I was a bit depressed to read that IT salaries fell in Seattle last year to sixth-highest nationwide, until I plugged the number into CNN Money’s cost of living calculator, and discovered that $80K goes a lot further in Seattle than even the $93K you’d earn in Silicon Valley.
One reason to be bullish on Seattle’s housing market is that it still has a long way to go to catch up with a lot of other places in America.
Now Playing: Episode 368
Terror in Mumbai, the collapse of Seattle banking and an update on the new Obama cabinet.
Links Mentioned: A timeline of the Mumbai carnage … SAM and WaMu … some early warning signs of trouble at the Seattle bank … Obama’s new Labor secretary?




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