Snohomish, Lake Stevens, Marysville?

[MaisonDeEtre]

Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey

If you can completely WFH, look at Westport.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...55069423_zpid/

Broadband Internet through Comcast. Avoid Ocean Shores, which has cheaper prices, but crappy Internet.

Fantastic size house for the money, by Ca. standards, to be sure.

Will definitely research the area.

Thanks for the tip.

Just curious, as that general area has turned up in my price and square footage searches...

Do folks drive 15-20 miles plus for groceries and such.

Compared to the east coast, like Florida... that spot is strange...

Although it's a coastal area... it's isolated... SoCal, S. Fla, etc... all of civilization is smacked up against the ocean. Nothing on the ocean in *those* places could be called "isolated"...

Yet in Washington and Oregon... somehow... the coast is "isolated". At least in terms of access to shopping, and other artifacts of civilization?

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by MaisonDeEtre

Fantastic size house for the money, by Ca. standards, to be sure.

Will definitely research the area.

Thanks for the tip.

Just curious, as that general area has turned up in my price and square footage searches...

Do folks drive 15-20 miles plus for groceries and such.

Compared to the east coast, like Florida... that spot is strange...

Although it's a coastal area... it's isolated... SoCal, S. Fla, etc... all of civilization is smacked up against the ocean. Nothing on the ocean in *those* places could be called "isolated"...

Yet in Washington and Oregon... somehow... the coast is "isolated". At least in terms of access to shopping, and other artifacts of civilization?

The coast has really bad weather, much worse than the Puget Sound, it's basically gray and windy for the whole year, hence few people want to live there.

[mayfair]

Originally Posted by MaisonDeEtre

Although it's a coastal area... it's isolated... SoCal, S. Fla, etc... all of civilization is smacked up against the ocean. Nothing on the ocean in *those* places could be called "isolated"...

Yet in Washington and Oregon... somehow... the coast is "isolated". At least in terms of access to shopping, and other artifacts of civilization?

In Washington, large parts of the coast are Reservation land. There are beach towns in Oregon right on the coast, such as Cannon Beach and Seaside. But the weather is bad much of the year.

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by MaisonDeEtre

Fantastic size house for the money, by Ca. standards, to be sure.

Will definitely research the area.

Thanks for the tip.

Just curious, as that general area has turned up in my price and square footage searches...

Do folks drive 15-20 miles plus for groceries and such.

Compared to the east coast, like Florida... that spot is strange...

Although it's a coastal area... it's isolated... SoCal, S. Fla, etc... all of civilization is smacked up against the ocean. Nothing on the ocean in *those* places could be called "isolated"...

Yet in Washington and Oregon... somehow... the coast is "isolated". At least in terms of access to shopping, and other artifacts of civilization?

Sparsely populated, except for summer, when vacationers hit the beaches. The rest of the year, you pretty much have them to yourself. Aberdeen has a Walmart Supercenter - ~30 minutes from Westport. In Aberdeen, there is a multiplex. Two classic theatres, the D&R Theatre in Aberdeen and the 7th Street Theatre in Hoquiam, have been renovated as performance/music venues. There is a roller rink. There is a Sunday farmer's market. Excellent YMCA and aquatic center.

Westport and Grayland have restaurants, bistros, pubs/bars, a winery, etc. A real place with a real economy (charter fishing, cranberry bogs, etc.) and community (unlike Ocean Shores). There is a casino at the Shoalwater Indian Reservation. Recreation: Deep-sea fishing, whale watching, storm watching, boat watching (running the bar), jetty fishing, clam digging, crabbing, surfing, beach combing, kayaking/paddle-boarding, horse-riding, beach camp-fires, several state parks, a classic lighthouse. Hiking and camping in Olympic National Park/Forest.

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

The coast has really bad weather, much worse than the Puget Sound, it's basically gray and windy for the whole year, hence few people want to live there.

Untrue, it is not "basically gray and windy for the whole year".

Yes, compared to Seattle, it can be wet and cloudy (75" and 127 sunny days, compared to 35" and 152 for Seattle). You get some wind and the occasional gale off the ocean. It can be foggy in the morning. It's cooler in the summer, but a bit warmer in the winter, both due to the marine air. It gets 1/4th the snow of Seattle. Summer can be short, but beautiful. It can get heat waves, just not as hot as in Seattle. It is the economy, more than the climate, that depresses the population.