prices on everything get to high. its not a matter of IF its just WHEN.
As far as the household income thing goes all places are pretty much similar in regards to income/cost of living. When I worked in DC I made $60,000 a yr, when I came back to Portland my income dropped by $15000 but I still had more spending money and a bigger apartment at the end of the day.
As far as the airports go Seattle has a geographical advantage being the northern most major city in the NW. Usually its the airlines and not necessarily local traffic that determines an airports traffic.
no Im not comparing Portland to Philly. I was comparing my wages in DC to Portland--MAKING a POINT that Higher salaries DONT always mean a BETTER Lifestyle
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