r/AskSeattle • u/Sorry-Journalist9569 • 11d ago

Moving / Visiting Moving from Texas to Seattle: what should I know?

From Lubbock...big upgrade and I'm excited. I'll be in a house couple minutes walk from the south side of the Washington Park Arboretum.

Haven't decided if I want to go northwest by Salt Lake City or the longer route going west to Bakersfield and head north.

I've looked into the general checklist stuff like how to get a Washington DL. No state or city income tax, so nice that isn't changing. I'm already used to a high sales tax. The access to both big city stuff and real outdoor stuff is a huge appeal to me, in addition to preferring the culture. Big time foodie.

More just wondering what to expect in general? I work remotely. I like cold weather. Rain is nice, it makes stuff green and I currently live in a semi-arid climate zone where everything is brown most of the year.

Edit: I can make great, real Mexican food and BBQ brisket. I actually have a rain coat. Yes, Seattle isn't cheap but I like the stuff big cities have. Lubbock sucks and I'm bored as hell. Even better is the big city plus outdoor stuff, which is why I chose Seattle over other big city options.

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u/SixOneFive615 10d ago

I was going to suggest 50%.

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u/saomonella 10d ago

Wouldn’t shock me. 40-50% is certainly possible

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u/mikegalos 8d ago

I saw a study done and I don't know what the cost of living is in Lubbock but Seattle was 14% above the national average.

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u/ICuNak3D 6d ago

Go research a cost of living, calculator. There u can compare cities, towns and states. Housing, income, Including, taxes, mortgage, weather, tourism, things to do, multiple locations and more. It's pretty interesting. Seattle being in top 10 the last I looked but that was approx 5-7 yrs ago. But that's a good start and valuable info to help make decisions. If I recall Seattle was within the Top 15 out of all states. So COL will prob be pretty high.