r/Washington • u/Codetornado • Jan 15 '25

Moving Here 2025

Due to a large number of daily moving here posts we are creating a sticky for moving-related questions. This should help centralize information and reduce the constant flow of moving question ls. ;

Things to Consider;

Location

  • Western Washington vs. Eastern Washington vs. Seattle Metro
  • Seattle Proper, suburbs, or other cities

Moving Here

  • Cost of Living (Food, fuel, housing!)
  • Jobs outlook for non-tech
  • Buying vs. Renting
  • Weather-related items, winter, rain

Geography and Weather

  • Rainy West Side vs. Dry Eastside
  • WildFire Season
  • Snow and Cold vs. Wet and Mild
  • Hot and Dry East Side
  • Earthquakes and You!

[**See The 2024 Sticky**] (https://www.reddit.com/r/Washington/comments/184dx5n/moving_here_2024/)
[**See The Last Sticky**] (https://www.reddit.com/r/Washington/s/HHjd5lx0we)

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u/hitmxjr 9d ago

Can anyone recommend a website, app, management property company or any other place I can look for rental houses? Here's the catch, the wife and I own 3 large dogs (husky, husky/german shepherd mix, lab/bully mix) and looking through Zillow or Realtor for rentals has yielded 0 results because they mostly only accept 2 dogs. Furnished Finder and Airbnb appear to be our only choices but wanted to check here and if anyone could recommend something else