I’ve lived on less there. But you’ll be renting a room in a house with other people; likely not your own place. If you’re ok with that you should be fine. A room will be between $700 and $1000 in a decent area.

Nah it’s fine here. It actually checks the OP’s boxes too as long as they’re ok with 300k getting a 600sf house it’s doable. I’m gay and have gay friends here as well as seeing pride flags. Sure, there’s some trumpies and what not but I’ve been here over a year and had no issues anywhere with that. The queer people I live with have been here much longer. If you just mean drugs and shit by “sketchy” it is no worse than south snoho county. I lived there for years.

You could move across the water. Bremerton near the fast ferry or elsewhere in Kitsap county.

Please think about this very carefully. It is extremely difficult to make it in Seattle in the situation you described.

10 tickets?!?!?!? Holy shit yeah that’s a bit much. I’ve had two in my life (one at 19 and one at 35). Didn’t contest the one at 19 (cuz I did it) but had the traffic school opportunity. The one I got when I was 35 was the one similar to OP’s situation. That’s the one that the lawyer got dropped completely for me.

I hired a traffic lawyer for something very similar and it was actually a bit less than the cost of the perceived infraction- I just googled “traffic ticket lawyer (my area)” and called a couple to inquire about their fees. Saved me the fine and my insurance going up.

Because suicidal people aren’t always thinking clearly when the great abyss calls and this is something they could submit on a different day when they aren’t feeling necessarily like self-harm. I think this is a great idea. Can it be misused? Def. I could definitely see some virtue signaling and Facebook bragging by people who would never buy one anyway, but for people who would only buy one to off themselves it’s a great option.