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Originally Posted by Gemme
If you know you're going to stay in WA for a few years, and manage to save up enough money, then ABSOLUTELY buy a house. The feeling of homeownership is a sense of pride that is not easily duplicated. You get to decorate everything like you want (as a singleton), get to plant a garden (if you have a yard or get sunboxes for your windows), have much more privacy (no more hearing your neighbors get their groove thang on!), and have more space (yanno, for crafts 'n stuff).
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Plus I got nosey and looked at listings in Tacoma, and there's like a huge spread in terms of price. I bet you could find something adorable in the neighborhood you want that would be comparable in monthly cost to whatever it is you're paying in rent right now.