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re: Where would you move to in PNW?
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:44 pm to crazyLSUstudent
Posted on 8/14/18 at 12:44 pm to crazyLSUstudent
Portland is more livable. It's cheaper than Seattle and there is so much water that the traffic gets bogged down on the bridges.
Portland has less traffic AND the public transportation is really good. Seattle waited to long to put the public transportation system in place, and what they ended up with is not very good.
Seattle is more cosmopolitan, but both cities have their share of hipsters. If you stay in the suburbs, you can avoid all the homeless and hipsters, but your commute may be an hour+ each way.
Portland is smaller, but it feels a lot smaller than Seattle. As someone mentioned, you can live in Washington and not pay any income tax and shop in Oregon and not pay any sales tax.
Costco is everywhere in both cities.
Portland has less traffic AND the public transportation is really good. Seattle waited to long to put the public transportation system in place, and what they ended up with is not very good.
Seattle is more cosmopolitan, but both cities have their share of hipsters. If you stay in the suburbs, you can avoid all the homeless and hipsters, but your commute may be an hour+ each way.
Portland is smaller, but it feels a lot smaller than Seattle. As someone mentioned, you can live in Washington and not pay any income tax and shop in Oregon and not pay any sales tax.
Costco is everywhere in both cities.
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Posted on 8/14/18 at 3:10 pm to Jax-Tiger
More info - Although there is no state income tax in WA, there are pretty high sales taxes. If you are going to buy a home, the real estate market is still red hot here. So you will pay more and be buying at the height of the market. Property taxes are pretty high and were just raised again. DOT is knocking down the SR 99 viaduct on the west side of Seattle this November to accommodate the new toll tunnel next to the waterfront. There will be 2 "more" major roadway projects starting downtown at that time. Traffic will get even worse downtown (if imaginable) due to that. If your wife works from home, that may be a huge perk if you choose to move to Seattle.
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