Posted on 08/15/2004 2:09:49 PM PDT by SeattleNeedsHelp
I noticed Anchorage, Juneau, Valdez, and Fairbanks were not on the list. I guess you have to live in some mostrous urban hellhole in order to have to pay more than twice what anything is worse. Ask anybody who lives there.
I think the list would have to include 150 cities in order for Lansing to make the cut. We do things cheap here.
Honestly I don't think Seattle is that bad... because I moved here from Orange County California. By comparision, Seattle is downright cheap.
Not just your state--every state. Anybody who thinks they actually own the land they live on is out of their minds.
I see this is from Forbes? When do you think we can see it printed in the Seattle P-I or Seattle Times? Never? That's my guess.
Ping. Potential Puget Sound FReepers here.
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sounds like they need good old NYC style rent control
look what it did for them!
Not my experience. It was quite affordable in '83 when I finally managed to escape from California, which I started to dislike within an hour after I arrived there. Of course, that was by California unaffordability standards...
and in today's Washington state, it is run by liberals. Remember libs?? They love taking from the (so called rich) and giving to all others.
So true, but I would amend it thus: "They love taking." Period.
Just look at the so-called "Critical Areas Ordinance" that would seize control of 2/3 of the property of those of us who choose not to live in dirty rabbit-warrens.
No better place to be this time of year. (At least when the highs remain below 80F.) But out here in the woods the dark winters get to people. Four winters were all the next-door neighbors could take before moving back to California (our loss -- very sad).
No surprise here. Junkie,rundown, "craftsmen" (read: Sears Catalog) bungalows are going for $450K+ in crappy neighborhoods. Don't get me started on the bad food (salmon notwithstanding) and the lack of basic lawncare skills on the part of Seattle residents.
The only place in "Sea Town" that I would feel unsafe in are certain blocks in the Rainier Valley or Central District at 3AM. I did enjoy living in Brooklyn more than living in Belltown, though.
I can't believe San Diego isn't on this list. But I think it also takes into consideration the job prospects for the future.
"Four winters were all the next-door neighbors could take before moving back to California (our loss -- very sad)."
ROTFLMAO!
I knew a gal that moved here from California in the summer of 98. That winter we had 93 days straight rain. She moved back to California shortly thereafter. I think that the population in Puget Sound actually dropped that year. All of those wonderful Californians moving back home. Broke my heart.
I lived in Philly at the height of the crack epidemic w/all kinds of homeless people walking around. I too used to tell people not to be afraid of the city. But times have changed and personally, I'm tired of homeless, I'm tired of fending off weird men, young kids who won't work, addicts, crazies, etc.
Will they hurt you? Who knows? Many won't. Some will. I just got tired of running the guantlet. Maybe there's a reason people my age move to gated communities.
btw - i'm sending you freepmail
Foodland and Safeway regular price $7. Costco $3.50
I average 20k/yr in Maui.
Pretty heavy mileage for Hawaii. Living in East Texas (I've since moved to North Texas), I put 178,000 on a 2000 Malibu between March 2000 and July 2003. That's high mileage.
Woweee...Big Island it's $3.50. Maui really is quite a bit more expensive.
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