Moving from Steamboat to Bellingham

[dunfree]

Exactly. It was an honest question. I had to look on the map. Because "what is within a half day drive" would certainly be part of my calculus around where to live.

yeah, nobody in Portland or Seattle drives a couple hours to the sun. Dumbfuck

[MagnificentUnicorn]

There’s people that commute from the sun to the west side. I know people that live in Ellensburg or Cle Elum and drive to the west side


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[Shredhead]

Just an outstanding fall day in Colorado!



Baking on the deck at 4pm, 8 days post OP TKR.

Best of luck to the OP!
It’s a pretty dam nice place he’s moving too. I’d try to get out on the water as much as possible.

[californiagrown]

There’s people that commute from the sun to the west side. I know people that live in Ellensburg or Cle Elum and drive to the west side

A number of folks at big construction GCs do this. I know of a couple instances where a site superintendent lived in CleElum or Easton area and commuted every day, and during the winter/spring the developer paid for a studio near the jobsite that he stayed at anytime a storm came in and there was a chance of a pass closure. One of them said that during the summer in the early morning it took him about 75 minutes door to door Cle Elum to his Bothell jobsite, and only about 10mins more in the early afternoons. Heck, in the Bay Area or LA a 60-90 minute one-way commute is par for the course and you arent commuting from acreage.

[The AD]

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[dunfree]

A number of folks at big construction GCs do this. I know of a couple instances where a site superintendent lived in CleElum or Easton area and commuted every day, and during the winter/spring the developer paid for a studio near the jobsite that he stayed at anytime a storm came in and there was a chance of a pass closure. One of them said that during the summer in the early morning it took him about 75 minutes door to door Cle Elum to his Bothell jobsite, and only about 10mins more in the early afternoons. Heck, in the Bay Area or LA a 60-90 minute one-way commute is par for the course and you arent commuting from acreage.

there are nurses/emts/teachers/fire fighters among many other professions that do that in the Bay Area and the soutland. It’s what a failed housing policy brings

[californiagrown]

there are nurses/emts/teachers/fire fighters among many other professions that do that in the Bay Area and the soutland. It’s what a failed housing policy brings

Im not arguing the failed housing policy and issues it has created with the working/service class (and frankly even for many white collar). But at least in the bay area, im not sure that applies super well to Fire Fighters. I am closely related to a FF and a nurse living and working in the bay area who are able to comfortably afford a 1.5mil house, and are only thinking about moving further out because they dont like the competitive culture of their childrens peer's parents. From what i know and hear from them, numerous FDs in the bay area offer exceptionally good pay and pension (far above and beyond what is normal pretty much anywhere else), and the work schedule allows many of them to commute in from areas close to their day-off hobbies. That jives pretty well with what i have heard over the years from other FF's and their family who work/ed in the bay area, but chose to move out and commute in because their schedule allowed them to only have to commute in once or twice a week.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I didn’t leave the Bay Area because it was too expensive, I left because it’s too crowded. That was 2003, I’m sure it’s worse now


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[TCNROMPER]

This thread seemed like the most up to date/appropriate place to put the feelers out for a rental in Bellingham. Moving to Bellingham in June and am looking for a 2-3 bedroom house (preferably with storage garage etc for bikes/skis/etc). I've been keeping an eye on craigslist/zillow/FB marketplace but figured I'd reach out here in the off chance someone knows of anything.