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Syncism

Is there a good place to live within a 100 mile radius of Seattle?

Moving / Visiting

I've been reading numerous threads on here, watched dozens of videos on YouTube, and they all warn against moving to Seattle for a number of reasons. There's a ton of money to be made in Seattle in the line of work I'm in(retail vendor), BUT having learned my lesson in Phoenix when it comes to living in bad neighborhoods, I'm trying to avoid that route again. There's work available for me starting from Portland, Centralia, Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, and ending all the way in Yakima. But most of the work is in Seattle.

Is there a city within an hour and a half drive from Seattle where I could rent an apartment for less than $1,200 and not worry about something happening to my car. I can handle myself, it's just my car. If that gets stolen I'm kinda screwed.

Seattle has apodments for $700-1000 but it has no parking. Is overnight street parking safe?

Posted Feb 25, 2019, 8:33 PM UTC

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SyncismOP•

Nice, thanks man. I'll look that up as soon as I get home too. I can pick up jobs on the way to Seattle so that's why distance isn't really an issue excluding traffic.

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ScottiePumalate•

Mukilteo is gorgeous

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DDD_LA•

I moved to Seattle a year and a half ago and the city is very safe. I've been living in what is considered the worst neighborhood and it is safer than some of the "good" neighborhoods I have lived in other cities. My car is parked on the street every night and I have had no worries and I see almost no property crime. I've also lived in Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, and Los Angeles and I laugh when people here complain about crime.

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Ambercapuchin•

It's pretty chill in many places around here. Duval, Covington, Maple valley, North bend. All will have a small space near your range. Look at property crime rates.

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SyncismOP•

Cool, thanks. I'll look those areas up when I get home. I knoooow you guys don't want anymore people clogging up Seattle, but there's too much opportunity up there to just let it slip.

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sgtapone87Pike Market•

No one gives a shit about you moving here, don’t apologize. Apologizing is actually worse.

Also 100 miles can be 3 hours each way to Seattle and back so keep that in mind.

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SyncismOP•

No one gives a shit about you moving here, don’t apologize. Apologizing is actually worse.

Alriiiiiighty then!

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vysetheidiot•

I agree apologizing is worse. People moving in make our economy strong. It's the people that don't want to upzone the city that do my head in

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sherevs•

an hour and a half != 100 miles

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Hammybard•

It is pretty bad peak hours. Maybe 1.5 hours is 30 to 60 miles depending on the direction and any given circumstances? Chop the mileage in half if commuting on the bus.

I think OP is looking for something somewhere in between north Lynwood, Mukilteo and Snohomish up north. Of course, living there and trying to skirt traffic to Tacoma for a random week day sales call or meeting would be death.

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