OT: Non-Hockey Sports Thread IX - Let's Go Bowling! (Two-Minute Tommy Edition)

[GuerinUp]

I do mortgage underwriting for work and seeing the housing prices in the Seattle area, SF, CA area, etc. is just absolutely mind-blowing. I just wonder about the fact that working from home is going to be such a thing going forward and how that may impact some of this stuff. Why move to San Francisco and/or Seattle if you can do the same job remotely in a much more affordable area? Obviously that's not always possible depending on the job you have to do, but do think it's going to have a significant impact.

Gonna be crazy when all these foreclosures that are on hold hit the market from covid. Im waiting to purchase until this happens

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

I do mortgage underwriting for work and seeing the housing prices in the Seattle area, SF, CA area, etc. is just absolutely mind-blowing. I just wonder about the fact that working from home is going to be such a thing going forward and how that may impact some of this stuff. Why move to San Francisco and/or Seattle if you can do the same job remotely in a much more affordable area? Obviously that's not always possible depending on the job you have to do, but do think it's going to have a significant impact.

Funny thing is I was already remote when I moved there (or traveling,) my sig other took a job in Seattle. We love it, but the cost of living and breathing is just staggering. At least there is no State income tax, that's something, right?

But I think you're onto something regarding the WFH effecting the markets.

 

[57special]

Just across the border in Vancouver is even crazier, even taking into account the currency differences. Both Seattle and Vancouver have their attractions(I would move back in a minute, wife wouldn't), but the cost of housing is exorbitant, once again. there was a point around 2012 where the prices in Seattle had come down. We were trying to help a family friend to buy a condo at that point, but she dithered, and now she can't afford anything.

 

[Victorious Secret]

I moved out of Seattle area when my 2 bed 2 bath hit around $3,500 a month.

Downtown Bellevue, but still.

 

[Minnewildsota]

I moved out of Seattle area when my 2 bed 2 bath hit around $3,500 a month.

Downtown Bellevue, but still.

I'm sitting here in suburban Minnesota with a 2,600sqft house thinking, "What the actual f***. That's more than double my mortgage"

 

[Victorious Secret]

Yea. The monthly HOA in the condo building across the street was around $1,400. That's just a life I'm not living.

 

[57special]

Well, Bellevue isn't exactly the slums. That's where Gates lives.

 

[GuerinUp]

I'm sitting here in suburban Minnesota with a 2,600sqft house thinking, "What the actual f***. That's more than double my mortgage"

Id be willing to bet most 2 bedroom apartments in the twin cities are also more than your mortgage. i pay more for my apartment than my parents do on a mortgage of a property valued at 500k on leech lake.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Seattle and the surrounding suburbs have among the highest median incomes in the country. Sammamish, Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond all have household median incomes of well over $100,000 while Seattle has something right around $100K. There is just a ton of money in that area, and housing/cost of living prices will reflect that. With WFH being more common and probably more common in the future, I think the demand for houses may go down along with the prices. Seems like half the town is transplants for Microsoft, Amazon, T-Mobile, Century Link, Starbucks, Costco, Nordstrom, REI, and the list goes on. With no office requirement, I would see folks flocking back home for cost of living reasons.

Depressing conversation aside, no Kendricks this weekend worries me for the Vikings.

 

[57special]

You forgot Boeing and the Navy up north, and in Bremerhaven. Way back when, they ruled the town.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Bye Dan Bailey. It’s been real.

 

[GordieGallant]

Get rid of the field goal and kicked extra point all together. Have a PAT where you would get 1 point for scoring from the 5 yard line 2 points from the 10, and 3 from the 15. The kickoffs are already a joke.
Makes more sense than some skinny guy running on the field to win or lose a game where 300 pound guys have been battling all day.

 

[MuckOG]

Been a Vikings fan for 45 years and that game pretty much sums it up.

 

[GordieGallant]

Been a Vikings fan for 45 years and that game pretty much sums it up.

51 years of getting kicked in the nuts here. Not nearly the fan I used to be, but I still watch the Vikings.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Baller

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

Baller

I’m trying to remove my hate from the equation, (and I’m genuinely curious for a Packers fan perspective) but do you think the Packers could make it to the super bowl if they don’t get the bye? I think they’re in trouble if they have to play two of the Rams, Saints, and Bucs. I don’t feel like they’re as fraudulent as last years Packers but I feel like a top tier defense is going to put them in a bad position

 

[Digitalbooya]

I’m trying to remove my hate from the equation, (and I’m genuinely curious for a Packers fan perspective) but do you think the Packers could make it to the super bowl if they don’t get the bye? I think they’re in trouble if they have to play two of the Rams, Saints, and Bucs. I don’t feel like they’re as fraudulent as last years Packers but I feel like a top tier defense is going to put them in a bad position

The Tampa game was really the only game where I thought the offense was the problem. Usually it’s the Packers defense getting shredded by a RB that is the problem. Do I think the Packers can make it to the Super Bowl without the bye? Yes, I do. Do I think the Packers can lose in the playoffs without the bye? Yep, I do. It’ll be what it’ll be. I’m just here for the ride.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Even in a down year it's good to keep the axe.

 

[TaLoN]

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