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These prices are likely a dramatic underestimate. 1 bedroom Apartments start at ~1400 a month. You can of course go cheaper if you rent a larger house with roo
by com2kid 13y ago
These prices are likely a dramatic underestimate.
1 bedroom Apartments start at ~1400 a month. You can of course go cheaper if you rent a larger house with room mates (which in fact many people do). Food prices are outrageous, expect to pay at least $10 per person per meal if you go out to eat, $15 is more common.
But this page also doesn't mention any of the quality of life benefits of living in Redmond.
For one thing, crime is almost non-existent. Police vehicles regularly patrol the area 24/7. There is no noise, no one partying outside, no cars driving around blasting music, none of that.
And the city is maintained in an almost pristine state. The roads are damn near perfect. Pot holes are fixed within a week, if not days. City services are all around amazing, heck even the police are polite and a delight to deal with.
The commute to work is excellent. From out my door to into the work parking lot is about 5 minutes.
Direct access to Seattle, 15 minutes to downtown Seattle during non-rush hours.
And finally, the math in this Article is so bonkers, it seems like it'd apply to almost any major city. Rent in a "won't be stabbed" part of Seattle is higher than it is in Redmond. Rent in NYC or SF for a comparable quality of life is going to be much higher! (Can you even rent a place in SF proper that in in a neighborhood with virtually no crime?)
Perhaps my main complaint about living here is the scarcity of restaurants that deliver!
- eruditely 13y agoApparently residential areas that mean, "won't be stabbed" equals, 1400 a month && 15 dollars per meal.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoHow is $15 per meal outrages? Never been to Swiss or Denmark or London before? The problem with Redmond is it's quite suburban and boring. Better to live with the chance of getting stabbed, but Seattle is quite safe for something a bit more grimy.
- guyrt 13y agoRedmond is too small to compare statistically to Singapore. The author took a homogeneously nice town with 54K residents and compared to a city-state with 100 times more people. Take a moderate to very nice section of Singapore with 54K people and let's see the numbers again. I moved to Redmond recently from Toronto, which was a pretty expensive city. My living expenses went up a little, but my quality of life went up dramatically. I live in a modest house, but it's mine. The cost of a mortgage was less than the cost of renting a smaller place. I own a car, which means skiing or hiking every weekend. The weird thing about Redmond (and Bellevue) is the "everyone is above average" feeling. The expectation is that everyone has a stable, well paying job. It's a bit of a Stepford Wives kind of town. What if you are working in something that doesn't start you at 80K with benefits? Then your options in town dwindle very, very quickly.
- ilkhd2 13y agoYou can live in Shoreline (or even Lynnwood). $900 would buy a semi-decent apt. Shoreline is _clearly_ not a get-stabbed-fast place.