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7 Responses to “Overpriced Seattle”

1. Dougois.
   August 17th, 2004 at 9:58 am

   

   Location, location, location. Who the hell wants to live in Indianapolis anyway?

2. Arielmeow
   August 17th, 2004 at 10:47 am

   

   Sheesh, good thing I’m moving back! It’s funny, this is the second day in a row I’ve been directed to an article about suckage in Seattle. But I was just there last week, and from what I could see it’s still my favorite city. I can’t wait to be home.

3. Ariel
   August 17th, 2004 at 11:27 am

   

   Yup: despite being overpriced there’s absolutely nowhere else I’d rather be right now. I love my rainy, overpriced city!

4. Matt
   August 17th, 2004 at 12:48 pm

   

   Bet they can’t be half as expensive as London.

   How much is a gallon of gas in the States these days, incidentally? Both the cheap (87 octane) and the stuff I used to use when I was out there (92).

   Let me know and I’ll shock you into silence with the prices WE have to pay.

5. Ariel
   August 17th, 2004 at 12:56 pm

   

   Matt, if you read the article, Forbes’ factors are not the cost of things like gasoline: “The places with the highest cost of living, least affordable housing and most modest job and income growth are the cities that make it to our list.”

6. dori
   August 17th, 2004 at 6:43 pm

   

   frankly, i WISH gas was as expensive in the states as it was in the UK. maybe it would force people to think about alternative methods of transportation because people are far too lazy here. the american-style way of dealing with carpool lanes is to buy blow-up dolls and put ‘em in the passenger seats.

   ugh, yeah, i heard about portland’s crappy job market - but it seems to be geared mostly toward people who want to buy homes, own cars and all that. and maybe it’s just because i’m jaded from having been here and done it twice around already, but i still think new york’s the most overpriced city in the country. twenty dollars leaves your pocket when you leave your front door and frankly, after a certain point you kind of get over the ‘everyone’s here doing everything’ thing - leaving you, basically, with dirty air and a couple of big city parks as an excuse for nature. YEAH who needs a vacation!!! gimme that crappy job market of portland asap, please. along with the trees, rain, ocean, river, and mountains all within reach. please. i’d be willing to scrape by on pennies if i could spend my days hiking instead of dodging automobiles.

7. yara
   August 17th, 2004 at 10:38 pm

   

   finally! a list LA isn’t on!