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Living/Moving to Seattle or Near. How Cali Similar?

250mL said:
Ah, you beat me to it with your edit. The highest marginal rate for that level (single, $100,000 income) is 9.3%, so with the progressive tax rate, the effective rate is closer to 8% ($8,000), but I know what you intend.

I actually forgot about the leftover income then being taxable by the feds. :thumbup. EDIT: Wait, no federal will base tax on the $100,000 earned, they don't dip into amount not taken by the state... so it would be the 7-8K extra...correct???
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Well, the new tax law makes things a bit more complicated since there is a 10k deduction cap on SALT, but if you look at federal tax brackets I believe 100k sits right at the 24% level for single filers. Your incremental taxable income above 100k gets taxed at 24%.
 
This thread is serendipitous. I have two weeks left on my job in LA and have been looking at either Bay Area or Seattle.

Of course, Bay Area has more jobs but my wife loved Seattle on our last visit. Seems like a place the kids would enjoy very much.

I am thinking of keeping my house here and rent it out.

Have been looking at Bainbridge and areas up north of Seattle. (Seattle Metro is out of my price range considering that I am not coming from Bay Area).
 
m_asim said:
Have been looking at Bainbridge and areas up north of Seattle. (Seattle Metro is out of my price range considering that I am not coming from Bay Area).
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You looking at Bay, me looking at Socal. Both looking at Puget Sound.

Bainbridge is gorgeous. I grew up within 20 miles of there. While the waterfront area has changed a lot, with numerous shops and dining, it's still a sleepy town. Coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants are all readily available. Things like Target, Costco, Macys, you will need to drive to Silverdale. But a ferry ride to seattle is only 30 minutes away. But the ferry line traffic is long.

Have you checked east of Seattle, like North Bend? They are building lots of homes. Also, east Issaquah has a lot of new developments. How far north of Seattle metro you looking, past Northgate? Or further up like Edmonds, Lynnwood or further like Everett?
 
RS250 Chester said:
You looking at Bay, me looking at Socal. Both looking at Puget Sound.
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Bainbridge is gorgeous. I grew up within 20 miles of there. While the waterfront area has changed a lot, with numerous shops and dining, it's still a sleepy town. Coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants are all readily available. Things like Target, Costco, Macys, you will need to drive to Silverdale. But a ferry ride to seattle is only 30 minutes away. But the ferry line traffic is long.
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Have you checked east of Seattle, like North Bend? They are building lots of homes. Also, east Issaquah has a lot of new developments. How far north of Seattle metro you looking, past Northgate? Or further up like Edmonds, Lynnwood or further like Everett?
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We were in Seattle during the fall. While it is a nice area and we know folks there, the commute from Everett would kill me. We also loved Issaquah as it is very kid friendly, but the prices are already touching $900k there. I remember in 2011, the area was mostly empty :wow

On top of all this, we also have to look at school districts and all that.
 
m_asim said:
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We were in Seattle during the fall. While it is a nice area and we know folks there, the commute from Everett would kill me. We also loved Issaquah as it is very kid friendly, but the prices are already touching $900k there. I remember in 2011, the area was mostly empty :wow

On top of all this, we also have to look at school districts and all that.
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When I say drive to Silverdale, its only 20 miles away, so its not liking a rural outpost. As for ferry, the Bainbdrige ferry run is always fluid, so there's boats all the time, compared to the Bremerton to Seattle run, which is less frequent. So, while the ferry lines are long for Bainbridge, it moves, but you need to plan.

My sister lives in Issaquah, she bought here house for $360k in late 90's, now around $1.5M. I was there a year ago and looking at the new homes in eastern Issaquah, right near the I90 climb to Snoqualmie, the home prices then seemed reasonable, but they had the "california" design..smaller with no yard. North Bend, some 15 miles east of Issaquah is growing.But Issaquah has the best school district in the metro Seattle area.

Bainbridge Island also has very good schools. Check out Gig Harbor. It has all the amenities, such as a Costco, Target, etc. But location could be an issue if you have to work in Seattle.

PM me if you have any questions regarding Seattle area. Spent half of my life there.
 
Sometimes I feel like “good schools” is code for “no minorities”

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Not really your imagination, public schools are primarily funded by property taxes iirc. White peepz got the majority of expensive property so their schools get all the money. Minorities property values are typically a lot lower so the schools in those neighborhoods don't get as much money. Pretty simple yet fucked concept, especially since one could easily argue poorer neighborhood schools should get more funding.
 
JesasaurusRex said:
Not really your imagination, public schools are primarily funded by property taxes iirc. White peepz got the majority of expensive property so their schools get all the money. Minorities property values are typically a lot lower so the schools in those neighborhoods don't get as much money. Pretty simple yet fucked concept, especially since one could easily argue poorer neighborhood schools should get more funding.
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True but there is more to it. The classmates matter. For example, the high school in the richest part of LA has a big drug problem from all the bored rich kids with money and no real parental supervision. Hence, even though the high school looks like a university I would not choose to send kids there.

On the flip side, I have volunteered at schools in working neighborhoods of LA, where both parents are off to work in order to be able to pay rent and the kid ends up wanting to group up like his cholo uncle :| And there are many kids like that in the school.

Both are examples of bad schools. So even if you provide good environment at home, your kid will be surrounded by and getting affected by other kids.
 
It's 57deg. here this morning.
Forecast is 68 max toady

so suck it
 
Brother inlaw put an offer a goose he hasn’t seen :laughing. Sister saw it and liked it. Only house in Normandy park under $800k I think. They can sell their house for probably $1.2m that they bought for $950k 2 years ago.

After researching etc it’s not cheap up there. Near California regarding what wage is needed based on cost of living.

Be interesting if my sister and her fam move. They get 2 day of free childcare from a Grandma and countless last minute watchings of the kids and helping parent really.

I told my bro inlaw only way it works is if you guys get pay increases because expenses for childcare will go up.

We’ll see. I’m realizing Washington isn’t the best financial move for me that’s for sure.
 
Washington is closed, stay away. Especially the eastern part. :p
 
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