Originally posted by stevebrot I would never have moved away.
Steve
There were several things that kept me from staying.
The house was a rental. I rented it from a local chiropractor who held the lease and owned the house. The Tulalip Indian Tribes let the waterfront properties on 100 year leases for a dollar a year, until about 20 years ago. Then they called in all the leases and forced lease holders to renegotiate for a much higher annual rate. Many people had built very nice custom homes, and didn't want to pay the greatly inflated leases, burned the homes down and walked away.
I wanted to buy property of my own, and since I am not a native, owning land on the reservation was not an option.
It was a nice place to live, but didn't meet all of my needs.
The annual July 4th holiday lasts about 2 weeks there. It was fun, but I would have burned out on the whole thing after a while.