Stranger: More Than 1,000 People Moving to Seattle a Week (Census Report)

[Tender Branson]

Don't know where they got the numbers from, but they are not as high ...

King County grew by 35.700 people last year (+1.7%), of which 15.500 came from an international migration surplus, 12.300 from natural balance and 8.500 from a domestic migration surplus.

So, it's more like a surplus of 500 people moving to King County each week.

[RI]

Holy moly. That all ↑ sounds like an infrastructural and real estate nightmare. What is being done to address the situation, if anything at all?

I gotta admit, the west coast states and CO are high up in my potential future home state list after I'm done with my degree.

Very little is being done, other than pretending that preventing development will somehow depress prices

This is the real problem right here. People want a strong economy but don't want apartment buildings.

NIMBYS should be evicted to the rural, bland, lifeless areas.

Our rural areas tend not to be so bland, though.

[Wiz in Wis]

Whatever... I like Seattle, and Portland. I will sing both their praises. Lovely cities, both of them:

[RI]

Stay away, please.

Seriously please stop moving here. It's' becoming a real problem.

How so?

Real estate is nuts. I'm way overpaying for the House I'm closing on, and the rents in Seattle proper are ruinous

I'm intending to move back to the wet side within a year, so I'm really hoping the real estate bubble bursts relatively soon.

[publicunofficial]

And Olympia is the 23rd fastest growing metro. Stop moving there too, just to be safe.

[KingSweden]

Stay away, please.

Seriously please stop moving here. It's' becoming a real problem.

How so?

Real estate is nuts. I'm way overpaying for the House I'm closing on, and the rents in Seattle proper are ruinous

I'm intending to move back to the wet side within a year, so I'm really hoping the real estate bubble bursts relatively soon.

With 1k people moving here per week, it won't

The pace of price growth HAS started to flatten, FWIW, but it's still trending up

[KingSweden]

Holy moly. That all ↑ sounds like an infrastructural and real estate nightmare. What is being done to address the situation, if anything at all?

I gotta admit, the west coast states and CO are high up in my potential future home state list after I'm done with my degree.

Very little is being done, other than pretending that preventing development will somehow depress prices

This is the real problem right here. People want a strong economy but don't want apartment buildings.

NIMBYS should be evicted to the rural, bland, lifeless areas.

Our rural areas tend not to be so bland, though.

True. Spokane is underrated and apparently starting to get a lot more growth than before

[Nhoj]

Holy moly. That all ↑ sounds like an infrastructural and real estate nightmare. What is being done to address the situation, if anything at all?

I gotta admit, the west coast states and CO are high up in my potential future home state list after I'm done with my degree.

Very little is being done, other than pretending that preventing development will somehow depress prices

This is the real problem right here. People want a strong economy but don't want apartment buildings.

NIMBYS should be evicted to the rural, bland, lifeless areas.

We dont need more morons bitching about windfarms.

[Xing]

Even apartments have gotten ridiculously expensive, and Seattle just doesn't have the land area for the type of population growth it's experiencing, so... yeah, it's hard to see the situation improving soon. Honestly, I could easily see rent going up throughout the entire metro area, at this point.

[NOVA Green]

Even apartments have gotten ridiculously expensive, and Seattle just doesn't have the land area for the type of population growth it's experiencing, so... yeah, it's hard to see the situation improving soon. Honestly, I could easily see rent going up throughout the entire metro area, at this point.

How's Tacoma looking these days?

Been a few too many years since I went up to visit family.