If you’ve just arrived, you’re likely looking for a place to live. You might have heard some horror stories about the high rents in Seattle, and they are mostly true. We visited six apartments in neighborhoods accessible by transit to see what was on offer, and they ranged from expensive to really expensive, from small to really small, though the quality of the units varied. Here’s what we found:
A 500-Square-Foot Studio, $1,300, the Biltmore, Capitol Hill
Ahhhhh, the Biltmore Apartments—a red-brick, ivy-festooned charmer located on East Loretta Place, bursting with 1920s-era charm. A place for polyamorous artists and hip couples with a lot of plants. For good measure, toss in a few old-timers who haven’t given up the cultural riches of urban life for the material comforts of the burbs. You could write your novel here, you little Woolf. And you should, if you can afford it, but you probably can’t. Unless you can. In which case, no one wants to read your novel. What a shame.
