Non-UW affiliated professionals living in UDistrict? (Seattle, Roosevelt: apartment, dorms, neighborhoods)

[Inkpoe]

Originally Posted by skidamarink

Like where? Capitol Hill and Ballard are too across the board in ages for me. Are there particular areas where a significant number of people are 22-25 years, no older?

Or I guess as a 24 year old I fall in between the cracks now. I tend to find a lot of people's definition of "young professional" is 28 or 29. Not trying to make anyone feel old, but there is a big difference between your average 29 year old and me. Every time I go out in Capitol Hill or Ballard I feel like everyone around me is old.

It used to be that a young start up professionals in that age group you're asking about would live out in Lower Queen Anne. I don't know if it is as true with all the new development, but I would assume somewhat that it still is. It's a good convenient location, still busy and lively, very accessible to a lot of things including night life.

[mkarch]

Originally Posted by skidamarink

Like where? Capitol Hill and Ballard are too across the board in ages for me. Are there particular areas where a significant number of people are 22-25 years, no older?

Or I guess as a 24 year old I fall in between the cracks now. I tend to find a lot of people's definition of "young professional" is 28 or 29. Not trying to make anyone feel old, but there is a big difference between your average 29 year old and me. Every time I go out in Capitol Hill or Ballard I feel like everyone around me is old.

Eh, you'd probably be fine in the UD for a year or two if that's your main goal, but you're probably getting close to where it'll seem like you're the middle-schooler hanging around the elementary playground.

[benleis]

Originally Posted by skidamarink

I lived in Wallingford and it was about as exciting as watching water boil. There may be younger people there, but they are hidden and scattered about. It's mostly families. The neighborhood is more quiet than Ballard. 45th St bars are filled with 40 and 50-something year olds. No way am I going back to Wallingford.

See, I really don't know what interest groups are available but I really meant any other ways to meet people besides bars. Like some kinda community events. I do meetups but there aren't many that attract people in my desired age range.

If you didn't enjoy Wallingford then you're not going to like Ravenna either. They're very similar.
Ben

[Ruth4Truth]

I don't think there is one part of town where 22-26-year-olds congregate to live. OP should start a meet-up group for people his age. I'm curious as to whether the OP ever hung around Fremont (which serves to some extent as an extension of that Lower Queen Anne area someone mentioned earlier) when he was living in Wallingford.

In the U District, it's going to be hard to zero in on the grad students among the hordes of undergrads in the area. But I guess it's worth a try, especially if the OP feels like a fish out of water even on Capitol Hill.

[skidamarink]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

[orzo]

Originally Posted by wlw2009

I will say, if you think U-District is bad in Seattle, you should walk around my alma mater. Washington University in STL is one of the most dangerous campuses in the country (or it was ranked as such at one point). I would say the homeless were much less of an issue compared to the gangs.

U District has a lot of homeless but definitely some gang activity closer to 50th. Definitely nothing compared to STL, though.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by orzo

U District has a lot of homeless but definitely some gang activity closer to 50th. Definitely nothing compared to STL, though.

Gang activity? Why around 50th? That used to be a nice residential neighborhood and a neighborhood commercial area. Is it around the Safeway there?

[mkarch]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Gang activity? Why around 50th? That used to be a nice residential neighborhood and a neighborhood commercial area. Is it around the Safeway there?

When I lived there most of the bad stuff tended to happen up near 50th (shootings, police dropping violent perps, muggings, etc.) I don't know much of it was gang related, but some of it was definitely drug related.

[JL1585]

I'm 28 (as of Saturday) and live in the U-District... I hate it. Just so most of you read this don't get bored, I'll first say that I got my car broken into last night. Woke up this morning to shattered glass everywhere right on 45th st and another block in the U-District (I won't name). Heard this happens often too.

Besides that, It's like a playground with kids and weirdos everywhere. Every morning I wake up and go for a run near eastlake (which is awesome), but when I come back, I shower and get dressed in my tie, slacks and nice dress shrit to kids wearing t-shirts looking cracked out. I feel silly sometimes. I can't wait to move to be honest. I'm helping out a friend staying in their place while they go do an internship until August, I win by having cheap <$1000 rent while I get my finances together. If you consider yourself "Mature" for your age and you're 25-30, don't move there unless you have to.. you won't like it.

They do have great restaurants, a cool vibe, but cool gets old really quickly when it wakes you up @ night and you have to be at work in the morning. Oh yea, hot girls too.. But i prefer women my own age, and they're not here.

[skidamarink]

Originally Posted by JL1585

I'm 28 (as of Saturday) and live in the U-District... I hate it. Just so most of you read this don't get bored, I'll first say that I got my car broken into last night. Woke up this morning to shattered glass everywhere right on 45th st and another block in the U-District (I won't name). Heard this happens often too.

Besides that, It's like a playground with kids and weirdos everywhere. Every morning I wake up and go for a run near eastlake (which is awesome), but when I come back, I shower and get dressed in my tie, slacks and nice dress shrit to kids wearing t-shirts looking cracked out. I feel silly sometimes. I can't wait to move to be honest. I'm helping out a friend staying in their place while they go do an internship until August, I win by having cheap <$1000 rent while I get my finances together. If you consider yourself "Mature" for your age and you're 25-30, don't move there unless you have to.. you won't like it.

They do have great restaurants, a cool vibe, but cool gets old really quickly when it wakes you up @ night and you have to be at work in the morning. Oh yea, hot girls too.. But i prefer women my own age, and they're not here.

Oh god. Well, I'm sorry to hear about your car. If I were 28, I probably would feel too old to live there as well. But as a 24 year old (one who is rather immature in some ways but still professional), I hope that feeling won't kick in just yet. Crime is something that's not exclusive to the UDistrict. My concern was more or less how others would perceive me (both the younger students I might come across as well as older professionals), when I tell them I live in the U-District.

Have you noticed more of a lack of amenities due to not being a student, as opposed to any other neighborhood?