moving to Seattle - Lemmy.world

Hello all. I have landed a job in Seattle. I wanted to know your input in finding a place to rent in Seattle. I learned from Reddit that I should avoid Tacoma. However, I’m looking for more tips on how to find a place and how far from Seattle is too far. As a follow-up question, how to find a place not very expensive that is safe and is near a market where groceries are not expensive. What I mean by the latter is that some big name stores are more experience.#

Just kinda stumbled upon this; why avoid Tacoma?
Idk. I was told to avoid it, unless I like to hear gunshots.
I hear gunshots in Seattle from time to time. Any city has them to one degree or another.