Comments on: Seattle: Cheapest Dense City for Renters http://www.orphanroad.com/blog/2010/01/seattle-cheapest-dense-city-for-renters Puget Sound Transportation and Land Use Issues Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Seattle: Cheapest Dense City for Renters | Drakz Free Online Service http://www.orphanroad.com/blog/2010/01/seattle-cheapest-dense-city-for-renters/comment-page-1#comment-1554 Seattle: Cheapest Dense City for Renters | Drakz Free Online Service Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:57:55 +0000 http://www.orphanroad.com/?p=1922#comment-1554 [...] here to see the original: Seattle: Cheapest Dense City for Renters Share and [...] [...] here to see the original: Seattle: Cheapest Dense City for Renters Share and [...]

]]> By: joshuadf http://www.orphanroad.com/blog/2010/01/seattle-cheapest-dense-city-for-renters/comment-page-1#comment-1553 joshuadf Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:29:00 +0000 http://www.orphanroad.com/?p=1922#comment-1553 Very interesting! I wonder how it changes if you look at the most urban parts of the area. For example, in this recent post Patrick Kennedy calculates "I am paying at least a 20% premium to live in a walkable/transit-friendly neighborhood": http://carfreeinbigd.blogspot.com/2010/01/damn-theyre-saving-more-loot-than-me.html (Of course, he still pocketed about $6600 by going without a car.) I'm pretty sure I saw that price premium when looking for a new place in the most walkable parts of Seattle last year. Renting in pretty much every urban village or center except Northgate was more expensive than renting in non-walkable areas. Hmm, come to think of it if I were investing in real estate right now (ha ha) I might look hard at Northgate. I bet people smarter than me have already thought of that. Very interesting! I wonder how it changes if you look at the most urban parts of the area. For example, in this recent post Patrick Kennedy calculates “I am paying at least a 20% premium to live in a walkable/transit-friendly neighborhood”:
http://carfreeinbigd.blogspot.com/2010/01/damn-theyre-saving-more-loot-than-me.html
(Of course, he still pocketed about $6600 by going without a car.)

I’m pretty sure I saw that price premium when looking for a new place in the most walkable parts of Seattle last year. Renting in pretty much every urban village or center except Northgate was more expensive than renting in non-walkable areas. Hmm, come to think of it if I were investing in real estate right now (ha ha) I might look hard at Northgate. I bet people smarter than me have already thought of that.

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