Ok.
After fretting and struggling to save money for years to get out of Texas, I finally have a workable plan.
I will be moving to Tacoma, Washington next May or June.
I'd been thinking Portland, but Washington has no state income tax (which is also true of Texas, and I didn't look forward to that additional expense). And Tacoma is slightly cheaper than Portland.
My sister lives in the Seattle area, and is buying a home on the outskirts of Tacoma, too. It'll be good to be close to her.
congrats!
just a side note
people are more likely
to make a successful
transition to living
in the pacificNW
if they move up here
by the spring equinox
as close as feasible anyway
absorbing the daylight
in our much longer days
between the spring to fall equinoxes
greatly helps getting thru
the much shorter days
between the fall to spring
equinoxes