The city of Everett has big plans to spend $635M over the next few years for a new hotel, new shopping center, new restaurants, 3.5 miles of walking/biking trails, 2 new waterfront parks (one with paddle board rentals), 4 new puget sound viewpoints, an outdoor performing arts venue and 400,000 sq ft of new office space.

Feel free to come At the Garden Restaurant?

I will even work at the restaurant to help it succeed.

I have much credence in her advice because she is in the restaurant business and owns multiple properties.

Shifting from say a Hotel/Restaurant job to a Factory, Amazon or Shipping company would be relatively low training or easier to transition. 

Let's say you were to go to a restaurant that you have never been to before....

Super convenient and large outdoor covered space which is part of the Waters Table restaurant.

and well .....Amazon taking about 3 mill sq ft, new hotels, restaurants, massive infrastructure and more.

I honestly don't know how someone working at a restaurant or as a janitor can afford to live there.If I wanted to own there it would be a condo in a resort area with STR guidelines already in place. 

I found a newer REI meet up through bigger pockets that meets every other Wednesday at a local restaurant.