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| Re: [ALL] New here! I live in NE Ohio but the hubby and I are th The majority of jobs are in the greater Seattle area (Everett to Tacoma, incl. east side), and a college degree in engineering/science is very good to have. Living is not exactly cheap around here, so I recommend that one of you have a job offer before moving here.
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| reply to gikkinikki
having realitives in their upper 70's in columbus at the end of a 10 year process of retiring here I have seen/answered many of these questions recently
Having a job or enough funding to last while you get established is a good idea.
Washington ecconmy tends to lag the national economy by 1.5-2 years, so while some areas are getting hints of recovery we're still headed down here.
Washington is divided north-south by the cascade mountains with the western 1/3 having most of the people (seems over crowed to natives, but at 1/4-1/3 of the Ohio pop. per square mile it seems almost lonely in many areas)
central Puget sound Seattle Tacoma Everett bellvue redmond etc. is the the major population hub in the west with another in vancouver WA (withing the greater portland OR metro region) and a smaller area to the north (bellingham)
West of the mountains is also wet to VERY wet (around the same amount of rain as OHIO by VERY gary in winter (yes worse than Ohio, imagine 60--90 days in a row without "offically" having a sunny day, then a few cold sunny days, followed by another 60 days of gray is what drives most people away. also while we get less snow than most of Ohio we have SERIOUS hills.
People here are well educated,generally liberal, read more than most places, buy more priuses, umbrellas and sunglasses (but less of the umbrellas and sunglasses get used here, a month or two of mist won't cause us to melt  than other areas. While the cities have very active arts/cultural communities, I think the majority of people who live here thrive on the GREAT outdoors
Eastern washington is very different politically (MUCH more conservitive) Dryer (much of it is techincally a desert) much less crowded (my realitive were amazed we could drive 30 miles or more without seeing a house/streetlight etc. and has it's own outddoor appeal.
I would recommend a visit or a trial year before you commit, but people either LOVE IT here or hate it (if you really hate it, spend a season on a Crab boat in alaska (Deadlist Catch reference) then winter commuting into Seattle, doesn't seem too bad  )
PS some of us have a weird sense of humor
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