OT: Ask the Pack- Moving to Seattle. Tips?

[LTblows]

Other than bring a rain jacket, see a Sounders game, and work my way into Bill Gates's good graces.

¿What say ye?

 

[seshomoru]

Don't buy a house.

And that's not a reference to earlier threads and some people's rather strong opinions on the issue. They are going through what's called a frenzy market at the moment.

 

[LTblows]

Thanks for that. We'll definitely be renters for the foreseeable future. I don't want to own another house unless I build it. Although I'm about to fork out close to double what my mortgage was for rent- we're gonna try to be in the thick of the city for our first year.

 

[Dawgbite]

You sound funny, are you from Texas?

 

[aspendawg]

Seattle

I agree with don't buy a house - If you do rent and you want to be in the "thick" of it then I HIGHLY recommend living close the the LINK light rail system. Seattle is always in the top 5 for worst traffic and I can testify that it's awful...plus parking is few, far between, and ridiculously expensive. The link rail is clean and cheap and will take you from the airport to each stadium and in the middle of downtown for like 2$. Alki Beach is a really neat community, so is Ballard, and the University District. I love Seattle and spend quite a lot of time on leisure and business down there. Plus Vancouver is a 35 minute flight and in my opinion is one of the prettiest cities in north america.

 

[o_fredgarvin]

Hope you are not prone to Season Adjustment Disorder. Summers are spectacular while the rest of the year, weather is depressing. Knew a kid from the Memphis who went to Univ of Wash. Came back home because he couldn't handle the weather.