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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Originally Posted by Enean
This certainly doesn't make Seattle more attractive for living, though. I love Seattle, but it's way over-priced. Homeless population reflects that.
No, unless you are making at least $150k, with a working spouse. My city east of Seattle is even more expensive but we bought our house in 1993, so our mortgage nearly paid off was less than 1/4 of the current value.
There was another thread, about Houston being more expensive than.....fill in the blank. Don't believe everything that you read...I don't. There is nothing about Houston, that would cause it to be one of the most expensive cities in the country. I would add, with all of the flooding problems Houston has had...I would think that would make it less expensive. Hasn't happened for a couple of years, but one does not forget these things. Nor, has there been a fix.
Man has had a couple more floods after Harvey. One pretty big one happen just last year. With that said I don’t know if the flooding has anything to do with home prices unless you live in a area highly vulnerable to flooding( near bayous/reservoirs,etc.). Home prices have continued to go up despite more flooding. Still Houston is nowhere close as expensive as Seattle.
No, unless you are making at least $150k, with a working spouse. My city east of Seattle is even more expensive but we bought our house in 1993, so our mortgage nearly paid off was less than 1/4 of the current value.
You can certainly live comfortably in Seattle on a $150k salary. Its not Paris...
I have friends who live along in Manhattan (in a small apartment) making $150k.
It makes some sense if it’s normalizing the costs based on local salaries. For example SF is more expensive than LA by quite a bit but the average salaries in SF are also much higher. So if you have some random job it may actually be easier to live in SF and make ends meet than it would be to have that same job in LA and make ends meet.
It makes some sense if it’s normalizing the costs based on local salaries. For example SF is more expensive than LA by quite a bit but the average salaries in SF are also much higher. So if you have some random job it may actually be easier to live in SF and make ends meet than it would be to have that same job in LA and make ends meet.
I think, eventually, SF will start losing people to more affordable cities. Probably not long-term sustainable (if the streets are any indication).
The Economist has come up with its list of most expensive cities in the world. It has ranked Houston as one of the most expensive U.S. cities (#, ahead of Seattle. It's also ranked San Francisco as cheaper than L.A.
I'm very surprised at how Houston was ranked as more expensive than Seattle. Could anyone care to explain?
Here's the North America breakdown. The number on the left is the worldwide rank. For instance, NYC's number is 13, meaning it's the 13th most expensive city in the world.
13 NYC
14 LA
26 MSP
37 DC
37 SF
41 Chicago tied with Houston
46 Seattle
50 Pittsburgh
53 Honolulu
56 Boston
59 Miami tied with Montreal
66 Lexington, KY
75 Detroit
77 Atlanta
86 Toronto
I had no idea that Toronto was cheaper than Houston and Atlanta. How could this be?
Pittsburgh, Chicago/Houston, and MSP are cheaper than Boston and Honolulu? Good to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was another thread, about Houston being more expensive than.....fill in the blank. Don't believe everything that you read...I don't. There is nothing about Houston, that would cause it to be one of the most expensive cities in the country. I would add, with all of the flooding problems Houston has had...I would think that would make it less expensive. Hasn't happened for a couple of years, but one does not forget these things. Nor, has there been a fix.
This certainly doesn't make Seattle more attractive for living, though. I love Seattle, but it's way over-priced. Homeless population reflects that.
Part of the south’s attractiveness is col. Idk why that upsets them but affordability is a good thing
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