Perhaps this deprivation makes us more fully appreciate the heavenly bodies on those rare occasions when the clouds are gone. Cost of living high at sea level I was also not ready for the expense of living here. Thousands of Seattlites think that's normal. Thousands of residents count themselves lucky to have such. I gather that in the 1980s, there was a massive influx of Californians with more money than class, and they drove rents up sharply.
Apartments are vacant a day or two at most.
When you go to view an apartment, you bring payment with you. It sounds like a joke, but it's just the result of a seller's market on steroids. There just aren't vacant places to live here any more. Washington state is one of the hotbeds of Ku Klux Klan activity.