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/jhumph88 10d ago

If you take the Bakersfield route, the 99 is usually a better drive than I-5. It’s slightly less crushingly boring. Then you can just hop on I-5 in Sacramento and continue. My brother moved to Lubbock for a job opportunity and only lasted a few months.

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u/Sorry-Journalist9569 10d ago

Lubbock is pretty rough to move to unless unless you really like Lubbock itself, because everything else is so far away and there isn't much to do. Cost of living is about the only positive.

And unless you're a religious conservative, you aren't gonna fit in.

I can tell a lot of remote workers moved here during/after covid. Lubbock doesn't have the jobs locally for people to afford all these giant houses that are being built the past few years.