Are there any Washingtonians?

[winelover23]

Um, why didn''t I know about this thread?! I''m in Arlington. Born and raised in Snohomish. Lived in Kettle Falls (Northeast corner) for 2 years.

 

[violet02]

Hey all, thanks Erica for pointing me to this thread!

We''re going to be looking at houses in January in Seattle and I wanted to see who all lived up there. My grandma, aunts and uncles live up in Bothell and Brier right now but I''d like to live in Seattle if possible.

My good friend lives in Mt. Baker and I''ve stayed there a few times, it seems really cool. Anyone have any Mt. Baker experience or know anything about it? Any other good neighborhood recommendations?

 

[sunnyd]

Violet, Queen Anne and Ravenna are freakin' adorable neighborhoods in Seattle. Avoid Rainier Ave like the plague. Capitol Hill is great for nightlife, but there are lots of college kids around from SU and SCCC. West Seattle is gorg, but White Center is no good. South Lake Union is going through a major facelift at the moment with lots of condos going up. It's a decent area.

 

[jcarlylew]

Date: 12/16/2009 1:57:25 PM
Author: SanDiegoLady

Date: 12/16/2009 1:49:22 PM
Author: winelover23
Um, why didn''t I know about this thread?! I''m in Arlington. Born and raised in Snohomish. Lived in Kettle Falls (Northeast corner) for 2 years.

We coulda been neighbors!

I lived in the development west of Glen Eagle La Hacienda has my favorite chips & salsa!! lol

Is that the one in everett? I LOVED going there for lunch! (i used to work in everett!)

 

[violet02]

Date: 12/16/2009 5:41:51 PM
Author: sunnyd
Violet, Queen Anne and Ravenna are freakin'' adorable neighborhoods in Seattle. Avoid Rainier Ave like the plague. Capitol Hill is great for nightlife, but there are lots of college kids around from SU and SCCC. West Seattle is gorg, but White Center is no good. South Lake Union is going through a major facelift at the moment with lots of condos going up. It''s a decent area.

I like the bars in capitol hill and that''s about it. I am definitely going to check out Queen Anne. I haven''t spent any time there. My friend really sold me her neighborhood of mt baker so I''ve been poking around listings for that area but I''m going to expand my radius for sure thanks for the pointers.

We''re going to be there mid-january looking around.

 

[TooPatient]

SDL -- I sometimes miss living in Lake Stevens. It was so great knowing everyone on the block. We''d bake stuff and share with all the neighbors. Just so nice.
Things have changed so much. Some of the people who lived in the neighborhood have moved/died. New people have come in and just don''t want to do the small town knowing everyone thing.

My grandmother was the head baker for the Lake Stevens school district for 20+ years. EVERYONE in the schools knew her cinnamon rolls and she was called "the pizza lady" by those in the high school.


We''re heading to Snohomish this weekend to wait for our delivery. Probably go up to Lake Stevens for a visit after that.

 

[LGK]

Date: 12/17/2009 3:10:56 AM
Author: violet02

Date: 12/16/2009 5:41:51 PM
Author: sunnyd
Violet, Queen Anne and Ravenna are freakin' adorable neighborhoods in Seattle. Avoid Rainier Ave like the plague. Capitol Hill is great for nightlife, but there are lots of college kids around from SU and SCCC. West Seattle is gorg, but White Center is no good. South Lake Union is going through a major facelift at the moment with lots of condos going up. It's a decent area.

I like the bars in capitol hill and that's about it. I am definitely going to check out Queen Anne. I haven't spent any time there. My friend really sold me her neighborhood of mt baker so I've been poking around listings for that area but I'm going to expand my radius for sure thanks for the pointers.

We're going to be there mid-january looking around.

There's some incredibly beautiful homes on Capitol Hill, they're a distance from the bars/Broadway area. Just keep going up the hill, and around Volunteer Park there's some freaking GORGEOUS houses. On a field trip from the college I went to, one of the painting classes I was in went to view a private collection in one of the houses there and it was absolutely to die for. I can't believe they let us grubby art students traipse through their amazing home. Millions of dollars in artwork on their walls- I know they had a great Rothko but it was the Lucien Freud piece that I think I stared at for a half hour or so.

Anyway. Yeah. QA is lovely, but expensive; there's all sorts of good food, there's some great places to walk like along Highland Dr., there's that really neat cemetary that has the oldest gravestones in Seattle- I lived right next to it as a kid so I spent a lot of time in there.

Beacon Hill is getting to be a decent place to find a cheaper home (than, say QA Hill would be)- it reminded me, living there a few years ago, of QA in the early '80s, not quite fully gentrified but getting there. Run down homes alternating with renovated ones, some streets really nice and then some not. Avoid the part of Beacon Hill that sits right above Rainier Valley though, for sure!

MC, yeah, don't blame you for avoiding the Everett school district like the plague. I went to HS in the Everett district and hmmm... not as scary as some, I guess, but hardly great. My graduating class in HS was the size of the entire college I went to.

SDL, my sister is loony, I love her but I have noooo clue what she was thinking with that house! I begged her not to get to do it, lol. She lived in Everett even longer than I did, she should know what it's like! That sounds amazing to have the skydivers swooping over your house. Great view!

 

[TooPatient]

Date: 12/17/2009 1:14:00 PM
Author: SanDiegoLady

Date: 12/17/2009 11:38:11 AM
Author: TooPatient
SDL -- I sometimes miss living in Lake Stevens. It was so great knowing everyone on the block. We''d bake stuff and share with all the neighbors. Just so nice.
Things have changed so much. Some of the people who lived in the neighborhood have moved/died. New people have come in and just don''t want to do the small town knowing everyone thing.

My grandmother was the head baker for the Lake Stevens school district for 20+ years. EVERYONE in the schools knew her cinnamon rolls and she was called ''the pizza lady'' by those in the high school.

We''re heading to Snohomish this weekend to wait for our delivery. Probably go up to Lake Stevens for a visit after that.

I KNOW!! This is how it was for me both in Lk Stevens and in Arlington.. we''d have block parties and everything.. kids played out in the neighborhood together..

San Diego is NOT like that.. NONE of our neighbors talk to us.. we barely get a hello and everyone stays to themselves. I hate that. I miss having coffee with neighbor girlfriends and doing our walks together.. Before the development was created next to ours, we had a huge grove of pine trees and deer used to walk through them.. the most wonderful thing to see was my cats playing with this beautiful deer one day.... not something you''d see here unless you were up in the hills.

Any plans to move back to the area?