Need advice about where to retire. Pacific Northwest specifically.

[samnsara]

2. prices in Seattle area are sky rocketing..My dtr lives in Orting and they both make good money..

... but it all goes to house and house related expenses. Im in Central Washington in Ellensburg..pretty purple here. I came here in the 90s for graduate school and never left. Its a mixture of students, artists and cowboys. There are even people who commute daily the 120 miles to Seattle. We have Central Washington University as well as a nationally known rodeo, ski area and the county butts up against the Columbia River. AND we have the infamous Mels Hole ( which is supposed to be on my property).....culture, cowboys, college and mysterious objects!

Prices here havent sky rocketed yet...and the further east you go, the redder it gets. You could buy a ranch here for what you pay for a house on the west side.

Or you could buy a 'manch' at Suncadia.....