[lelio]

Remember libs?? They love taking from the (so called rich) and giving to all others.

If that were the case Seattle wouldn't be the "most overpriced city in America." The main reason Seattle's #1 is two fold:

1) hit extremely hard by the downturn in the dot com economy, and the economy as a whole (mainly Boeing)
2) there's only so much desirable land around here.

People want to live close to the water and don't want to live in the cookie cutter subdivisions being built on the outskirts.

Once you get outside of Seattle the prices fall dramatically. Is that due somehow to the "liberal influence" of Seattle waning?

[cousair]

The tax rate, on goods and services hits us all. Housing goes up everyday and although we love the beauty of the state, we are not just here for that. It is easy to blame the dot com companies and Boeing for woes of the state, but there is way more to it than that. Seattle controls the vote of the state....and that you can thank the libs for. Having lived here a long time...I have watched my taxes climb to a rate I can hardly afford.

[Blue Screen of Death]

2) there's only so much desirable land around here.

One of the major things causing a shortage of land is the frustrating government regulations involved in permitting a piece of property.

I own 10 acres near Mt. Rainier and the county (Pierce) is about to bankrupt me trying to meet all the septic, well, building, wetland, etc. permits. This wetland (old Indian word for lousy drainage) thing is outrageous. Now they are looking at a 300' buffer around anything they decide is a wetland (all of Western Washington is pretty soggy). The concept of private property is beyond the leftist slime running this state.

[SC Swamp Fox]

1) hit extremely hard by the downturn in the dot com economy, and the economy as a whole (mainly Boeing)

A poor local economy should have the opposite effect.