My husband, son and I currently live in Clarkston, WA - about 5-6 hours South East of Seattle. We hope to move within the next couple of years. I would love to live right in Seattle, but my husband would rather live a little North of it, and searching current homes for sale in the area, it looks like comparable homes in/around Seattle are at least $100,000 more than what we can afford. So we are also looking at towns further up....
We're really not very familiar with towns North of Seattle, but we are thinking about Marysville, Arlington, Everett or Bellingham. I'm not sure if I want to be that far North. I think Bellingham is about 2 hours from Seattle... but my husband is a snowboarder (and I'll be learning this winter) so it would also be nice to be in that area for that as well.
If anyone reads this section, can you drop us a comment and tell us what any of those areas are like?
I can't explain how badly I want to move right now. I've lived in the Clarkston/Lewiston area all my life. I'm more than ready to move for many, many reasons. One of the main reasons is the heat. I think that I have reverse seasonal affective disorder and I HATE days over 70 degrees. I HATE the heat. And I LOVE the rain. It affects me physically, emotionally and mentally. I just feel happier on cool rainy days... I know that it can also get warm in Seattle, but not like here, where the hills are only green for about one week out of the year. The rest of the time they're brown, and ugly. The Seattle area is gorgeous. I truly breathe easier when I'm there.
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