San Diego now cheaper than Seattle

[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.)

[patientrenter]

[quote=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?[/quote]

Sartre and Nietzsche? Are you a teenager?

[patientrenter]

[quote=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?[/quote]

Sartre and Nietzsche? Are you a teenager?

[patientrenter]

[quote=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?[/quote]

Sartre and Nietzsche? Are you a teenager?

[patientrenter]

[quote=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?[/quote]

Sartre and Nietzsche? Are you a teenager?

[patientrenter]

[quote=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?[/quote]

Sartre and Nietzsche? Are you a teenager?

[mixxalot]

Seattle is nice place

One to two months each year in summer. Did a project there years ago and was nice place but too much rain for me. Good to know that San Diego is actually cheaper! But still, Texas is a lot less expensive than San Diego.

[mixxalot]

Seattle is nice place

One to two months each year in summer. Did a project there years ago and was nice place but too much rain for me. Good to know that San Diego is actually cheaper! But still, Texas is a lot less expensive than San Diego.

[mixxalot]

Seattle is nice place

One to two months each year in summer. Did a project there years ago and was nice place but too much rain for me. Good to know that San Diego is actually cheaper! But still, Texas is a lot less expensive than San Diego.

[mixxalot]

Seattle is nice place

One to two months each year in summer. Did a project there years ago and was nice place but too much rain for me. Good to know that San Diego is actually cheaper! But still, Texas is a lot less expensive than San Diego.

[mixxalot]

Seattle is nice place

One to two months each year in summer. Did a project there years ago and was nice place but too much rain for me. Good to know that San Diego is actually cheaper! But still, Texas is a lot less expensive than San Diego.

[pertinazzio]

I came here from Washington, D.C. The folks there and in the surrounding MD and VA burbs (especially Montgomery and Arlington counties) are very nerdy and supposedly cultured – lets just say they all seem to vacation in Tuscany! Well I got sick of “those people” (as I called them) whose highest values seem to be Art, Eating Well, Travel, Expertise, and Health. Anyway, although I can’t define “culture”… in excessive doses it definitely got on my nerves after 25 years (I had grown up here). Nevertheless, I would have stayed in D.C. despite having grown to despise those people except for the fact that there are no BEACHES there – all those years away from SoCal I was California dreaming, more specifically dreaming of surf.

So assuming I could tolerate the wet weather up there (Seattle or Portland) and the supposedly more refined people, how does the surf compare? Anyone know?

Back to culture – IMHO people who engage in extensive international travel thinking they are expanding their cultural horizons but without learning the rudiments of the languages spoken in the countries they go to are really just monied rubes.

Side thought – average education level attained might serve as a practical measure of “culture” in the sense that anything learned in school from the ABCs to elite science and humanistic studies is for the most part what constitutes culture. I just spent some time looking for some tables that could accurately place San Diego relative to other metropolitian areas. I’m sure the information is out there I just couldn’t easily find it. So I will hazard a few guesses. San Diego is more “cultured” (educated) than Bakersfield and the Inland Empire. In fact it might be more cultured than any place between here and Washington D.C. where I guess that the suburban counties mentioned would rank considerably higher than here. Likewise, Long Island and parts of New England may be more highly cultured (using the education as a surrogate for culture). Compared to Oregon and Washington – I wouldn’t have a clue.

Excuse the rambling. Best, pertinazzio

[pertinazzio]

I came here from Washington, D.C. The folks there and in the surrounding MD and VA burbs (especially Montgomery and Arlington counties) are very nerdy and supposedly cultured – lets just say they all seem to vacation in Tuscany! Well I got sick of “those people” (as I called them) whose highest values seem to be Art, Eating Well, Travel, Expertise, and Health. Anyway, although I can’t define “culture”… in excessive doses it definitely got on my nerves after 25 years (I had grown up here). Nevertheless, I would have stayed in D.C. despite having grown to despise those people except for the fact that there are no BEACHES there – all those years away from SoCal I was California dreaming, more specifically dreaming of surf.

So assuming I could tolerate the wet weather up there (Seattle or Portland) and the supposedly more refined people, how does the surf compare? Anyone know?

Back to culture – IMHO people who engage in extensive international travel thinking they are expanding their cultural horizons but without learning the rudiments of the languages spoken in the countries they go to are really just monied rubes.

