If you had to leave this area...... Where would you go?

[Arushan]

Originally Posted by NorthWetter

That's what I was kind of thinking as well. If the $15 minimum wage passes and the 20 good restaurants in Seattle make the move to the Eastside, there will be no reason to go to Seattle anymore for anything but Seahawks/Mariners/Sounders games.

Well, at least it would lessen the traffic in Seattle, I guess. But really, it would be a sad sight...

[RotseCherut]

Originally Posted by NorthWetter

That's what I was kind of thinking as well. If the $15 minimum wage passes and the 20 good restaurants in Seattle make the move to the Eastside, there will be no reason to go to Seattle anymore for anything but Seahawks/Mariners/Sounders games.

The restaurant prices in Seattle are already way too high.. I can find way cheaper and decent restaurants around Bellevue, especially ethnic food places. If it wasn't for the U-District, I would probably starve in Seattle. Thank G-d for poor, cheapskate college students.

[StealthRabbit]

Originally Posted by NorthWetter

That's what I was kind of thinking as well. If the $15 minimum wage passes and the 20 good restaurants in Seattle make the move to the Eastside, there will be no reason to go to Seattle anymore for anything but Seahawks/Mariners/Sounders games.

Hopefully, they can move the waterfront / ferry terminal away from Seattle. I can just imagine how much easier parking will be! (shoulda built than Monorail / overhead passenger rail line extension)

When parking is easier, that will free up more room under the bridges for the homeless! I see Economic Development coming your way! Getting more like Portand!!! now expand the 'surface street' mass transit that is SLOW and dangerous, and ruins traffic and commerce... and you will be neck and neck with Portland!

[victorianpunk]

Originally Posted by Wilson502

Arent those in direct contradiction with each other or was that first statement a metaphor of sorts? And Bellevue is already a "boom town" the $15 wage thing may just speed it up even more than it already is. I see Bellevue/Eastside stealing a lot of Seattle's thunder in the coming years when it comes to business growth.

I have views that are left and right of center, that's why I say "conservative liberal green social-democratic libertarian"

But still, I look like Pinochet next to councilwoman elect Smaug...did I say "Smaug"? I meant "Sawant." How on Earth could I have mistaken her for a big ugly red monster that leaves destruction in its wake and leaves the town by the mountain in ashes?

One thing I love about Seattle: my Lord of the Rings and Star Trek references are generally understood

[skidamarink]

Originally Posted by Wilson502

Just as the title states, hypothetically speaking, say you had to relocate out of the seattle/puget sound region and relocate elsewhere in the country or state, where would be a destination to move to if you had to move for say a job or wanted to buy property elsewhere?

The Bay Area in California. It's been my experience that everything I find likable about the Puget Sound region is 3x better in the Bay Area. Only thing stopping me from living there is the cost of living and I can't secure a decent-paying job out there.

[skidamarink]

Originally Posted by NorthWetter

The problem with Portland is that you'll have a damn hard time finding a decent paying job and then, when you do, the pay is significantly less than Seattle. You kind of have to have local connections to make it in that town.

People are always saying that about every city. The job market just flat out isn't good for anyone who's not in a tech or medical field these days. A lot of these West Coast cities that were once known for having an artistic, funky vibe are now being dominated by foreign-born people and Midwesterners who relocate there to be drones in the tech industry. As a result, the cities are getting more and more bland, and accumulating the same generic gigantic suburb feel that you can find anywhere in the US. Portland hasn't experienced this as badly as Seattle or cities in the Bay Area, but it will sooner or later.