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Seattle, WA cityscape

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Seattle

wa · metro 4.0M

photo: Thom Milkovic / unsplash

a dispatch from

seattle

WA

47.61°N

122.33°W

Seattle is coffee snobs, ferries crossing the sound, mountains in two directions, and misty mornings that make the espresso taste better. Pike Place still throws fish, the salmon is genuinely better here, and the Cascades sit right outside your window like a movie backdrop. The hippie greenmarket soul still runs through everything the tech money has built. Bring layers.

metro4.0M

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01 · the verdict

the verdict

$1,728

cheaper each month than San Francisco

Move to Seattle and the monthly math gets easier. San Francisco's rent is the headline; Seattle's is a footnote.
landable, recorded on the seattle entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,193/mo

30% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$775/mo less in state tax than San Francisco

vs 9.3% in San Francisco

03after rent

$6,140/mo

$1,728 more than San Francisco

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$791k

36% cheaper than San Francisco

vs $1239k in San Francisco

05metro size

4.0M

vs 4.6M in San Francisco

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

182

pleasant days a year, in seattle.

San Francisco gets 312 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

About as much going on as in San Francisco.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

93/100

12% higher than San Francisco

vs 83/100 in San Francisco

Closest outdoor draw: Mount Rainier National Park, 59.8 mi.

·walk score®

98/100

1% lower than San Francisco

vs 99/100 in San Francisco

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

19% fewer than San Francisco

vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco

04 · see also

same energy as seattle, different zip code:

see also

portland

similar overall lifestyle

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see also

trenton

more flight options

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see also

salt lake city

$198/mo cheaper

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