I'm moving to the Seattle area in about a month and I still don't have a place to live. I'm planning on figuring that out once I get there, but I would like an idea of the location. So I am going to use some of my Industrial Engineering skills to figure out where I can live that will minimize transportation time and cost.
I figure that I have three destinations and their corresponding weekly round trips:
Work (5)
Supermarket/Shopping (1)
Downtown Seattle (.5)
I have a few towns that I could live in:
Bremerton
Bainbridge Island
Silverdale
Seattle
Poulsbo
Here is the breakdown of total weekly transit times in minutes for each location based on Google Maps directions:
Bremerton - 324
Bainbridge Island - 464
Silverdale - 183
Seattle - 660
Poulsbo - 244
I also want to look at the cost of transportation. This is the weekly cost of gas and the cost of riding the ferries:
Bremerton - 26.87
Bainbridge Island - 33.50
Silverdale - 13.44
Seattle - 74.20
Poulsbo - 18.71
This all assumes that the housing in each location is similar. It appears that Silverdale will minimize weekly transportation times and costs. The one downside of Silverdale is that it will make the weekend trips to Seattle a rather long trip.
2 comments:
0$. (my weekly costs for transportation)
If you aren't living as close to work as possible, you might as well live in the best place possible. Middle ground isn't going to make anybody happy. So either Seattle or Silverdale.
My $.02
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