Thanks for watching! If you're looking to buy or sell a home in the greater Seattle area, feel free to shoot me an email at bryce@livinginseattlemetro.com or schedule a time to jump on a call with me here! calendly.com/bryceseattle/30min
Seattle Pros: * Mild Weather * Very few mosquitos * Proximity to water, mountains, desert, wine country (we have it all.. even a rainforest!) * UW is a top university. Good private schools. Well educated population. Good, high-paying jobs. * Good food/entertainment options in and around the city. * Proximity to Vancouver BC and Portland, OR Seattle Cons: * You have to live in the right areas to avoid hookers, drugs, crime, homeless camps/garbage. Police is under-staffed, over-extended, and extremely ineffective. * For the amount of money they collect, Seattle government does some of the least. Very poorly managed. * Public education is terrible (see above about private schools) * Smoke from fires every summer. Often unhealthy to be outside part of every summer. * As mentioned, it's expensive. No Income Tax, but 10% sales tax, high property taxes, high gas taxes... * Other than Vancouver and Portland, it's pretty isolated from the rest of the country. Especially compared to the northeast. * Lots of rats and good-sized spiders... just sayin.
I've lived all over the Midwest and Southeast and now Green Lake Seattle. Seattle has great public transit, world class Asian cuisine, and beautiful nature all around. Lots of entertainment and shopping. But it's terrible for young families, it's often frightening to walk through even nice neighborhoods in the city. My wife has been scared to death regularly. The weather is depressing so I recommend traveling or skiing a lot. It's very expensive and many people are abrasive or rude. It's difficult to find new friends. I recommend the greater PNW but not Seattle. Its prohibitively expensive to really enjoy unless you make 200k+. You can kayak in almost any city in America so just don't fall for the lifestyle narrative.
So is that why Seattle have the most Starbucks in any other cities because the overcast and grey skies😂 lol.... Washington is my second ideal place to move. I thought about taking a job out there and it seems like a lot of them are good and provides relocation assistance/housing for people that just moving there to start a new life there. If you don't have no access to a car or if someone don't drive can you get away without having a car if you stay in the smaller areas of Seattle like Green Lake and do they have reliable public transportation besides Uber?
Public transportation is okay, but don’t expect East Coast city kind of public transportation. I think you can get away living in Seattle without a car.
You've got good info, but the POP POP WHOOSH sound effects and bad porn music that's too loud make your videos hard to watch. I didn't even get a quarter of the way through before I gave up.
Hi there, could you expand on that? I have lived in Berlin and recently moved to Raleigh, NC, and we are thinking to move to Seattle. To my understanding there’s much to do in Seattle and better life style given my family and I have no relatives living in the US and it gets really boring here in Raleigh
While the property tax "rate" may be relatively low, the very high average home prices which are 2 or 3+ times as much as some mid-west or southern areas make the effective property taxes quite high.
East of the Cascade Moutains. Spokane, Pullman, Yakima, etc. West of the Cascades we get snow and moisture. So when we get snow in the Sound, we also get ice. It makes more fiscal sense to shut things down for a couple days so everything melts instead of having and maintaining a huge fleet of snow removal equipment that is only necessary for 2 days out of the year.
lmao....tell the truth bro. They gentrified the Seattle black neighborhoods and pushed everyone to South King County and Pierce County aka "the least common destination". It used to snow a lot more back in the days when I was a kid (70s & 80s), but climate change has now made snow a rarity here.
Yes! And the Eastside is now being totally gentrified with foreign born Chinese buyers snapping up every new house built where there used to be small, 1950/60,s era somewhat livable homes. Resulting property taxes are pushing out the native born residents, mostly White folks. That’s gentrification, too.
Thanks for watching! If you're looking to buy or sell a home in the greater Seattle area, feel free to shoot me an email at bryce@livinginseattlemetro.com or schedule a time to jump on a call with me here! calendly.com/bryceseattle/30min
Seattle Pros:
* Mild Weather
* Very few mosquitos
* Proximity to water, mountains, desert, wine country (we have it all.. even a rainforest!)
* UW is a top university. Good private schools. Well educated population. Good, high-paying jobs.
* Good food/entertainment options in and around the city.
* Proximity to Vancouver BC and Portland, OR
Seattle Cons:
* You have to live in the right areas to avoid hookers, drugs, crime, homeless camps/garbage. Police is under-staffed, over-extended, and extremely ineffective.
* For the amount of money they collect, Seattle government does some of the least. Very poorly managed.
