Congrats and welcome to Seattle! What part of Seattle will you be commuting to and at what times? There’s a lot of newer rental communities both south (Tukwila) and east (Bellevue/Kirkland) that might work out depending on your answers to the above and what you consider a bearable commute.
It is hard to find a place that’s not very expensive, even in many not safe-ish areas at the moment, but there are lots of one-off opportunities to keep an eye out for like mother in law suites, split level house multi-family setups, and that sort of thing.
As an engineer in my thirties, my options a few years ago were overpay for a mediocre apartment with my partner, or split a house with a few more roommates. We ended up renting the cheapest spot we could find on the eastside (Woodinville) at the time for a few years since our jobs were also around the eastside, then moving further down highway 2 once we could buy a cheap house and commute down highway 2.
Hope some context here helps! I genuinely hope you love the Seattle area and good luck with your new job!!
Thanks. That helps. I will look into those locations. Thanks.
Best commute would be a bus or walk or skates? at or less than 45mins. Still best commute would be bicycle ride at 30-50mins (10ish mph). OK but could be better commute would be 1 to 1.25hrs commute doing the same. OK commute would be 1 or 1.25 hr drive commute. Anything over that 1.5 drive would be bad commute. Anything over 2hr would have to be very cheap on rent, groceries, utilities etc.