Side thought – average education level attained might serve as a practical measure of “culture” in the sense that anything learned in school from the ABCs to elite science and humanistic studies is for the most part what constitutes culture. I just spent some time looking for some tables that could accurately place San Diego relative to other metropolitian areas. I’m sure the information is out there I just couldn’t easily find it. So I will hazard a few guesses. San Diego is more “cultured” (educated) than Bakersfield and the Inland Empire. In fact it might be more cultured than any place between here and Washington D.C. where I guess that the suburban counties mentioned would rank considerably higher than here. Likewise, Long Island and parts of New England may be more highly cultured (using the education as a surrogate for culture). Compared to Oregon and Washington – I wouldn’t have a clue.

Excuse the rambling. Best, pertinazzio

[pertinazzio]

I came here from Washington, D.C. The folks there and in the surrounding MD and VA burbs (especially Montgomery and Arlington counties) are very nerdy and supposedly cultured – lets just say they all seem to vacation in Tuscany! Well I got sick of “those people” (as I called them) whose highest values seem to be Art, Eating Well, Travel, Expertise, and Health. Anyway, although I can’t define “culture”… in excessive doses it definitely got on my nerves after 25 years (I had grown up here). Nevertheless, I would have stayed in D.C. despite having grown to despise those people except for the fact that there are no BEACHES there – all those years away from SoCal I was California dreaming, more specifically dreaming of surf.

So assuming I could tolerate the wet weather up there (Seattle or Portland) and the supposedly more refined people, how does the surf compare? Anyone know?

Back to culture – IMHO people who engage in extensive international travel thinking they are expanding their cultural horizons but without learning the rudiments of the languages spoken in the countries they go to are really just monied rubes.

Side thought – average education level attained might serve as a practical measure of “culture” in the sense that anything learned in school from the ABCs to elite science and humanistic studies is for the most part what constitutes culture. I just spent some time looking for some tables that could accurately place San Diego relative to other metropolitian areas. I’m sure the information is out there I just couldn’t easily find it. So I will hazard a few guesses. San Diego is more “cultured” (educated) than Bakersfield and the Inland Empire. In fact it might be more cultured than any place between here and Washington D.C. where I guess that the suburban counties mentioned would rank considerably higher than here. Likewise, Long Island and parts of New England may be more highly cultured (using the education as a surrogate for culture). Compared to Oregon and Washington – I wouldn’t have a clue.

Excuse the rambling. Best, pertinazzio

[pertinazzio]

I came here from Washington, D.C. The folks there and in the surrounding MD and VA burbs (especially Montgomery and Arlington counties) are very nerdy and supposedly cultured – lets just say they all seem to vacation in Tuscany! Well I got sick of “those people” (as I called them) whose highest values seem to be Art, Eating Well, Travel, Expertise, and Health. Anyway, although I can’t define “culture”… in excessive doses it definitely got on my nerves after 25 years (I had grown up here). Nevertheless, I would have stayed in D.C. despite having grown to despise those people except for the fact that there are no BEACHES there – all those years away from SoCal I was California dreaming, more specifically dreaming of surf.

So assuming I could tolerate the wet weather up there (Seattle or Portland) and the supposedly more refined people, how does the surf compare? Anyone know?

Back to culture – IMHO people who engage in extensive international travel thinking they are expanding their cultural horizons but without learning the rudiments of the languages spoken in the countries they go to are really just monied rubes.

Side thought – average education level attained might serve as a practical measure of “culture” in the sense that anything learned in school from the ABCs to elite science and humanistic studies is for the most part what constitutes culture. I just spent some time looking for some tables that could accurately place San Diego relative to other metropolitian areas. I’m sure the information is out there I just couldn’t easily find it. So I will hazard a few guesses. San Diego is more “cultured” (educated) than Bakersfield and the Inland Empire. In fact it might be more cultured than any place between here and Washington D.C. where I guess that the suburban counties mentioned would rank considerably higher than here. Likewise, Long Island and parts of New England may be more highly cultured (using the education as a surrogate for culture). Compared to Oregon and Washington – I wouldn’t have a clue.

Excuse the rambling. Best, pertinazzio

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