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[quote=Anonymous]I would do it, but I would be prepared to spend as much on housing as you do here ... I love Seattle and the chance to move out there with more-or-less the same household income (assuming your husband finds work) would be too tempting to pass up.

Personally I would look for a house in Ballard/Green Lake/Fremont -- I have friends with kids in some of the elementary schools around there and they are happy with their education thus far, and I love those neighborhoods.  Seattle has a magnet/G&T program (forget what it's called, exactly) for middle school/high school, if that is likely to be an option for your kids down the line.  Note that high school boundaries are changing or have recently changed in the city, if G&T isn't a consideration.

I also have friends who live in Madison Valley and the Central District -- houses are cheaper but schools are iffier.  Their kids are two and three, so not a consideration for them yet.

Schools are better on the east side (not west, as a PP mistakenly typed) but the commute is dreadful.  Another option to look into would be Bainbridge Island, if you think you'd be up for a ferry commute.  Don't know what the housing prices are like there, though .... [/quote]

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