Moving to Seattle, skiing and climbing!

I've never been to Texas but it must be pretty bad if you consider moving to Tacoma an upgrade.

Hey, I get it! It's a JOKE. You others out there, lighten up.
Brian, you'll do fine in Tacoma. Leave the wildfires and Rick Perry where they belong. (Get it? It's another JOKE.) There are places that are cheaper and closer to the hills, but if you want a city it'll work.
There are 2 climbing gyms in Tacoma, one bouldering only. Lots of skiing and climbing accessible by using I-5 and/or going east. Squamish, Whistler and Smith Rock are weekend trips. Getting out of town on Friday is brutal---no joke.
As for skiing slowly or falling, it's the reverse-gunslinger syndrome: there will always be somebody worse than you/me. Putting in the mileage makes everyone better.

Actually I found a decent place in Issaquah that seems more realistic with what i want. Skiing during the week days at night, and close enough to seattle to climb in the gyms during the week days.

Plus enough mountains to ski / climb over the weekends.

Seems it has tons of hiking, biking and everything else around.

I'm pretty much set

I've never been to Texas but it must be pretty bad if you consider moving to Tacoma an upgrade.

Oh Hell no! Texas will always be TX > WA! But TX doesn't have the stuff I enjoy. However the people in Texas far surpass anything I've ever seen in WA on a whole. I know there's exceptions to the rules, but southern hospitality is awesome.

So you screwballs up north, get ready for some Texas Pride, a fun person, a Dallas Cowboy / Maverik / Stars fan! However, I'll also root for the Seattle teams too! Just remember if they play my boys, it's TX >~

So, it'll probably be March before I get my ass up there, but I may do a climbing trip in Dec up there, not sure yet. I still need to tag a winter Route on Rainier and have yet to do it

Tacoma is a beautiful city with a wonderful culture on 6th ave. Unless you like the tight pants, emo music, and some sort of facination with shoes called, "Tom's" that look like ballerina shoes- you'll probably like Tacoma (read:North Tacoma) a lot more than Seattle. In my opinion, Issaquah is kind of the suburbia-yuppie kind of vibe. Good luck meeting a lady there with anything less than a S4 or 5 series bmw no offense to you east siders

when all the seattle hordes go to Alpy or Xtal- Paradise is truly paradise for the Tacoma local. I've had weekends up there with 12-20 other skiers (hi Ron J!) to track out the whole place. Sure beats rushing to the Northway or Piss Pass! A season pass to the Park is $30. Hard to beat that.

either way, Pete, that was a bad joke (even if we can take it without flaming you!). tacoma defense rant is now over.

One thing, How am i going to fare with my RWD jeep

I'm assuming i'm gonna need chains, but will I be getting stuck a lot with RWD?

Jeep question is easy.

Just drive up I-90 in reverse. FWD is achieved.