So Pasco Seems To Have Good Diversity, I want That, How Is The Area? (Spokane: apartment)

[Tracy_M_L]

I am 19 year old feamle from sunny orange county CA and i'm looking for a change of scenery. I'm looking to live in either WA or CO by myself and haven't decided. I plan to rent an appartment and get a job, as maybe a receptionist or something while i earn my court reporter certificate from an online college.

1. How is the Pasco area? Is it similarl lat all to spokane as far as trees/rivers/lakes ect... goes?

2. How are the 4 seasons? I'm looking for mainly snow during the winter, or at least VERY cold weather

3. How are jobs? I hear in a lot of places it is hard to get a job if your not from around there, is Pasco the same?

4. Where would you suggest to try to find an appartment/job.

5. What would you suggest the average monthly income that a single person can survive off of in Pasco?

6. Also why should i choose Pasco over Spokane, and Denever CO?

[j_k_k]

Depends how you define diversity. Pasco is about half Hispanic and half Anglo. The remaining portion is mostly black with the normal assortment of other ethnicities. If you define that as diverse, I guess that is your call. It's more diverse than Kennewick, but so is Iceland.

1) No. It is a desert. Except for two large rivers, you will have to drive to trees and lakes.

2) Mostly has four seasons, though there is little snow and the winters aren't terribly harsh most of the time. You'll experience a lot of days below freezing. In summer, you'll live in a hair dryer full of talcum powder.

3) Not sure how job hunting is in Pasco, but probably more open than the other two cities. A woman originally from New England became the mayor there, something she told me would have been impossible back in the northeast for a newcomer.

4) Apartment, well, depends how much 'diversity' you seek. East = more diversity, older construction, lower cost. West = less diversity, newer construction, probably higher cost. I'd look for a place where you can easily bus to CBC for your studies.

5) Happily, Washington has a high minimum wage. But if you're willing to live in a small and mediocre apartment you should be able to get by on it. I haven't worked as a receptionist here and don't know what they make.

6) You shouldn't. Either would be a better alternative, especially Spokane. It would fit better with what you want climate-wise, it would have more educational choices.

Don't get me wrong; I like Pasco. It is the only one of the three cities with any civic spirit to speak of, and it's the only one that is not almost purely dependent upon Hanford jobs. It's not as rough a place as it once was; it's growing fast. But young people do not generally come to Pasco (or to Tri-Cities at all) to seek their fortunes. Young people generally leave the Tri-Cities to seek their fortunes. Tri-Cities gets to be a nicer place the older you get, which is partly why I like it.

[Tracy_M_L]

ok, thank you, for the info jkk i think i'll stay away from the tir cities espceicially if their deserty, i might stick with spokane or denver then