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Relocating from San Francisco to Seattle: cost comparison

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Re: Relocating from San Francisco to Seattle: cost comparison

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Compare to New York, http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=relocating+from+san+fra... . Amazing how much more expensive living in New York is.

I've been thinking about moving to Houston. Imaging the difference if you had been in NYC:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=relocating+from+new+yor...

Re: Relocating from San Francisco to Seattle: cost comparison

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Compare to New York, http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=relocating+from+san+fra... . Amazing how much more expensive living in New York is.

Anecdotally, I moved to NY from SF just over a year ago, and my cost of living went down quite a bit. I'm not in Manhattan, which is what that chart is for, but Brooklyn is at least as much 'city' as SF, plus Manhattan's just a short train ride away.

Downsides: not as pretty (though plenty pretty in its own way), worse weather (hotter in the summer, colder in the winter), people seem a bit more high-strung.

Re: Relocating from San Francisco to Seattle: cost comparison

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post #27

Compare to New York, http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=relocating+from+san+fra... . Amazing how much more expensive living in New York is.

Ouch: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=relocating+from+seattle...

76% more in Manhattan. Housing is 164% more expensive.

Re: Relocating from San Francisco to Seattle: cost comparison

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Weather.

I'm a Californian who grew up in a "sunny" California city, and I've been living in Seattle for the last year. I've also spent a lot of time in San Francisco in my lifetime.

I, miss, the, sun. Every time I go back to California and visit family/friends, I start to realize how depressed I am up in the Pacific North West. I've had more that one person recommend that I take Vitamin D supplements, which is supposed to make me feel better.

The moral of my own personal story is... I'm moving back to California. I need sun. I'll pay a premium for the mental health of myself and my children.

How many days of sun are there in San Francisco compared to Seattle? If you had to live in a place with awesome tech scenes but with no sun, you might as well choose Seattle... it's cheaper.

Re: Relocating from San Francisco to Seattle: cost comparison

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Actual cost of living calculators give better results than this. This one tells you how much your disposable income would change by keeping the percentile of your current salary constant: http://swz.salary.com/costoflivingwizard/layoutscripts/coll_...

(Hint: Move to Austin.)

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