Best Suburbs of Seattle? (Bellevue, Kent: condo, homes, neighborhoods)

[wannabeaTexan]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

Why does everyone say that? What's wrong with 99?

Hookers. The only time in my life I've seen women that you could tell were prostitutes, was on 99. Oh and one time at Dick's on Capitol Hill.

Had some lady try to sell me a camera outside of a 7-11 on 99 before too.

[woodinvilleguy]

I'd add Woodinville and Kirkland to your search list. Both have excellent schools and are great areas.

[Prple]

What about Issaquah? Head over to the eastside along I-90. I would say that I-90 has the least amount of traffic. Shoreline and Lake Forest Park are also good options. North Seattle is nice and does have good schools; View Ridge/Wedgewood area is great with good schools!

[toughguy]

It's kind of sad how sheltered some people are. Try going to Oakland, Cleveland, Philly, Detroit, N.O., parts of NYC, etc.... and tell them that you came up in the hard ghettos of Burien. You will be laughed out the room

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by toughguy

It's kind of sad how sheltered some people are. Try going to Oakland, Cleveland, Philly, Detroit, N.O., parts of NYC, etc.... and tell them that you came up in the hard ghettos of Burien. You will be laughed out the room

I was thinking the same thing. None of the "ghettos" here compare to ghettos in the cities that you mentioned.

[robertpolyglot]

Originally Posted by seattlerain

I was thinking the same thing. None of the "ghettos" here compare to ghettos in the cities that you mentioned.

Well, sure, everything in Seattle has the "edge" taken off of it. That's what makes it Seattle.

[larrykcragun]

We believe in the Eastside: Bellevue, Issaquah, Snoqaulmie. We live in Issaquah. It is great. Do a Google search and you will find some good blogs about Issaquah

[dharmabummer]

Check out Mill Creek. It may be on the outer limits of how far you are willing to commute, but it has a very cute, trendy new "town center" and is very walkable with nice landscaping and tree-lined streets. It's got a sort of upper crust, country club, old money feel to it. That may bug some people, but I get a kick out of it.

[LoveWA]

Hands down - Maple Valley is the best suburb. It's an undiscovered gem with prices still reasonable. Close to a lot, has a community feel, Lake Wilderness area is beatiful and hosts many events every year.

Take a look at Maple Valley!

[The A-Team]

I enjoy spending time in Tukwila for good shopping and other southern suburbs, but if i were to live in a suburb(i live in the international district just outside of downtown) I would pick Lynnwood. I stayed there for about a month in a hotel when i was changing apartments, and enjoyed every minute of it. It is very comfortable, good shopping, nice places to eat (olive garden, etc) Alderwood mall is one of my favorites in the seattle area which is in lynnwood, the neighborhoods seem very comfortable etc. Of course West Seattle(which isn't technically a suburb, but has a more comfortable feel) is the nicest, but more expensive and a little more busy during the day. I used to live on Alki and in the summer, don't even think about leaving your house if you live actually on Alki lol, the traffic is unbearable. Took me an hour to get from one end of Alki to the other one day, and the street really isn't that long. But the rest of the year it is very comfortable, and even during the long dark winters, there is something about Alki in perticular that just makes one feel comfortable(at least for me), and being next to beautiful puget sound just makes the darkness not seem so bad.