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Seattle's been having increasing heat waves, that start around late May (unheard of, about 15 years ago), and hit sporadically throughout the summer. Be sure to either get a place with A/C, or have A/c installed.
Don't forget the annual wildfires, making the air unbreathable for at least 3 weeks a year.
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CO is in the 90's much of the summer, and the sun feels more intense, due to the altitude. It is, however, lower humidity, and the scenery is breathtaking.
A simple look at historical weather charts shows this to be factually inaccurate. Denver breaks 90 for short bursts of time, but largely lives in the 80's territory during the summers. I've actually found Denver summer weather no more uncomfortable than most other places most of the time. I did run into a heat wave last year where it was 95 for about 4 days - that sucked. Then the weather (because it's positively crazy there) dropped into the high 60's for a few days.
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CA: As you know, the COL is even higher in CA, especially around the SF Bay Area and Monterrey Bay. It's a bit better around LA and its 'burbs. I doubt the pay for an engineer of your husband's type would be much higher in NorCal than in Seattle, which means, that more of the paycheck would be eaten up by housing costs. But if the weather is more suitable to your well-being, it might be worth the price. The other option would be to look for jobs in San Diego, LA, Orange County, and those general areas. If you can swing a coastal location, you won't have undue heat to deal with.
LA and Seattle are roughly equivalent in cost of living. Seattle actually passed it for a while, before the housing market started to cool down. And you don't have to be on the coast to get good weather, you just have to stay out of the valley (and who would want to live there, anyways?). There's a good 10 degree difference between the two spots, even though they're roughly the same area.
Just to add, my girls came from a difficult situation & occasionally the oldest still has night terrors, they are lessening, but they are still there from time to time(she had one last week as a matter of fact-think waking to blood curdling screams at 3am) & because they are a gaggle, all roughly the same age, they tend to go around as a "herd" & can be loud, day & night.
Edit to add that the youngest 2 really never knew their previous life, they were babies, however the oldest holds on to a general sense of terror-she seems to be forgetting specifics, but she still has an overall uneasiness that isn't found in most kiddos, she needs extra assurance, is extra loud when she isn't the center of attention, etc. The younger 2 will then feed off this & it creates chaos-which i am ok with, it is calming down & should continue to do so...BUT this was a choice we made & shouldn't force it on unsuspecting neighbors ;-)
I would feel terrible if we lived in a townhome or condo. I wouldn't want to share a wall with me!!! ;-)
Xanathos-honestly CO sounds much like Texas & we truly loved Texas!! We would not be entering CA with unlimited finances, although it still may be a great place(&we obviously wouldn't be paupers either)
Well, I guess the good news for you that you are an integral part of a company that is taking over the world ;-) It sounds like the company may have govt contracts & needs offices near bases?(requirement on many contracts these days). Either way, enjoy the success!!
We may still end up in Seattle, the opportunity might just have too big of a pull in the way of stock options(in the sense that we potentially could enter LA wealthy in a few years). All things that have to be considered.
Kind of what I was thinking....you would need $300K in Seattle to be about equal. Also, is Seattle a good place for someone with MS? About races, in Seattle and the area, your race and ethnicity really are a non factor.
Kind of what I was thinking....you would need $300K in Seattle to be about equal. Also, is Seattle a good place for someone with MS? About races, in Seattle and the area, your race and ethnicity really are a non factor.
Just about anyplace is better for MS than AL, it is the 3rd worst state. So we will not be staying here, although i am unsure where we will end up.
My husband has only completed 2 of 3 interviews, no offer has been made yet...just as things progress it is my job to determine what is a reasonable for salary & to do that I need to determine where we would want/need to live & from there I can determine what is reasonable/required.
On a side note, I am not/we are not the type of people that move to an area looking to change it...have never understood that mentality. We want to be a part of the landscape, not remake the landscape!!
I don't understand as Xanathos stated those that move to CO from CA & want to make it CA. We have plenty of that here in AL, many CA natives that come here for lower COL & then want everything to change to be just like it was in CA...which ultimately defeats the original purpose for moving!!!
I am not saying we will like our new home, but we also wont try to change it to be the place we just left.
Just about anyplace is better for MS than AL, it is the 3rd worst state. So we will not be staying here, although i am unsure where we will end up.
My husband has only completed 2 of 3 interviews, no offer has been made yet...just as things progress it is my job to determine what is a reasonable for salary & to do that I need to determine where we would want/need to live & from there I can determine what is reasonable/required.
If you do come to Seattle, Kent would probably be better if you have 5 kids on one income than downtown Seattle....you can easily get to less expensive areas from Kent than downtown Seattle where a place suitable for a family with 5 kids would be probably well over a million $.
I believe it is the never ending combination that is getting me. During the week of our SD visit they had ridiculous temps(90s & 100s all week, the day we left the high was 72 which is normal for that time of year)& i was still fine & felt better than I had in 10yrs, i battled the fatigue because it was all I had to battle.
Right now I have heat fatigue, extreme pain(im not a wuss, just for reference I had a non-medicated csection where only my face was numb & I declined the general for my baby's sake, this is a notch or 2 lower, only an 8 or 9 vs the 10 of being cut open unanesthitized, but this is constant, so I rank it as worse),& every body movement feels like i have shocked myself with a dozen wet 9Vs from the "offending movement"(or touch, I wear long sleeves year round to avoid accidental touch that has a similar effect)to wherever it connects to the spine(shoulder, hip, neck)-which causes spasms, secondary fatigue & pain(think of how your muscles feel post charlie horse with post workout type fatigue-&if you need to pick up a glass to drink or walk to the restroom, you can "workout" again)...&this is 24/7/46wks per year...for the last 3-4yrs, ~2yrs ago I semi gave up & last year learned it didn't have to be this way :-)
However I try not to dwell on that & just think of how fortunate I am in many other ways :-)
Maybe they exist, but I have not heard of any San Fran calls, HOWEVER my sister in law lives in SF, so it could be why those calls dont make it to me...she paid $2M for a 3br home on a postage stamp 7-8yrs back & that just isn't an option for us(we pay $6-1200/mo for the pleasure of my MS & that doesn't change no matter where we live & has to be a consideration,).
