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You've got to realize that the Puget Sound region is an absolute outlier in every way, the perfect storm of restrictive geography with a high concentration of v
by coward123 4y ago
You've got to realize that the Puget Sound region is an absolute outlier in every way, the perfect storm of restrictive geography with a high concentration of very successful companies. The only options are:
-- Reach a point in your career where you have the money to play the game.
-- Move farther and farther out from Seattle, somehow finding a way to put up with the commute.
-- Go full on remote. There are puddle jumper flights to lots of small towns in eastern Washington. You could buy a place here for half (or less) the cost of Seattle, hop a plane when needed (shorter flight than your Puget Sound commute), and otherwise work remotely. Not an option for everyone, I know, but for some it could be a real win (It worked for me when I decided Seattle was too expensive 12 years ago)
- anm89 4y agoSort of, but I was living in Asheville NC before this. It was absolutely much less expensive but it was still becoming legitimately expensive. No shortage of 1 and 2 million dollar houses. And that's Appalachia. I had looked at a farmhouse for sale. Bought for $250k in 2019. Probably spent $200k on a rehab. Selling for 1.4 million. So yeah, I do acknowledge that I'm choosing an expensive area but it doesn't feel like that's the core of the issue.