@@repriser9876 You make very good points!!!

@@burnettsteven Thank you very much.

@@MaddieBr Good question, and here are some links: Yes, FEMA flood zone data is available to the public. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides this information through the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). You can access this data via several resources: 1. **FEMA Map Service Center (MSC):** You can search for and view flood maps, order flood maps, and access flood zone determination forms. The FEMA MSC website is msc.fema.gov/portal/home 2. **FEMA Flood Map Service Center GIS Services:** For more advanced users, FEMA provides GIS services that can be integrated into mapping software to view and analyze flood hazard data. You can find these services hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/wps/portal/NFHLWMS 3. **FEMA GeoPlatform:** This platform provides interactive flood hazard data and allows users to create custom maps. Access it fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html 4. **Local Governments:** Many local governments also provide access to FEMA flood zone data through their own GIS portals or by request. 5. **FEMA Flood Map Changes Viewer:** This tool allows users to see how flood hazards have changed over time. It is available msc.fema.gov/fmcv

You're welcome my friend.

I’m not going to say your experience isn’t valid, because I’m sure it is. On the other hand I’ve had a wonderful experience here over the 29 years I’ve lived here, and I know hundreds of people who have had wonderful experiences in every area that you mention. But I’ve heard other stories like yours where people had a bad experience with a doctor or a nurse, so these things do happen. Since I represent clients who moved here from all over the country and even from Europe, I can tell you that I’ve heard the same complaints from many other areas in the world, including Canada and Europe and, Alaska and Colorado and Texas and Florida and Hawaii and Nevada and Arizona and of course California. The truth is there is no perfect place in America or in the world. I had a wonderful visit a few months ago in Thailand, and the food was great and inexpensive, and housing is very affordable too, but there are so many other disadvantages, that most of us who live in America are not going to retire in Thailand. Every place has advantages and disadvantages, and some things are priced above average and other things are priced below average. Housing is not cheap in Sequim, but we don’t have a state income tax, our property taxes are quite reasonable, and you can live very inexpensively here if you want to have an organic vegetable garden and do some hunting and fishing and burn some wood in a woodstove. Again, there are pluses and minuses for every area, but it just so happens that many of us think there are far more pluses in Sequim than anywhere else.

Hi DeezLouize, I appreciate the logic of your comment, but I'll add another perspective. I moved here in 1994 and raised 4 kids here, 3 boys and a daughter. They all went through the Sequim school system and grew up and now live and work in other communities. But they were never bored, and neither they or their friends were prone to get in trouble in Sequim either. In fact, my boys were extremely busy with school and sports and church and our home life. My oldest, Jesse Marunde, played football in Sequim and later played a defensive lineman at MSU in Missoula, and later became the 2nd strongest man in the world at the Chengdu, China World's Strongest Man competition. My middle son wrestled at Sequim HS and later became a professional MMA fighter and wore 2 championship belts. My youngest son owns his own boat and is a very successful commercial fisherman in Alaska. My daughter graduated with honors in Sequim and in college, and now runs a major department at one of the largest corporations in the U.S. So if you ask me, this was the best place to raise my kids, bar none. I've been in Sequim for 29 years, and I still love it. I go visit my kids periodically. If anyone wants to know what I'm doing, go to one of my sites, irealtyvirtualbrokers.com/ or this channel or SequimBlog.com.

@@cmarunde not everybody was as lucky as you and your little ones. I can't say too many people came out of sequim as successful as Bristol. He was my older brothers age group and I was 2 years behind. It was pretty crazy seeing him on that TV show flipping houses in Vegas. But now I see where he got it from! Ya back in the mid 90s there wasn't even the highway going through sequim yet. None of those big stores either. Went from QFC to Safeway pretty much. I played soccer but other than that for actual fun activities only place was the boys n girls club. Then they put the first skatepark up. Idk I guess one of the many bad decisions I made in sequim was starting to Skateboard. Then hanging around bad crowds at half block. I didn't last too long as I got locked up at 11 years old til 14 when I finally moved away to the city.

@@DeezLouize I hear you. Life definitely doesn’t distribute the good things equally. I would have chosen some other paths if I could have, but I count my blessings now that I’m an old man. Ha

I hear you Troy. Here's a link to what's available now with waterfront, but building your own dock would take an act of God. Environmentalist have taken over on shorelines, so the regulations and cost makes it essentially impossible. Finding a property with a dock that is grandfathered in is the only realistic way to get what you want, but as you can see in this link, you're not talking $500k. You're talking a million+ for what you want here. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm sure you don't want a buyer's agent leading you on. bit.ly/4bIGgsQ

Good question. Even though our rainfall is 1/3rd that of Seattle, it doesn't mean we bask in sunshine all the time. The Blue Hole is real, so that means when surrounding areas have cloud cover, in Sequim we often have a hole in the sky where there are no clouds, but if the sun isn't shining brightly through the hold from above, we may still have overcast or just no direct sunshine. I have noticed a change in the climate in the 29 years I've lived here. In 1994 we got more sunshiny days and for longer consecutive periods, and spring came earlier and hotter, often at the end of February. I've talked with clients from all over the country now, and it seems everyone is also saying the weather has changed everywhere. But the answer to your question is that we don't get sunshine all the time, not like Vegas where I lived when I was at Nellis AFB.

Hi Diane, what were you trying to look up with regard to lots and land? Do you mean the MLS system?

Exacrly. And I’m big on avoiding processed foods, so truly organic is more important than ever.

What a lovely place! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much Melapam. Thank you for noticing and watching my video. You're right . . . I've been focused on other areas of my business and life and haven't done a video in a while, but I'm set up with a new computer system and equipment, so I'm excited about getting back in the saddle and producing videos for people outside the Sequim area. I plan to do a lot of outdoor videos, and still share information buyers will find interesting.

There's a city an hour's drive from here, and Seattle is 2.5 hrs. But who would want to go to Seattle now? That would be like suicidal.

@@cmarunde But, it sounds like a good place to retire

Rental properties are very hard to find, and a descent 3 br 2 bath will rent for $2,600 a month. It's crazy.

@@cmarunde I guess we won’t be coming

There are virtually no rentals available here. It's bad.