Who can really afford to live here?
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6/17/2008
In the coming months my plans include a change of location away from Washington. To where, that is still up in the air as I continue to research where to relocate my family to. In the last few years we have seen the cost of living in the Seattle Metro area jump from a great place to live into a place that is financially spiralling out of control. The cost of a medium priced home has surged to over $595,000.00. Washington now has the highest gas tax of any state in the union and a legislature that is intent on striping every penny from the pockets of the people. Every attempt by the people to put a stop to the states revenue grab is challenged in court and the will of the people is thrown out as unconstutional. Most recently the states revenue grab increased the toll on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge by one dollar and further announced that the toll will increase by one dollar every year for the next ten years. The Department of Transportation has inplemented a trial toll road on WA-167. When the commute is light the toll is $.75 when traffic is heavier the toll can jump as much as $6.75 to travel on the same stretch of highway that is less than 6 miles long. So who can really afford to live here, Not Me any more.
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