Comment by cypherpunks01

If you like the outdoors, Seattle and the whole pacific northwest is the best place for hiking and weekend trips in general in my opinion. You have snowy mountains, temperate rainforests, ocean beaches, amazing car ferries, Vancouver and Portland all within a couple hours away by car. The winter is extremely mild compared to almost every other place in the northern US. University district, capitol hill, fremont, and lots of other seattle neighborhoods are really great. The salary sounds good to me, I would think you would be able to put down a bunch towards savings, living expenses are somewhat elevated in Seattle but not like NYC or SF.