I moved here a little before pandemic and honestly you have access to nature everywhere. If you are wanting to be in a suburb with direct access to the city, transportation is decent here. I have folks in Burien closer to the airport and that still seems affordable.

even if you decide tacoma, you can take a train to seattle in about an hour :)

Any idea how unreasonable life on the islands around Seattle is? Is Tacoma a fun place?

I’ve visited, but I live downtown — no clue about either! Just that you can move around but Washington is a big state so definitely do some resesrch.

I’m down to do a google meet with you if you want to ask a bunch of questions. I moved from PA 👉 WA. I cannot give you info about the different areas but I can talk about the city and using public transport (no car). The biggest thing is understanding your budget.

How long ya got?

Where would you suggest? I'm so clueless for that part of the country.