San Diego now cheaper than Seattle

[Coronita]

[quote=patb][quote=flu_aka_idiot saver]Seattle was never cheap. Too many Amazon and MSFT millionaires

But people are pretty cool there. You want to talk about cultured people, it’s a great place to be. Just have to deal with the rain.[/quote]

how many can there be?

the Seattle MSA has 25 Million are there 250,000 Millionaires there?[/quote]

Don’t take me literally… My point was that I believe employment in the Seattle area is still pretty strong. (I still get calls from headhunters asking if I want to move there for opportunities). Yes yes, microsoft had a layoff…But, again, if was such a problem, I wouldn’t be getting recruiters calling.

[Eugene]

What do you mean when you say that Seattle has better culture? How does that affect you in your day to day life? Do they have cashiers at Wal-Mart quoting Sartre and Nietzsche?

[Eugene]

What do you mean when you say that Seattle has better culture? How does that affect you in your day to day life? Do they have cashiers at Wal-Mart quoting Sartre and Nietzsche?

[Eugene]

What do you mean when you say that Seattle has better culture? How does that affect you in your day to day life? Do they have cashiers at Wal-Mart quoting Sartre and Nietzsche?

[Eugene]

What do you mean when you say that Seattle has better culture? How does that affect you in your day to day life? Do they have cashiers at Wal-Mart quoting Sartre and Nietzsche?

[Eugene]

What do you mean when you say that Seattle has better culture? How does that affect you in your day to day life? Do they have cashiers at Wal-Mart quoting Sartre and Nietzsche?

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[quote=flu_aka_idiot_saver] the biggest issue i have is the price/income in Oregon (from my guessimate) seems really really bad. Oregon wages are nowhere near what we see out here in CA. Oregon has historically had unemployment problems. Property tax in Oregon is also not cheap (since it has no sales tax). It’s a nice area, but most homes should not be in the $400k-$500k region. Back when I was looking, inventory was ridiculously low(you had to buy preconstruction). Partly was because a lot of CA folks were buying there.. Today, if you take a glance at the MLS in Portland area, you’ll notice it’s flooded with inventory.

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“Oregon has recorded the steepest year-over-year rise in unemployment rates among the states, and now its jobless rate ranks second among them.
This week, the state Employment Department said the Oregon unemployment rate jumped to 12.1% in March, matching the highest rate of the recession of the early 1980s.”

http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ChartView?graph=unemp

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[quote=flu_aka_idiot_saver] the biggest issue i have is the price/income in Oregon (from my guessimate) seems really really bad. Oregon wages are nowhere near what we see out here in CA. Oregon has historically had unemployment problems. Property tax in Oregon is also not cheap (since it has no sales tax). It’s a nice area, but most homes should not be in the $400k-$500k region. Back when I was looking, inventory was ridiculously low(you had to buy preconstruction). Partly was because a lot of CA folks were buying there.. Today, if you take a glance at the MLS in Portland area, you’ll notice it’s flooded with inventory.

[/quote]

“Oregon has recorded the steepest year-over-year rise in unemployment rates among the states, and now its jobless rate ranks second among them.
This week, the state Employment Department said the Oregon unemployment rate jumped to 12.1% in March, matching the highest rate of the recession of the early 1980s.”

http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ChartView?graph=unemp

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[quote=flu_aka_idiot_saver] the biggest issue i have is the price/income in Oregon (from my guessimate) seems really really bad. Oregon wages are nowhere near what we see out here in CA. Oregon has historically had unemployment problems. Property tax in Oregon is also not cheap (since it has no sales tax). It’s a nice area, but most homes should not be in the $400k-$500k region. Back when I was looking, inventory was ridiculously low(you had to buy preconstruction). Partly was because a lot of CA folks were buying there.. Today, if you take a glance at the MLS in Portland area, you’ll notice it’s flooded with inventory.

[/quote]

“Oregon has recorded the steepest year-over-year rise in unemployment rates among the states, and now its jobless rate ranks second among them.
This week, the state Employment Department said the Oregon unemployment rate jumped to 12.1% in March, matching the highest rate of the recession of the early 1980s.”

http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ChartView?graph=unemp

[equalizer]

[quote=flu_aka_idiot_saver] the biggest issue i have is the price/income in Oregon (from my guessimate) seems really really bad. Oregon wages are nowhere near what we see out here in CA. Oregon has historically had unemployment problems. Property tax in Oregon is also not cheap (since it has no sales tax). It’s a nice area, but most homes should not be in the $400k-$500k region. Back when I was looking, inventory was ridiculously low(you had to buy preconstruction). Partly was because a lot of CA folks were buying there.. Today, if you take a glance at the MLS in Portland area, you’ll notice it’s flooded with inventory.

[/quote]

“Oregon has recorded the steepest year-over-year rise in unemployment rates among the states, and now its jobless rate ranks second among them.
This week, the state Employment Department said the Oregon unemployment rate jumped to 12.1% in March, matching the highest rate of the recession of the early 1980s.”

http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ChartView?graph=unemp

[equalizer]

[quote=flu_aka_idiot_saver] the biggest issue i have is the price/income in Oregon (from my guessimate) seems really really bad. Oregon wages are nowhere near what we see out here in CA. Oregon has historically had unemployment problems. Property tax in Oregon is also not cheap (since it has no sales tax). It’s a nice area, but most homes should not be in the $400k-$500k region. Back when I was looking, inventory was ridiculously low(you had to buy preconstruction). Partly was because a lot of CA folks were buying there.. Today, if you take a glance at the MLS in Portland area, you’ll notice it’s flooded with inventory.

[/quote]

“Oregon has recorded the steepest year-over-year rise in unemployment rates among the states, and now its jobless rate ranks second among them.
This week, the state Employment Department said the Oregon unemployment rate jumped to 12.1% in March, matching the highest rate of the recession of the early 1980s.”

http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ChartView?graph=unemp

[UCGal]

I lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.

I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)

[UCGal]

I lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.

I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)

[UCGal]

I lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.

I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)

[UCGal]

I lived, and bought my first house, in Bellingham – north of Seattle… back when it was cheap. (1991). I paid $72,500 for a 2 bedroom SFR. It sold in 2005 for $237,280. The bubble definitely inflated up there. And seems to be staying inflated. My best friend owns a home in Mt. Vernon, WA. She’s seen the value of her house double in 5 years. Her house is closer to Seattle than Bellingham… many of her neighbors commute to Seattle, despite it being a 60-90 minutes commute.

I loved living in the Northwest. You learn to do stuff in the drizzle. (It doesn’t rain hard every day – more drizzling.)

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