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No sense half-assing things
Sometimes the future comes at you a lot faster than you expect. Frances and I are moving to Seattle. At first we'd thought it would be in August sometime, but then we took a look at some schedules and ran some numbers.
We'll be moving in the second week of June.
Those with calendars in sight, or an innate sense of it currently being the first week of May, will note that's about five weeks away. This is terrifyingly short for a lot of reasons, but at least seems to be the right amount of time to look for rentals and arrange movers.
Most immediately, we're flying up this weekend to look at apartments. Until then, we're trawling Craigslist trying to build up a list of places to take a look at. We need a place on bus routes, both to UW for Frances and to downtown for me. At first glance that means Fremont, Wallingford, Greenlake, Eastlake, and Capitol Hill, all of which have places within our price range, but there are things we can't tell from the maps. Any Seattle locals have any advice on areas we should avoid? How do different latitudes in Capitol Hill compare? Any other areas we might be overlooking?
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We'll be moving in the second week of June.
Those with calendars in sight, or an innate sense of it currently being the first week of May, will note that's about five weeks away. This is terrifyingly short for a lot of reasons, but at least seems to be the right amount of time to look for rentals and arrange movers.
Most immediately, we're flying up this weekend to look at apartments. Until then, we're trawling Craigslist trying to build up a list of places to take a look at. We need a place on bus routes, both to UW for Frances and to downtown for me. At first glance that means Fremont, Wallingford, Greenlake, Eastlake, and Capitol Hill, all of which have places within our price range, but there are things we can't tell from the maps. Any Seattle locals have any advice on areas we should avoid? How do different latitudes in Capitol Hill compare? Any other areas we might be overlooking?
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Gl/hf! :)
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(Anonymous) 2010-05-06 07:35 am (UTC)(link)I live on Capitol Hill. The area right next to the freeway (Melrose) can be loud and is several blocks down the hill from groceries which can be inconvenient. Groceries/restaurants/etc are located along Broadway and 15th. I used to live on 17th and now live closer to Broadway. I like living closer to Broadway better. The buses come more often, there are more restaurants, more grocery stores, etc. There are two brand new apartment buildings on Broadway that have many open units. Both look nice. Not obvious on maps but there will be construction at Broadway and John for the next 6 years. I live a couple blocks away and hear noise occasionally.
Commuting to downtown and UW should be pretty easy from most places in the city. I don't know Eastlake but I know bus enabled folks who live in all the other neighborhoods you mention. You might also look in Ravenna. Its near UW, has good bus options and seems to have slightly more sane rents than Capitol Hill. I know several folks who live in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood and they bus downtown regularly as well.
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Wow!
Ha!
Yay! It'll be fun to have you up here! Let me know when the moving party is! (although I'm actually in SoCal quite a bit during June, so I might not be able to help :\ )