Tacoma??? (Seattle, Pacific, Ruston: rent, high crime, hotels)

[chitty]

Originally Posted by washinton native

What's the smallest room in the world?
The Washington State Cougar Hall of Fame.

How many Cougars does it take to win a Rose Bowl?
We don't know and never will.

lol so true..funny

[chitty]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

It might have a reputation for crime and violence but it can't compare to Flint,MI or Richmond,VA. Cities of similar size(Flint is smaller, and Richmond now has less people but both cities have more murders yearly than Tacoma.). I'm aware that Tacoma has some crime issues, Tacoma isn't nearly as violent as other cities.

I have to agree I was born and raised in Lakewood/Tacoma..not that bad trust me.

[Valri Ary]

So you love it??? WOW........amazing! I can't wait to get out of the PNW. I'm in Olympia and believe me when I say that Olympia is heaven compared to Tacoma and I still am counting the days till I'm outta here. The rain is enough to make you SCREAM! Tacoma has the highest suicide rate in the nation. Do you know why??? You will in a few years.
I wish you all the best. Really I do.
Take care.

[bellabella2]

Same here!
I am tired of people knocking down Tacoma. Especially people who have never lived there or who have been away for a long time. Tacoma has changed from what I saw when I first arrived in 2001. Rapidly the downtown area changed and now is almost unrecognizable. I loved Tacoma so much that I bought a house in North Tacoma closer to Ruston way and Point Defiance. I truly love that area..

Currently we are working in Michigan but planning to return to PNW

[Dorothy M. Le]

Tacoma is a nice older town with lots of great neighborhoods.
The UW campus is located in the Downtown area with museums and theaters(plays not movies). There are a lot of condos and small restaurants and the convention center and office buildings but no large department stores. The stores moved out when the mall moved in. Point Definance is a wonderful park with a zoo and rose garden. The new transit center is great with free parking. I have no problems driving around any part of Tacoma, as in any city there are areas I would not want to live. I hope you get the job.

[chitty]

funny that folks think it rains a lot ..it's not even on the top 20 list of rainfall..all of them are down south..it drizzles here so it just seems like it rains a lot...I'm a native and never ever had depression or been down I'm very lively..all the natives are cool peeps!! lol...don't knock it till you try it. I still miss it

[Prple]

North Tacoma is nice. I would start out looking near the University of Puget Sound.

[larrykcragun]

A friend writes tacoma undressed dotcom. It has some good info.

[htcballer]

Originally Posted by gogreen

yet... is it safer than puyallup?

lmao!!!!! no

[htcballer]

Originally Posted by chocobot18

Wow this is horribly biased. It's coming from a Seattleite though

actully everything he said is right i lived here almsot all my life and his oppinion expresses almost everything anyone i knew here was single preety much eneded up moving this is not a city for singles at all