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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I’m a native and happy to provide any information that might help in deciding where to land in the state.

    That’s awesome! Thanks for the offer!

    I think I’ve mostly ruled out the east half of the state. Olympia was what I had in mind after doing about 3 minutes worth of research. My approach to moving across the country is rather clueless.

    I think the primary consideration for me is going to be cost of living, so that’s likely going to rule out Seattle and the surrounding area (based on my assumptions). Maybe not though… 🤷‍♂️For context, the median household income where I currently live is ~ $60k. When I looked up Seattle, it’s just shy of double that.

    Politically - I find the Democratic party to be a bit too conservative for my personal preferences.

    I think I’ll likely be able to retain my current job (which I like) when I move, but if for some reason that goes south, I also don’t want to necessarily be a small fish in the huge pond. I work in IT, and I suspect that I’d be in the older half of the “people working in IT” population.



  • One cool thing for me (as a current FL resident) is that my cost of living has gone up so much that it’s motivated me to move to WA. I’ve been kinda lingering around Central FL for several years, not really sure where to go because everywhere else would be more expensive by comparison. Now I’ve finally found that motivation! Thanks Meatball! My homeowners insurance has gone from $900 a year to $4200, and I needed to buy a new roof to get that insurance to the tune of $10k. The old roof was only 12 years old. Insurance companies won’t cover a damn thing if your roof is > 10 years old in FL now.

    If I’m going to spend all this money on living expenses I may as well do that somewhere better.