1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Always remember to tip your landlord at least 20%. They have to make a living too.

 

That’d be pretty livable in rural areas and smaller cities like Walla Walla imagine. Not so much for Seattle tho.

 

No wonder you're in debt already, and you don't even have a credit card

 

King County (where Seattle is) has a higher minimum wage than the rest of WA anyway, but it's hard to live even modestly there under 120ish K or so a year.

 

Being a landlord is so hard. Sitting back and collecting 3x their mortgage in rent from me every month and making a 5 minute phone call every 6 months to arrange a contractor to fix something that only costs 10% of one months rent. They really deserve the tip.

Arizona only dabbles in that game, $10.85 min for tipped, $13.85 otherwise.

 

I always thought Port Angeles or Forks would be cool, right next to the Olympics. Apparently there’s a lot of transients that just go out in the woods there and poach, cut timber, etc. tho.

 

I don't miss AZ, but I had a vary cushy salaried position while I was there so I cannot complain in that aspect.

 

The coastal region is nice, sorta, just don't get it confused with CA beaches, this shit here is rocky and trecherous, often grey, windy, and cold. But man is that forest beautiful, the towns are tourist traps and are pretty depressing, all the industry is gone and since the weather isn't that nice they don't have much income.

 

I always liked Tucson. The Saguaros are beautiful. Plenty of rust free cars too. this was from a monsoon back in August 2018.

 

If that was pre-2020, that would've been a great time to live here well with a nice salary.
These days, if you're under 200k combined home ownership is a pipe dream..
Prices have nearly doubled since 2019.

 

2017-2019, I got out just in time I think. Lived in Chandler and Mesa in my time there... worked in Tempe. It was nice, I had all the time off I wanted and very minimal responsibilities during the business hours anyway. As long as I made sure they were up for their business hours I could take care of everything else whenever I wanted in off hours.

 

You can still find decent houses around Tucson and Catalina for 200k I think.

 

Tucson is okay, little cooler than the valley which was nice, but I felt trapped most of the time around there. I was happiest in Flagstaff, but couldn't find a job there so opted to come back to WA.

 

Sounds like me now, living in Chandler working in Tempe

 

Yeah Tucson and Marana and Catalina are quite a bit cheaper. I haven't look recently but I doubt they're still at 200k for a detached SF.

 

Yeah they have

My mom wants to retire there, but I may be having to buy a place there for her to move into and rent from me and she's been keeping up with pricing and whatnot

In many places it's priced like CA is as well

 

I was in Warner Ranch right off Ray and Kyrene, worked right on Hardy haha, was like a 2min commute.

 

I don’t understand why Tucson has t blown up more tbh. If anything it’s nicer than Phoenix.

 

@time623 My truck is actually still there in one of the google maps pictures and my dad was visiting and I can see him in the garage haha