Moving to Everett Pros vs Cons (Seattle, Shoreline: apartments, high crime, neighborhoods)

[tommydesigns76]

I'm kicking around the idea of moving to Everett (New job) and wanted to know what I was getting into. I will visit next month but I would like some opinions from people that live there or that area. Im a single guy with no kids.

[CrazyDonkey]

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/gang-...ng-in-everett/

About 10 percent of the incidents occurred along a mile-long stretch of W. Casino Road — an epicenter for warring gangs. However, a broader look shows the trouble is really spread throughout Everett. There was a shooting in an upscale neighborhood on Rucker Hill. Another happened in the parking lot outside the city’s north-end hospital.
Police determined 27 of the gunfire incidents were gang-related. Investigation confirmed another 36 were not. In the remaining 17 cases, there wasn’t enough information to conclude either way. A crime must meet certain criteria in order to be categorized as gang-related, which can be tough to prove, police say.

Since you're single, you might want to look at Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline, and North Seattle for safer areas to live and better socializing/dating options.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/gang-...ng-in-everett/



Since you're single, you might want to look at Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline, and North Seattle for safer areas to live and better socializing/dating options.

What socializing/dating options are there in Lynnwood? It's pretty suburban. Not much of a social hot spot. I might say the same for Edmonds, too.

[Hemlock140]

A few years ago i was going to be doing some signage installation work at several apartments on Casino Rd., and mentioned it to a relative who was an EMT in the area. He suggested that I carry a gun. I didn't but it was an adventure with the police responding to several incidents while I was there. There are manty areas of Everett that are actually nice, but don't even look at anything on or off of Casino.

[pnwguy2]

On a whole different vibe, the weather in Snohomish County is different than King County. I say different because some have different opinions on what nicer weather actually is. But in general Snohomish is colder and gets more snow (and rain) due to something called the Puget Sound Convergence Zone.

More on that here:

Link doesn't work. Look up "Puget Sound Convergence Zone".

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

On a whole different vibe, the weather in Snohomish County is different than King County. I say different because some have different opinions on what nicer weather actually is. But in general Snohomish is colder and gets more snow (and rain) due to something called the Puget Sound Convergence Zone.

More on that here:

Link doesn't work. Look up "Puget Sound Convergence Zone".

I lived in the Northgate area, just a block or two east of 15th Av. NE for about 12 years, and never noticed it was wetter than the rest of Seattle. This article says it's located within one of the two convergence zones in the Puget Sound area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_...nvergence_Zone

I did notice, though, when I was working at the UW, that faculty living in Lake Forest Park and other northerly 'burbs would sometimes get snowed in, in the winter, while everyone else had no trouble getting to work, and had either light snow or none at all in their neighborhoods.

[freepelican]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

I lived in the Northgate area, just a block or two east of 15th Av. NE for about 12 years, and never noticed it was wetter than the rest of Seattle. This article says it's located within one of the two convergence zones in the Puget Sound area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_...nvergence_Zone

I did notice, though, when I was working at the UW, that faculty living in Lake Forest Park and other northerly 'burbs would sometimes get snowed in, in the winter, while everyone else had no trouble getting to work, and had either light snow or none at all in their neighborhoods.

I know the convergence zone moves around and can even be different for different weather events in the same year/season. I would like to know how climate change is affecting the convergence zone on average... is there any trend?

[Transmition]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

I lived in the Northgate area, just a block or two east of 15th Av. NE for about 12 years, and never noticed it was wetter than the rest of Seattle.

I commuted through it for almost ten years. I would say that Lynnwood in the heart of the northern convergence zone - if it was raining anywhere during my commute, it was Lynnwood, often the only part that was rainy. It did shift a bit depending on the wind direction, but Northgate and Everett were nearly always clear of it. This is just anecdotal though. The difference is small enough and the area insignificant enough that it doesn't really show up much on any maps of rainfall either. The convergence zone is always made out to be a big thing, but it is pretty minor in the scale of things.

[rkcarguy]

Although there are some nice areas in the vicinity, Everett is pretty ghetto. High crime, homeless, drugs, and the I-5/Hwy-2 interchange is said to be the most congested spot in the state.
My ex was a nurse in an Everett hospitals ER and she's been bitten, hit, attacked, grabbed, spit on, and so on by the vast number of homeless druggies and overdose cases that come through.
The convergence zone seems to be generally from Marysville to the Lynnwood exit, at least in the many many times I've driven through the area.
It's one of the LAST places I'd want to live in Washington.

[freepelican]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

On a whole different vibe, the weather in Snohomish County is different than King County. I say different because some have different opinions on what nicer weather actually is. But in general Snohomish is colder and gets more snow (and rain) due to something called the Puget Sound Convergence Zone.

More on that here:

Link doesn't work. Look up "Puget Sound Convergence Zone".

With the extreme heat wave coming through, I'm taking the opportunity to study and compare weather charts for every significant place along Puget Sound from the Canadian border to south of Seattle. At least as far as predictions go, besides distance from the water, the most important factors seems to be adjacent to the water or not and whether there is an island directly adjacent or not.... or is there a "channel" through those islands across the water to keep it cooler.... holds up very well when you really study it... and overall cooler in Snohomish vs King too because of this I think. Lots of microclimates!