{"id":171,"date":"2006-03-18T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2006-03-18T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-19T06:00:00","slug":"the-increasing-expense-of-living-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/18\/the-increasing-expense-of-living-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Increasing Expense Of Living In Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s getting more and more expensive—twice as fast as the national average<\/a>—to live around the Puget Sound:<\/p>\n

Consumer prices in the Puget Sound area increased 1.3 percent over January and February \u2013 almost double the rate of inflation nationally.<\/p>\n

Housing prices, up 2.4 percent, led the increases in the Tacoma-Bremerton-Seattle area, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Grocery prices were up 1 percent in the two-month period, while alcoholic beverages poured a 3 percent increase.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If only our wages were going up twice as fast as the national average, too. Heck, I think we’d be in okay shape if our wages were going up at all<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

(News Tribune Staff, Tacoma News Tribune<\/a>, 03.17.2006<\/i>)<\/p>\n

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Seattle Bubble Tip Jar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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