[lbo-talk] portland / seattle?

[Miles Jackson]

shag wrote:
> thoughts?
> 
> I'm trying to negotiate contracting rates with this staffing agency for 
> microsoft and the dude is driving me totally bonkers because I keep 
> telling him I can't fathom why I'd want to leave my current job to move 
> to a place with a much higher standard of living for anything less than 
> X/hr. dewd keeps calling anyway, with different positions, trying to get 
> me to work for a crappy hourly rate.
> 
> It's possible that I'm way off, but i don't think so....
> 
> Anyway, I have a line on many other gigs out that way, both seattle and 
> portland. What COL are we talking here? I'm seeing things like $750k 
> median for homes. Gak. That's twice what it is here, and I'm living in a 
> zip that is pricey -- though there are zips that are pricier.

Seattle and Portland are worlds apart in housing costs.  About a year 
ago, I sold a stupid little 1000 square foot ranch house in a working 
class Portland neighborhood for 200k.  You can probably do better now. 
Double that for Seattle.

750k would buy a very ritzy home in a very nice neighborhood in the 
Portland/Vancouver area.  I'm happy living in a 1928 Craftsman that was 
just assessed at 220k.

Miles