LA, CO, & San Diego all seem like possibilities...as does Seattle...maybe ;-)
Honestly, i can deal with SOME heat, SOME humidity, i believe it is the constant of both that is tearing me down so much!!
There are nice parts of the Bay Area, where you can get a 3-4 br. w/nice yard, for well under 1 mill, and be within an easy commute to the city. (One of those areas was recently "discovered", as the last bastion of affordable housing, so prices are rising, but still doable for some people, but coming from AL, I guess that's still sticker shock to you.) But for an engineer, I'm not sure, but some of the jobs might be with the science lab in Berkeley or Livermore. Anyway, since you mentioned CA, I was simply outlining CA in a basic way.
The weather is going to be wonky anywhere; flash heat waves on off seasons are the wave of the future. But the west coast will still get you cooler temps overall.
So, this is MS, you're talking about? I read that one treatment for the pain is to take an ice bath daily. I guess it numbs the pain for a few hours, or something. THere's an MS institute in the East Bay.
There are nice parts of the Bay Area, where you can get a 3-4 br. w/nice yard, for well under 1 mill, and be within an easy commute to the city. (One of those areas was recently "discovered", as the last bastion of affordable housing, so prices are rising, but still doable for some people, but coming from AL, I guess that's still sticker shock to you.) But for an engineer, I'm not sure, but some of the jobs might be with the science lab in Berkeley or Livermore. Anyway, since you mentioned CA, I was simply outlining CA in a basic way.
The weather is going to be wonky anywhere; flash heat waves on off seasons are the wave of the future. But the west coast will still get you cooler temps overall.
So, this is MS, you're talking about? I read that one treatment for the pain is to take an ice bath daily. I guess it numbs the pain for a few hours, or something. THere's an MS institute in the East Bay.
$1M is DEFINITELY sticker shock for us!!! We would ideally like to be under $600k if possible. Heck, 4-500k seems even nicer(that is almost twice what we paid for our 4br golf course home). More important than what we paid here is what else we "need," not only my medical, but I have a gymnast, an ice skater/dancer, & a hockey player(yes, shes a girl, she just likes hockey...&dinosaurs &trucks &cars). We tend to prioritize their activities over the size of our home, always have. I have always said that I can live in a big house once they are on their own, hehe.
Jobs have been industry vs academia, if that matters.
I have never heard of ice bath as a pain treatment, i will talk with my doc(I've also had 3 heart attacks(they say I have damage of 4, so either I missed it & mistook it for something else or it is just progressive damage)& dropped dead for 8min in 2015 from low potassium, so there is more going on that needs to be considered). For now I take 17 prescription medications(2 opioids, 3 heart related), have 2 topical prescription meds, 4 supplements(for MS related deficiencies),& 3 OTC meds. Did I mention how fun it is?? Some days I long for the days of misdiagnosis ;-)
I believe that I read that the Swedish institute has some great doctors & is doing some great research. With that article stating that 12k of the 400k people with MS being in Seattle, I would assume treatment would be top notch & available in many locations.
$1M is DEFINITELY sticker shock for us!!! We would ideally like to be under $600k if possible. Heck, 4-500k seems even nicer(that is almost twice what we paid for our 4br golf course home). More important than what we paid here is what else we "need," not only my medical, but I have a gymnast, an ice skater/dancer, & a hockey player(yes, shes a girl, she just likes hockey...&dinosaurs &trucks &cars). We tend to prioritize their activities over the size of our home, always have. I have always said that I can live in a big house once they are on their own, hehe.
Jobs have been industry vs academia, if that matters.
I have never heard of ice bath as a pain treatment, i will talk with my doc(I've also had 3 heart attacks(they say I have damage of 4, so either I missed it & mistook it for something else or it is just progressive damage)& dropped dead for 8min in 2015 from low potassium, so there is more going on that needs to be considered). For now I take 17 prescription medications(2 opioids, 3 heart related), have 2 topical prescription meds, 4 supplements(for MS related deficiencies),& 3 OTC meds. Did I mention how fun it is?? Some days I long for the days of misdiagnosis ;-)
I believe that I read that the Swedish institute has some great doctors & is doing some great research. With that article stating that 12k of the 400k people with MS being in Seattle, I would assume treatment would be top notch & available in many locations.
Someone on the Bay Area forum found a 4 br. house bordering El Cerrito (East Bay) last year for around $600K, on a double-sized lot with its own well, as well as city water system. I realize that's still out of your range; I'm just saying, it's surprising what you can find if you know where to look.
The poster child for MS used to be Henry Kaiser Jr. in his day, and he swore by ice baths, to start off his day, and help him get through his work day. There's a Kaiser Rehabilitation Center in Vallejo that's been using them on MS patients ever since. Wherever you end up settling down, you can ask your specialist about that, when you get set up with one. I guess these days, they just prescribe opioids instead of teaching patients do-it-yourself pain control techniques. I would think your opiod receptors would burn out after a long-term regime of that, though. Don't you find you get desensitized to them?
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