quaint cities around yelm washingon (Olympia, Lacey: fit in, home, movie theater)

[cynthia nunez-kennedy]

moving from desert to washington to be by yelm. heard olympia is nice but would i fit in as i'm divorced, late forties, no dependents - hate hellacious heat, but dislike humidity (born/raised in Louisiana) state bird is mosquito. what suggestions, if any might you extend? thx!

[kc2sweet4ne1]

If you could give us a better idea of why you are looking in the Yelm or Olympia area, that would be most helpful. Is it for a job?

I don't mind Yelm, but there is almost nothing there. Olympia has a ton of things to do, but housing (even rent) is at crazy amounts. If you don't mind a 30 minute commute, I would look a little further south in the Centralia or Chehalis area.

[Sandy Nelson]

Cynthia,

First of all, "Welcome to Washington!".
Luckily you don't have to worry too much about humidity in our neck of the woods.
The city of Lacey is a bit closer to Yelm than Olympia. Home prices there start in the low $200k. Yelm offers more affordable housing, but as kc2sweet pointed out, there is not as much happening in Yelm as there is in Olympia. Yelm is growing, however. It has a movie theater, as well as bowling, golfing, shopping and restaurants.
Of course you would fit-in in Olympia, or elsewhere for that matter, as a divorced single.

Sandy