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Seattle is crazy expensive. It's why I moved to Tacoma half a decade ago. I was already working remotely anyways. Less money to own a 3k sqft home in a nice nei
by whateveracct 2y ago
Seattle is crazy expensive. It's why I moved to Tacoma half a decade ago. I was already working remotely anyways. Less money to own a 3k sqft home in a nice neighborhood (under $600k), and I can do a 45min or so reverse commute to Seattle for entertainment on weekdays.
And Tacoma has a lot of great restaurants, bars, and entertainment itself too.
I'm guessing there are lots of similar choices around Seattle. Or were - it feels like people got wise in the pandemic and started to take advantage.
- scarab92 2y agoI also suspect these are reasons people give because they feel more concrete and defensible. I suspect a more significant but harder to concretize cause is that certain social changes have lead to the majority of young people being unable to form healthy attachments and pair bond. The causes ranging from a high percentage of kids growing up in single parent households and forming avoidant personality styles, social media leading to higher rates of narcissism, dating apps setting unrealistic standards and a perception that there’s always a better option etc
- whateveracct 2y agoI met my now-wife after smartphones existed but before dating apps were really a thing. I am sympathetic to how hard it is to date nowadays - it seems very weird.
- longdustytrail 2y agoTacoma has gotten much much nicer over the past 20ish years and the aroma jokes are mostly vestigial at this point. My best friend moved down there a few years ago (a family member sold them their house under-market and the price was too good to pass up). We all made our jokes but I’ve been down a lot and I actually really like it. It’s not that much harder to get to than west Seattle