![]() Tacoma clinched the top spot in Washington with a 40% increase. 93,400) was the top choice for “Zoomers” nationwide in 2020, seeing 84% more Gen Z renter applications than the previous year. Zoomers are an increasing share of tenants in both Tacoma and Seattle. It seems that these new renters are choosing smaller, cheaper towns over the big cities - a sharp turn from the footsteps of their Millennial counterparts. Throughout 2020, the share of renters born after 1997 jumped 36% compared to 2019, according to a RentCafe study (RentCafe is a nationwide apartment listing service). Many got mortgages in the suburbs, especially as the pandemic caused some to rethink apartment living while working from home or center city housing costs while times are tough. ![]() “Wow, I could totally live there,” you might have thought.Įxcept by the time you reached the bottom of the seemingly endless Instagram posts Millennials had grown up. You’ve probably seen photos floating around online and stared in envy. Studio apartments filled with plants quickly became as Millennial as #vanlife, kale smoothies, and avocado toast. Still, city life was trendy, and Millennials embraced it - especially here in Seattle. It’s been a long time since that second-floor bachelor pad in Chinatown was more bargain basement than that cottage up the hill, and by now we’d be hard pressed to find both for less than a thousand a month. ![]() You would have to be quite old to remember when it was cheaper to live in the city than the countryside. This Downtown Tacoma stretch of Pacific Avenue hosts the Tacoma Link streetcar.
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