Originally Posted by
Dirtdiver
And don't forget, WA has no state income tax
I moved here this year, tons of great places to live within 2 hours of SEATAC, some sticker shock on the houses. Concur on the decision to not commute, you gotta have a big reason to put yourself thru that.
Yeah, no income tax is awesome, but from my research, Washington has above average cost of living and taxes so they must make up for it somewhere. I have seen a few places in Gig Harbor that we could probably swing on the top part of our price range.
I think I'll just have to visit and see.
What about SLC? Is the air quality as bad as everyone says? A few pages back some guys were saying Park City is a great place to live, but I couldn't find any houses less than 700K that weren't a condo. The properties in my price range were empty lots. Also, i hear a lot of different opinions on the strong LDS influence on everything.