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My understanding is that Portland and Seattle have effectively the same cost of living thanks to the same boom in Cascadian urban real estate prices. Seattle is
by __derek__ 10y ago
My understanding is that Portland and Seattle have effectively the same cost of living thanks to the same boom in Cascadian urban real estate prices. Seattle is building, though, so it's possible that its costs will level off or at least grow more gradually.
- prodigal_erik 10y agoSeattle partly has San Francisco's problem; it's so boxed-in by geography that most available land is far away and hard to reach. Portland can grow if they decide they want to.
- davidw 10y agoSan Francisco's problem is disfunctional NIMBY politics. With real estate prices there, they absolutely have room to build up.