Washington State: Where I WOULD and WOULDN’T Live
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Such valuable info this would of been gold when I was buying
Research counties with no building codes and an aging pop with properties that have unpaid taxes. Don’t be cattle who waits for it to List.
I have to admit, I’m nervous to watch this one because I already live in Washington and I don’t need any confirmation that I’m in the wrong spot. Especially with a 2.25% interest rate.
Yeah, me too. I love it where I live, except for politics, liberaly progressive crazies, and very high taxes and cost of living. Otherwise, it’s amazing and I can’t bear to leave.
Please do a video like this for England.
Is it even possible to buy land there any more?
Hi Curtis; thank you for the overview. Perhaps you could do a second video on WA State Islands. I would be very interested in your thoughts. thank you so much for you sharing your insight.
The Islands are always a bad bet if you rely on the ferry system. They’re trying to woke-it-up with electric ferries.
@@toddburgess6792 Perhaps in a SHTF situation, limited access to the island(s) would keep others from easily getting to you. A little isolation may not be a bad thing. Anyhow, some of the islands do have bridges…nonetheless, if you are self-sufficient and homesteading why leave in the first place? Some of the islands are sparsely populated, have conservate people on rurally zoned lands and are in Counties that are not necessarily in line with the political ideologies held by the State. Additionally, some have constitutionally loyal local Sheriffs who do their jobs properly. I think lumping all the islands, which boast limited populations, amazing natural resources, tons of local farms/markets and homesteaders into the same category as Seattle is not accurate imo. Was just hoping for another video by Curtis in the future that focused primarily on the islands….it seems the islands got overlooked in this one.
I loved living on Whidbey. It’s so crazy liberal though. The weather! The weather! Ugh makes me so sad. Cures migraines that weather.
For now, we’ve got 50 states and all Canadian provinces to do.
Thanks, Curtis.
Curtis you should include population size info and different types of land in your talks, like recreation, unorganized, rocky, sandy, ext.
What a banger idea for a mini series.
The problem is a lot of the rural you can not put a homestead. Watersheds do not allow building even a shed or a barn, or even putting in a gravel road. Also, you can’t have animals or farm vegetables as they sometimes disallow fertilizers, herbicides (even organic), etc… US & many states have wildlife protection areas.
I guess I’m one of those “salt of the earth” dudes from Colville. Been on land here since 1973 and agree with your assessment of this area. Spent lots of time in southern BC on mini breaks (the great lockdown kinda spoiled the travel experience a bit!) Keep up the good work.
Keep in mind that the Forks area is a rain forest. It’s going to be very, very wet, but lush. Everything will mold and get covered in moss. Building covered storage will be key to living in this area.
I live in eastern Wa./next to the Snake River. It is dry, 8-12 inches of rain per year. However, that does equal a lot of sunshine. On our 10 acre patch i put in a large lined pond and have stocked it with fish. It will double as a water reserve, but mostly it’s there for a secure 2nd source and the fish. One other benefit to being dry is a low low parasite load for grazing animals- we’ve just started with our hair sheep journey. Another note: property values where i am have gone nuts along with property taxes. We bought our place- 10 acres, large shop, small double wide for 200k in 2016. It’s tripled in price- and i dont want it to or to pay any more in taxes. My neighbor built a nice 3000 ft home- the county is hitting him for almost 9k a year- I’m just under 4k-we have what they call a scenic view of the river.
That’s in Franklin county.
Tons of illegals in eastern WA
I escaped from Western Washington last year, I feel like I barely got out alive. But of course there are good things about Washington State, I am glad Curtis is taking a rational look at it. Me I’d say run don’t walk, but that’s not fair to the state as a whole.
Much of the focus in this episode is centered in areas that are in Idaho, which is a completely different state. Not that you didn’t know that. I just felt compelled to point that out so that in the event you decide to turn this into a series in which more states are covered, you can try to hone in more on the areas that exist within the borders of that specific state. As always, your insight and commentary is greatly appreciated.
Did you mean to say “almost none of the focus in this episode is centered in areas that are in Idaho” ?
Let me know when you get to New Hampshire. God Bless
Thank you for visiting Washington.
Excellent video Curtis. Would love to see a video on how you use Google Earth.👍
We bought 6 acre place in loomis Washington. We are west of republic . Home steading is awesome here. Zone 6b
It would be interesting to see a video like this for Australia.
I live in north Idaho. When you were talking about Spokane I was thinking “say it”. You zoomed into north Idaho and said it without saying it. This’ll be a great series if you keep it up.
We’re going to do every state, so it’s coming.
Thanks for this. I have a few acres in Puyallup, Wa. Just east of Tacoma. I love this town but I know it’s nowhere near ideal. We have been eyeballing Coleville and Sandpoint ID and north. Glad to know my intuition has some wisdom.
I’m in Puyallup- “the farm” here. First spring!