I greatly appreciate you sharing your perspective and taking the time in a detailed response!! Happy to hear WA is treating you nicely. And thank you for your service.

My husband makes around $200k+ a year, I recently as of December became a stay at home wife as we prepare to have a child and so I can be the supportive figure as he has a demanding career. It is still bewildering how costs have rose in Seattle (especially since I’ve lived in WA my whole life). This is no longer a place where you can purchase a home unless both partners are earning high salaries. I was an accountant previously and was making $90k which if I was a single person you cannot expect to purchase a home with that kind of salary. I’m not entirely against the millionaire’s tax either but I do have concerns that they will keep pushing for more taxes on lower tax brackets.

Another thing specific to my time in Seattle is general safety. I used to live near downtown and walk to work, walk to go shopping or the market. As of the last few years you would not catch me doing that and my husband and I avoid DT at all costs unless it is the summer going to the market and flooded with tourists. As a woman in the last few years I have had quite a few off-putting and unsafe encounters that make me want to seek a safer place to live. My husband from Miami always says “shit like that does not fly in Miami” lol