Seattle?
JK Freak
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Sacramento, People's Republic of California
If you don't want tolls, live north of tacoma, and on the west side. Crossing 520 costs now 2.83 i think off peak. Most people now take the other bridge, but it gives you an extra 30-1 hr in traffic on your route.
I moved from Arizona, where i golfed every single day. Up here you get maybe 4 weeks out of the year to play, unless you wanna get wet.
Trails and scenic places are amazing tho. We were just talking about a forest service road that'll take you out, and you can just go. It's nothing hard from what they say, just a mild 2wd route with views. There's also harder trails, and dirt. Dirt+Rain=mud
I would take the job too if it were for the right price. Personally I'm not a fan of the rain. But the summers here are something else. It's a beautiful land, with views of oceans, mountains, and forests. Mt. Baker is only 2 hours north, Steven's pass is 2 hours east. Whistler is 6(?) hours north? I can't remember, I was watching a movie and my friend was driving. There's surfing down in Westport, about 2-3 hours south, snow sports everywhere else, and like everyone says, beaches everywhere. Sand or rocks. Fishing is awesome, crabbing is awesome. Just being outdoor up here is awesome.
I live up north, bout 30 minutes from Seattle. Commute to downtown blows if you catch rush hour. Commute to Bellevue (east side) is about 30 minutes as well, and it sucks in rush hour too. Depending on the time of day, it'll double your commute time. another thing I still have yet to figure out, is why people who live here in Seattle, still can't drive in the rain....
The north end is a little more pricier, (south of Everett, north of Seattle). But if you find the right house around Bothell, Brier, Lynnwood, you're well connected to the two major freeways here. Either that or just south of Seattle, Federal Way, some parts of Tacoma, some parts of Sea-Tac also give you a couple options of the free ways. You could also try Ballard, Fremont, Greenlake etc...i could list a million places to live. Dunno about the younger schooling, but most of the secondary education school are decent-good around here. And UW Med is like top 5 in the nation.
General recommendation is to make the move it the job is right. There's no other place like Washington, and after 12 years of living and jeeping here, the summers alone are still worth it.
I moved from Arizona, where i golfed every single day. Up here you get maybe 4 weeks out of the year to play, unless you wanna get wet.
Trails and scenic places are amazing tho. We were just talking about a forest service road that'll take you out, and you can just go. It's nothing hard from what they say, just a mild 2wd route with views. There's also harder trails, and dirt. Dirt+Rain=mud
I would take the job too if it were for the right price. Personally I'm not a fan of the rain. But the summers here are something else. It's a beautiful land, with views of oceans, mountains, and forests. Mt. Baker is only 2 hours north, Steven's pass is 2 hours east. Whistler is 6(?) hours north? I can't remember, I was watching a movie and my friend was driving. There's surfing down in Westport, about 2-3 hours south, snow sports everywhere else, and like everyone says, beaches everywhere. Sand or rocks. Fishing is awesome, crabbing is awesome. Just being outdoor up here is awesome.
I live up north, bout 30 minutes from Seattle. Commute to downtown blows if you catch rush hour. Commute to Bellevue (east side) is about 30 minutes as well, and it sucks in rush hour too. Depending on the time of day, it'll double your commute time. another thing I still have yet to figure out, is why people who live here in Seattle, still can't drive in the rain....
The north end is a little more pricier, (south of Everett, north of Seattle). But if you find the right house around Bothell, Brier, Lynnwood, you're well connected to the two major freeways here. Either that or just south of Seattle, Federal Way, some parts of Tacoma, some parts of Sea-Tac also give you a couple options of the free ways. You could also try Ballard, Fremont, Greenlake etc...i could list a million places to live. Dunno about the younger schooling, but most of the secondary education school are decent-good around here. And UW Med is like top 5 in the nation.
General recommendation is to make the move it the job is right. There's no other place like Washington, and after 12 years of living and jeeping here, the summers alone are still worth it.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: May 2010
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From: Snohomish WA
Life long resident of Western WA here. Seattle's a great area unless you don't like constant cloud cover and drizzle (we seldom get real rain storms here), traffic, & liberals. Though the mountains, the San Juan islands, the ocean... amazing.
Personally I would love to move about a thousand miles South but the rest of the family isn't on board.
Personally I would love to move about a thousand miles South but the rest of the family isn't on board.
JK Freak
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Lake Stevens, Wa
I live and Lake Stevens 20 minutes north of seattle. Few good places to go wheeling like Walker Valley ORV park, think Evans Creek south of Seattle. Another Reiter pit if they open it anytime soon. Winter time is fun if it snows and yeah weather here is unpredictable. Not too hot not to cold lots of green. LOVE IT HERE!
Would post pictures but it keeps crashing :(
Would post pictures but it keeps crashing :(
JK Freak
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Lake Stevens, Wa
Originally Posted by tomb
Yeah we've probably passed one another 1000 times while waiting in that I5 Northbound death crawl through Everett.
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