* Public education is terrible (see above about private schools)
* Smoke from fires every summer. Often unhealthy to be outside part of every summer.
* As mentioned, it's expensive. No Income Tax, but 10% sales tax, high property taxes, high gas taxes...
* Other than Vancouver and Portland, it's pretty isolated from the rest of the country. Especially compared to the northeast.
* Lots of rats and good-sized spiders... just sayin.
I've lived all over the Midwest and Southeast and now Green Lake Seattle. Seattle has great public transit, world class Asian cuisine, and beautiful nature all around. Lots of entertainment and shopping. But it's terrible for young families, it's often frightening to walk through even nice neighborhoods in the city. My wife has been scared to death regularly. The weather is depressing so I recommend traveling or skiing a lot. It's very expensive and many people are abrasive or rude. It's difficult to find new friends. I recommend the greater PNW but not Seattle. Its prohibitively expensive to really enjoy unless you make 200k+. You can kayak in almost any city in America so just don't fall for the lifestyle narrative.
Awesome video! As someone who is (hopefully) moving to Seattle from the UK, these kind of videos you do are really helpful and insightful!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad it was helpful
Many exceptions, you circled Mukilteo as cheaper than Seattle, but it's higher median by $50K. Far safer too.
Truly informative and helpful content❤❤
So is that why Seattle have the most Starbucks in any other cities because the overcast and grey skies😂 lol.... Washington is my second ideal place to move. I thought about taking a job out there and it seems like a lot of them are good and provides relocation assistance/housing for people that just moving there to start a new life there. If you don't have no access to a car or if someone don't drive can you get away without having a car if you stay in the smaller areas of Seattle like Green Lake and do they have reliable public transportation besides Uber?
Public transportation is okay, but don’t expect East Coast city kind of public transportation. I think you can get away living in Seattle without a car.
@@elcee8 in Seattle Proper, yes, no need for a car, but in the suburbs, you need a car
Another possible pro: Ive heard that the University of Washington Medical Center is one of the top ranked hospitals in the country. True?
Absolutely. I just moved here from San Diego and am very impressed with U Dub Medical!
Yea the greys anatomy is showing it clearly
You've got good info, but the POP POP WHOOSH sound effects and bad porn music that's too loud make your videos hard to watch. I didn't even get a quarter of the way through before I gave up.
"Not rainy" LMAO it's drizzling nonstop for 8 months. Gray weather is spot on. If you like sun live anywhere else in the US.
East side is most desirable? No mention of Capital Hill?
Capital hill isn't that impressive in my honest opinion.
As a person born and raised in Seattle, the one thing I can note is that Germany is a breath of fresh air in comparison.
Hi there, could you expand on that? I have lived in Berlin and recently moved to Raleigh, NC, and we are thinking to move to Seattle. To my understanding there’s much to do in Seattle and better life style given my family and I have no relatives living in the US and it gets really boring here in Raleigh
While the property tax "rate" may be relatively low, the very high average home prices which are 2 or 3+ times as much as some mid-west or southern areas make the effective property taxes quite high.
Finding a decent place with cheaper rent is pretty hard, my roommate and I are struggling to find a place 🙃
Any luck? Moving there at the end of the month
Yo you not from Seattle lol you stay in that house..?check in at the zoo. If you from I’d know yous …
Your videos are just great. I already moved to the Seattle area, and sometimes still watch them :)
Thank you! I hope you’re enjoying the area
Very helpful! Thank you!
What part of Washington State gets the most snow?
East of the Cascade Moutains. Spokane, Pullman, Yakima, etc. West of the Cascades we get snow and moisture. So when we get snow in the Sound, we also get ice. It makes more fiscal sense to shut things down for a couple days so everything melts instead of having and maintaining a huge fleet of snow removal equipment that is only necessary for 2 days out of the year.
Prolly somewhere on Mt Rainier, or Leavenworth if you want an actual city w/ stores. We have mountain ranges larger than many countries.
lmao....tell the truth bro. They gentrified the Seattle black neighborhoods and pushed everyone to South King County and Pierce County aka "the least common destination". It used to snow a lot more back in the days when I was a kid (70s & 80s), but climate change has now made snow a rarity here.
Yes! And the Eastside is now being totally gentrified with foreign born Chinese buyers snapping up every new house built where there used to be small, 1950/60,s era somewhat livable homes. Resulting property taxes are pushing out the native born residents, mostly White folks. That’s gentrification, too.