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Old 05-16-2016, 12:06 PM
 
Location: NH/UT/WA
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Why does everyone want to come here vs Portland or anywhere else? I guess what is so special about here?
The job market and natural surroundings are some of the best in the country... everything else ranks from "lousy" to "meh" though.
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Old 05-16-2016, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Independent Republic of Ballard
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Seattle has always been a boom-and-bust town. This is just the latest boom. The busts send many of the newcomers fleeing back where they're from or onto the next "hot" town, but a remainder stay and stick.
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Old 05-16-2016, 01:17 PM
 
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So guess it's not "too fishy".
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Old 05-16-2016, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Been here 3 years, and we're trying to get out. Between the Traffic, cost of living and lousy weather, we're done.

Seattle is a big city with lots of white people (for now). I see the attraction to it for some, but it's not worth it too me. I'm not racist, so I would rather live with blacks or Latinos and live like a king. I could live in a 4000 sq-ft home in a gated community for what we pay for an older home half that size in a decent neighborhood here. People say the outdoors are incredible up her, but the weather is so lousy, you can only enjoy it for a few months out of the year. Yea, it's on the water, but the water is cold with no beaches or decent fishing.

I'm trying to transfer my job back to San Antonio. I miss the light traffic, nice weather, and friendly people. I miss driving to a time share a couple hours away on the beach for the weekend. This place is just depressing to me, and it's crawling with butthead hipsters that can't mind their own business. It's like Austin on steroids.
We moved from Texas to the PNW and I understand the sentiment as well. We gave thought to returning to Texas but I just hate the humidity and bugs, and you do have an attitude to deal with in Texas too...just different than Seattle.

About that 4000 sq-ft home, get ready to pay some serious property tax, insurance, and summer electricity bills...when you factor in everything, it's not really that more expensive imo to live in Seattle than a large city in Texas....granted San Antone is probably the cheapest.
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Old 05-16-2016, 07:52 PM
 
Location: Camano Island, WA. Sun City West AZ
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Personally, I'm just waiting for the trifecta: a Boeing/Microsoft/Amazon BUST...
I'm fine with Bill Boeing coming here from Michigan. We needed his company to grow into a city big enough for major league teams. The population that Microsoft and Amazon brought Seattle is just in the way. I wish Bill Gates and Paul Allen grew up somewhere else and Jeff Bezos had picked a different state.
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Old 05-16-2016, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Prescott Arizona
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We moved from Texas to the PNW and I understand the sentiment as well. We gave thought to returning to Texas but I just hate the humidity and bugs, and you do have an attitude to deal with in Texas too...just different than Seattle.

About that 4000 sq-ft home, get ready to pay some serious property tax, insurance, and summer electricity bills...when you factor in everything, it's not really that more expensive imo to live in Seattle than a large city in Texas....granted San Antone is probably the cheapest.
The house we're renting in Ballard was recently appraised at 730k. I believe it's around 1900 sq ft. It's a nice place that's been completely remodel by the owner who's a contractor. A 4000 sq ft home in decent part of San Antonio would be 400k at most. 400k in any Texas city will buy you a monster home in a decent neighborhood. And as far as power goes, the power bill for our rental in Corpus Christi is about half of what our power bill up here is, and the house is almost the same size. South Texas has WAY cheaper power because of the competition within the energy market, unlike this place were there's a monopoly. Add to this that it costs less to keep a home cool for 5 months out of the year than to keep it warm 9 months out of the year. I'm sure Dallas is a whole nother story, but we barely use the heat during a South Texas winter.
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Old 05-17-2016, 09:41 AM
 
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Yes, but the real estate taxes in Texas are insane. We lived in a newer neighborhood in Houston and bought a 4,000 sq ft. house for $385K. Our tax bill was around $12K every year. Total monthly payment with escrow was $3,400.

Now we bought a $840K house in Seattle and our monthly payment including escrow is around $3,700.
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Old 05-17-2016, 10:46 AM
 
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I checked a couple states where housing is far cheaper and in both of them, the property taxes were triple what they are here. One still might come out ahead, but it should be factored in.
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Old 05-17-2016, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Lots of people moving to Seattle but there are lots of people moving everywhere! Texas is by far the #1 area people are moving to.
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Old 05-17-2016, 10:37 PM
 
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Lots of people moving to Seattle but there are lots of people moving everywhere! Texas is by far the #1 area people are moving to.
The second largest contributor to Washington is Texas, but based on some of the responses here, they might want to think twice. It may not always be a good match.

Newcomers arriving in record numbers, but from where? | The Seattle Times
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