Seattle housing costs are extremely high, after moving there from Los Angeles a few years ago, I was blown away at the fact they were almost equal. Prices have

Seattle housing costs are extremely high, after moving there from Los Angeles a few years ago, I was blown away at the fact they were almost equal. Prices have gone up something like 30% since. house here with an asking price of $530k sold for over $700k recently. if you're moving here to no longer be house poor... you might want to rethink that idea, or get it done soon. similar weather and worse traffic... not sure what the attraction is. Seattle and Portland already have protests about gentrification... so don't expect a warm welcome either. ;)