Honestly, anywhere is Skagit valley will be almost impossible to stay within that budget house wise. Additionally, buying a house anywhere here is insane. Low inventory and insane prices. Both mt. Vernon and Burlington have gang issues so really Sus the locations.

Also La Conner majority is tribal land so you only buy the house and lease the property, so read the fine print.

Pend Oreille County is awesome but note that the Kettle Range, where the Lynx were released, is in Ferry County. Ferry County is one definitely one of my favorites.

Highly doubtful for a house. Most houses around here are more than 2K or are pretty damn tiny. Sedro sometimes has less expensive housing. Even apartments can be tough to find for less than $1800/mo, especially if it has 2 or more bedrooms.

The colville tribe is awesome. They have all sorts of environmental remediation projects going on. Proud to have interact with them on one of my projects. Pend Oreille Country is also one of the prettiest, and least populated parts of the state

I heard that median rent is starting to average 2k nation wide.

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If you can't find anything good in Mount Vernon, here are nearby towns to consider:

• Burlington
• Sedro-Woolley
• Anacortes
• Stanwood

If you are open to living outside of town, these are areas that come to mind (think small town, rural post office, or large neighborhood):

• Big Lake
• La Conner
• Alger
• Bow/Edison/Samish Island
• Camano Island

All places I've listed here, if I'm not mistaken, are within a 30 minute drive of Mount Vernon, and each have their unique characteristics and pros/cons. Happy to give additional perspective on any of these areas if you DM me.

As others have mentioned already, lower cost rentals in Mount Vernon will likely be in town, closer to potential crime. Believe it or not, Mount Vernon has a quiet but prominent gang presence. Please don't let that be a dealbreaker, but know that it isn't an empty rumor.

It was gorgeous today!

I just wanna say that I love living in a state that's just crammed full of mountains from one end to the other, but there's still one that's so singular that everyone simply refers to it as "The Mountain" and literally everyone knows exactly which one you're talking about.

Yeah I was thinking of something else. They do have great Mexican food in Mnt Vernon though, and the food coop there has really good sandwiches. It’s gonna be a popular place soon seeing as people live in Marysvile and work in Seattle

Monroe isn't really anywhere close to Mt Vernon

Mount vernon is adorable and worth looking in to. I love going up there. Yes it has some questionable areas but overall it’s beautiful and the people are kind. Good luck!

I always loved coming out first thing in the morning for PT and seeing the mountain. Then the smell hit.

I'm also curious!

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As someone who lived in Mt Vernon for 5 years, I'd advise not living directly on laventure Rd, it's a mini hotbed of crime. Most of the rest of Mt Vernon is pretty safe though.

Just check Zillow, how do you even have a place now… I swear, Reddit is like slow google for some people.

Mnt Vernon is an up and coming spot, you can find stuff there for 2k no problem but how long is another story. There is also the Monroe, LaConner area right next to it

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Good luck. Rented an 1 bed/1 bath apartment in Burlington for a few months back at the beginning of the year for $1800.

Also. Mt. Vernon has some not so nice places to live, which is likely where you are going to find the cheap rentals fyi.

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Location please?

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It really is. It doesn’t matter how many times I make that drive, I’m always stunned when I come around the corner and the Olympics are out.

Beautiful spot down there!

This one is super cute!