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Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star... by lelandbatey on Thursday May 15, 2025 @12:56AM (#43991974)
Yeah, the Eastside is a real estate hellscape. Everything east of Lake Washington till highway 203/18 is genuinely quite bad. I had cheaper rent on top of Queen Anne, 1 block from the Trader Joe's, than any place of comparable walk/transit on the east side ($2065/month for a 2 bedroom 1.75 bathroom apartment+1 parking place, ~950sq/ft).
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Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star... by lodovic on Thursday May 15, 2025 @01:56AM (#43992230)
Really curious what would amount to 1.75 bathroom, I'm unfamiliar with the concept. One full bathroom and a second with just a a toilet/sink combination?
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Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:25AM (#43992346)
That is 1.5. A 1.75 is usually a small bathroom with a shower. The space would have no room for a tub. These often get counted as full baths anyways.
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Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star... by ghaff on Thursday May 15, 2025 @10:18AM (#43995378)
Yeah. A lot of us prefer a shower to a bathtub with shower anyway. But it's probably an important distinction for people with kids especially.
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Re:Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Star... by int_19h on Thursday May 15, 2025 @11:06AM (#43995825)
Why stop at WA-18, though? I-90 is wide and not particularly busy past that point even at peak times, so you can easily get to North Bend in only a few more minutes.

The real cutoff point for commuting to Seattle is just past exit 34, because that's where they close Snoqualmie Pass when there's too much snow.

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