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Apartment Search in Seattle

August 17th, 2015 | 15 Comments

Apartment Search in Seattle

As soon as Kyle began interviewing for his current job, we started looking for a place to live in Seattle. From talking with friends who had recently moved there, we repeatedly heard the Seattle housing market be referred to as “hot” and “tight.” We knew to expect much less space and higher rents than we had experienced in Durham, but we did not anticipate that it would operate on a totally different schedule and set … Read entire article »

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Would You Live in Company Housing?

October 11th, 2013 | 33 Comments

Would You Live in Company Housing?

I saw an article this week that piqued my interest – Facebook is building an apartment complex close to its Menlo Park campus for its employees.  The article and comments are highly critical of the idea, recalling the company towns of the nineteenth century.  The author sarcastically asks, “Who isn’t sick of their healthy work/life balance?”  Many of the commenters voiced that by living in a Facebook apartment, Facebook employees will be constantly monitored by … Read entire article »

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