Pros & Cons of Tacoma

[102nd Soulja]

if you choose tacoma, university place ain't too bad to live in.

[Smartbuyer]

Can anyone answer the question I posted?

[Jake840]

This tread seems a bit dated. What is your question?

[SeattlitefromNC]

I think what happened was that Smartbuyer posted in his blog, not in the thread, so his question was not immediately apparent. Here is what he posted:

My family and I will be stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA really soon. In order to prepare for the move, we'd like some brief information about Tacoma. We'd like to rent a house in tacoma, but have heard many bad things about the city and would like clarification. Are there any redneck cities in tacoma, if so, can you please name the cities. If you can, please recommend cities which are quite diverse.

Thank you for taking time to answer my question.

[Jake840]

Thanks for clarifying.

Tacoma has good parts and and not great parts like any city. It has also changed a bit from 2006 when this post was started. Where Hilltop used to be really bad (80's -early 90's) a lot of people who are from Tacoma don't give a second thought to living there. I know of police officers, doctors, restaurant owners, etc living there. As it has been said by me and others it is one of the lowest crime rates in the city. North Tacoma is nice. West Tacoma is nice, a lot of Central Tacoma is nice. University Place and Fircrest are nice. Lakewood I am not a big fan of personally but there are very nice areas in that city along with a lot of not so nice places . Tacoma and Lakewood are probably the most diverse cities. But a lot of the suburbs in unincorporated Pierce County (South Hill, Fredrickson, Spanaway, and Parkland) are pretty diverse as well. If you like "real" city living then you will probably like Tacoma. If you like the suburb feel (homes that look the same, no sidewalks, drive everywhere you go) you will probably like the places outside of Tacoma.

The more redneck areas would probably be east and south of Bonney Lake, Graham, and Elk Plain. Even those areas have a lot of suburban sprawl but you have a few more of the redneck types.