Move to Washington ?

[smith1988]

Please don't be fooled by the Lakewood chamber of commerce they are only interested in your money. I grew up here and and went to Lakes high school and Lakewood is a very violent place to live it has been over ran by gangs, drugs and drive by shootings. While it is close to the military bases it is better to live in olympia or seattle. Weekends are dead there is nothing for kids to do but get into trouble. And as for the State mental institution I work there and I would not want my family around that. Beware of all the houses for sale in lakewood. Don't do it your better off in california.

[West coast at heart]

Originally Posted by BornInTheAppleCapital

I'm glad my input was useful! We are planning on relocating to the Spokane area, as a matter of fact we just returned from our trip this weekend...I am exhausted! But it was worth it. We found a few pieces of property we are interested in building on, just have make some offers...and pray something works out. The main reason for choosing Spokane is that we will be closer to my family, my brother-in-law is retiring from the USAF next June and they are also moving there. The rest of my family has pretty much left Wenatchee as well. Besides, if you love the outdoors it's a great place to be with plenty of hunting fishing camping withing a short drive...all those great outdoor activities we miss so much! If you could see the part of Texas we live in you would understand. Some people believe Spokane is ugly, I say it is beautiful, surrounded by mountains, lakes everywhere and lots of friendly people. Everyone is entitled to there opinion, and this is just mine.

One of the girls I went through nursing school is from Spokane. I believe she still has family there. When my wife and I move out to WA, I want to stop in Spokane on our way. I would also like to see Wenatchee. I worked with a Nurse Practitioner who lived there for a short time and loved it. He told me if he was to move West again, he would go to Wenatchee. I am so excited to move out West.

wc@h

[allforcats]

Originally Posted by West coast at heart

I am so excited to move out West.

WC, I want to grab your hands and dance up and down in the streets with you! You're doing life with such joy! And with your wife being "so cute" and having "magic in her eyes", I think the two of you must light up the world!

Spokane is a lovely, interesting and lively city. Wenatchee is sweet and pretty. The land between Everett and Olympia holds a different world from those two places, I think, much more crowded, much busier, almost no snow, much more drizzle and a lot more clouds, and more politically liberal. Eastern WA is visually certainly more like living "in the west" (fewer humans, more animals, more open land, more beige earth).

I did my "livin' in the murican west" in westerm Montana. I feel so fortunate... But western WA was the end of the pioneer trails, the new roots of the exhausted, the free thinkers, and the unafraid... The air here still holds some of those energies: the worry of the desperate, the powerfulness of the arrived, and the eagerness of the brand-new-start-ers.

[West coast at heart]

Originally Posted by allforcats

Spokane is a lovely, interesting and lively city. Wenatchee is sweet and pretty. The land between Everett and Olympia holds a different world from those two places, I think, much more crowded, much busier, almost no snow, much more drizzle and a lot more clouds, and more politically liberal. Eastern WA is visually certainly more like living "in the west" (fewer humans, more animals, more open land, more beige earth).

I did my "livin' in the murican west" in westerm Montana. I feel so fortunate... But western WA was the end of the pioneer trails, the new roots of the exhausted, the free thinkers, and the unafraid... The air here still holds some of those energies: the worry of the desperate, the powerfulness of the arrived, and the eagerness of the brand-new-start-ers.

Thank you Cats.

You paint a beautiful picture with your words. I am sure that some of those energies you speak of, are partly from you. I truly am blessed with friends and most of all with my magical best friend who I married (10 yrs October 24th ).

[ds495]

Wow, that WA property tax is out of control! Can't believe it. SOunds like it is not based on much, and hard to defend against. Maybe there should be an amendment to the state laws. I suggest you start, since it sounds ridiculous. It would be hard to have it go higher and higher every year, with no predictability.

CA has rates fixed at the sale price date, and are reassesed when sold again. Good when it goes up, but bad when it goes down.