Renton or Lynnwood, and why?

[mayfair]

Having lived in both the north and southends, I'd pick Lynnwood, too. It's near Edmonds and Mukilteo with nice waterfront parks and downtowns, near ferries to Whidbey or Kingston and it's a nicer place for kids. Sound Transit has a lot of busses running down to Seattle, too. Not that Renton doesn't have it's positives too.

[LollieTheCat]

Originally Posted by secret_squirrel

Having lived in Lynnwood and now the south end (Auburn, working in Federal Way), I'd pick the north end in a heartbeat!! Mukilteo is an adorable small town on the water with quick freeway access to Alderwood Mall and I-5/I-405. The region is well served for transit to downtown Seattle, Canyon Park or Bellevue. I loved living in the north end. To me, it is much less industrial and feels cleaner and friendlier. Lynnwood itself is a strip mall city of no beauty, but the region as a whole has great access to parks on Puget Sound and the north Cascades are lovely.

Living in Alderwood Manor, on weekends I could be a Greenlake or access the Burke-Gilman trail in 15 minutes. Or pick up any supplies I needed in the shopping district in 5 minutes.

A strip mall city with no beauty? Do you have any idea how many parks there are in this strip mall city? Or how you can drive 5-10 mins west of Lynnwood and run into some of the most beautiful scenery around? Not to mention to the water and the Ferry!

Sheesh! So many people wandering through life with their eyes shut. Its quite a SCARY thing!

[secret_squirrel]

Originally Posted by LollieTheCat

A strip mall city with no beauty? Do you have any idea how many parks there are in this strip mall city? Or how you can drive 5-10 mins west of Lynnwood and run into some of the most beautiful scenery around? Not to mention to the water and the Ferry!

Sheesh! So many people wandering through life with their eyes shut. Its quite a SCARY thing!

Sheesh yourself, Lollie. If you fully comprehended the post you quoted, you'd have come to the part where I mentioned the beautiful parks in the area (and that water is not in Lynnwood.) I've lived in the greater Lynnwood area for 34 years. Have you sat on the corner of 44th and 196th through a couple of light rotations? What do you see? Strip Malls north, south, east and west. In fact, the city must not disagree with me too much, since they have ambitious plans to revamp and replace most of the downtown core between I-5, 200th and nearing 44th. It's a fantastic idea.

Every place has it's beauty if one looks. Wilcox Park is a lovely respite. I still miss hiking down to Meadowdale Beach Park. Daleway Park has a great spray pool for kids. And honestly? Catch a sunrise on the Alderwood Mall Boulevard overpass over the Olympics (with the Cascades behind) and it's STUNNING (yet moreso on the towns bordering the Sound).

But I didn't interpret the OP as a request to wax poetic about finding beauty in urbanized post-bedroom communities. Drive 99, 196th, 200th and you see quick-build development aging 20, 30+ years.

Which is not a thing of beauty.
In my opinion.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, eh?

[LollieTheCat]

Originally Posted by secret_squirrel

Sheesh yourself, Lollie. If you fully comprehended the post you quoted, you'd have come to the part where I mentioned the beautiful parks in the area (and that water is not in Lynnwood.) I've lived in the greater Lynnwood area for 34 years. Have you sat on the corner of 44th and 196th through a couple of light rotations? What do you see? Strip Malls north, south, east and west. In fact, the city must not disagree with me too much, since they have ambitious plans to revamp and replace most of the downtown core between I-5, 200th and nearing 44th. It's a fantastic idea.

Every place has it's beauty if one looks. Wilcox Park is a lovely respite. I still miss hiking down to Meadowdale Beach Park. Daleway Park has a great spray pool for kids. And honestly? Catch a sunrise on the Alderwood Mall Boulevard overpass over the Olympics (with the Cascades behind) and it's STUNNING (yet moreso on the towns bordering the Sound).

But I didn't interpret the OP as a request to wax poetic about finding beauty in urbanized post-bedroom communities. Drive 99, 196th, 200th and you see quick-build development aging 20, 30+ years.

Which is not a thing of beauty.
In my opinion.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, eh?

LOL, i think you did not fully comprehend the post you quoted. I said you can drive 5 mins WEST of Lynnwood and see the water. I didnt say the water was in Lynnwood.

Your exact words were Lynnwood itself is a strip mall city of NO beauty.
Your confusing. Those parks you say are nice are actually in Lynnwood.
Our opinions differ. Simple as that. And that is just fine.

[seattlenextyear]

Elecktro, why don't you wait until you have a local job and then see where your s.o. will be working before you buy a house?

[bigballa23]

Lynnwood definetly because it pretty much has everything you need in the city. If you need to do shopping or go swimming somewhere or just do anything really you pretty much won't even have to leave the city because theres almost everything there.