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re: Which job offer would you take?
Posted on 8/13/18 at 6:53 pm to Springlake Tiger
Posted on 8/13/18 at 6:53 pm to Springlake Tiger
You’d be poor in San Diego on that salary. Live like a king in Washington and vacation in San Diego whenever the frick you want.
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Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:08 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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If you don't mind no seasonal variety and love beaches SD is probably a place for you. I think it's a great spot to visit but wouldn't live there. PNW is far more to my liking.
Right, San Diego has great weather and beaches but Tacoma has more going for it than some people think. Right on the Puget Sound, easy driving distance to the coast and four national parks. Big city 30 miles away and you can still be out of the city and in the country in minutes. It's really about the lifestyle you prefer.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:11 pm to Disgeaux Bob
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You’d be poor in San Diego on that salary.
I guess if you consider roughly the top 90th percentile as poor, then yeah. He’d be poor.
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What an idiotic comment.
This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:12 pm to Disgeaux Bob
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You’d be poor in San Diego on that salary.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:13 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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If you don't mind no seasonal variety and love beaches SD is probably a place for you. I think it's a great spot to visit but wouldn't live there. PNW is far more to my liking.
Me too. I've spent a fair amount of time in WA. Hiking, hopping a ferry and biking some of the islands, white water rafting, kayaking all appeal to me more than a sandy beach and 72 degrees. I guess it's all about personal preference.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:14 pm to northshorebamaman
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It's really about the lifestyle you prefer.
Yep, the outdoors lifestyle in the Northwest is hard to beat. Seattles also a short drive away
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:16 pm to Disgeaux Bob
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You’d be poor in San Diego on that salary.
This is not true at all.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:21 pm to fallguy_1978
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Me too. I've spent a fair amount of time in WA. Hiking, hopping a ferry and biking some of the islands, white water rafting, kayaking all appeal to me more than a sandy beach and 72 degrees. I guess it's all about personal preference.
Yep, having a mountain cabin or an island cabin to get away is a big plus in that part of the country. Get a boat, go island hopping. Seattle and Vancouver not far away.
I also dig the beaches in the NW though they serve a much different function than in SD.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:24 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Seattle and Vancouver not far away.
Portland isn't that far away either.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:26 pm to Springlake Tiger
Is that really a question?
SD no doubt
SD no doubt
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:27 pm to Springlake Tiger
Short stint at the location and renting, i would probably do San Diego. Long stint and with family or buying a house, probably Tacoma.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:28 pm to northshorebamaman
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Portland isn't that far away either.
True.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:31 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Washington also has no state income tax. California has the highest in the nation.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:31 pm to northshorebamaman
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Portland isn't that far away either.
You also shave two hours going from Seattle to Portland by living outside Tacoma, I've noticed. I sneak onto I-5 south of JBLM and can make good time to Portland. Seattle to Portland is terrible because of the hellish drive to JBLM, at certain times of day.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:33 pm to crazy4lsu
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You also shave two hours going from Seattle to Portland by living outside Tacoma, I've noticed. I sneak onto I-5 south of JBLM and can make good time to Portland. Seattle to Portland is terrible because of the hellish drive to JBLM, at certain times of day.
The back way through Steilacoom? We always go that way.
This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:41 pm to Springlake Tiger
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Tacoma, WA: $135,000 salary
I moved to Seattle and heard terrible things about Tacoma, until I bought a house there (for fairly cheap, relative to prices now, as my neighbors house just went for 200k more than I paid for mine). The Tacoma area is great. There's good food to be had, Seattle is relatively easy to get to (although the reverse commute works best), and there's always a lot to do. The scenery regularly blows me away. My only issues have been traffic, as it's a hellscape and dating, as the women from here, I've found, are cold and homely, relative to other cities where I've lived.
For that salary, you could live pretty much anywhere, even into Seattle, and you could reverse commute into Tacoma. Georgetown is a nice little neighborhood in Seattle that I love, West Seattle is really nice, Burien is great, I'd avoid Des Moines, parts of Federal Way are really nice, Issaquah, where my family lives, is super swanky, and you have somewhat easy access to Tacoma using Highway 18. I'd avoid the northern suburbs of Seattle though.
This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:44 pm to northshorebamaman
Yeah. My GPS always takes me that way. I love me some Steilacoom too.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:44 pm to Springlake Tiger
Why is this even a question?
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:44 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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having a mountain cabin or an island cabin to get away is a big plus in that part of the country. Get a boat, go island hopping.
Something OP could afford considering his money goes further and doesn't pay ANY state income tax.
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also dig the beaches in the NW though they serve a much different function than in SD.
Yep, to me the beaches are about harvesting food and winter storm watching. I don't go to the beach during the tourist season.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 7:45 pm to crazy4lsu
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I love me some Steilacoom too.
same
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