U.S. Cities  

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Washington
Register Blogs Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with 700,000 other registered members. User profiles and some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your free account you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 15,000 posts/day about local topics and you will see fewer ads.

Get a detailed profile
Search Forums  (Advanced)
Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses
Search for:  near: 
Reply


 
Old 09-03-2008, 04:50 AM
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
13 posts, read 11,527 times
Reputation: 11
yohanna is on a distinguished road
Default renton and leavenworth

can anyone give us more information about leavenworth and renton? what about olympia?. our main interest are employment, construction for my husband.. home rental prices, we have small chihuahuas. we have no children so schools are not a major concern.snow is a plus. we have never been in any of these cities, so any information about them is much appreciated.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 09-03-2008, 10:24 AM
Real Estate Agent
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
3,507 posts, read 2,710,730 times
Reputation: 1005
Ira500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud ofIra500 has much to be proud of
Renton is close to Seattle and Bellevue, big cites, so most people in Renton work pretty close to home. 100 years ago it was a coal mining town, and the Boeing airplane plant has been a big presence in the town. Boeing is smaller in Renton now, and they've built a mall and housing where some of Boeing was, but it still has a reputation of being a working class town, and is ethnically mixed with some great little hole in the wall restaurants and the Cedar river and Lake Washington.
Most people moving to the Seattle area don't seek out Renton. The schools aren't as good as Issaquah's or Redmond's, and there aren't many upscale stores. But it costs less to live here, and you'd be in an area with more job opportunities.
Leavenworth is a mountain town that chose about 40 years ago to make all the storefronts look like a Bavarian village..it's really pretty, but there aren't a ton of jobs around.
Olympia is the state capitol and has the Evergreen State College , so there are more job opportunities than Leavenworth. Olympia's nice, good schools, very pretty, but it rains more than Seattle.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-05-2008, 11:17 AM
Member
 
Join Date: May 2007
21 posts, read 27,118 times
Reputation: 14
melpotensky is on a distinguished road
Renton and Leavenworth are opposites. Renton is much cheaper than most places to live in the Seattle area because it just isn't as nice but there are some lovely areas of Renton as well. You won't be getting snow in Renton, just a few times a year. Leavenworth measures snow by feet and not inches. We had a cabin in Leavenworth and there just isn't much work there and zero stores...a grocery and tourist type places. Wenatchee is about 45 minutes from Leavenworth and is a beautiful area with great medical care and tons of snow and it is much warmer in the winter than the Seattle area. Actually everything over by Leavenworth is much sunnier in the winter but much colder than Seattle and then much warmer than Seattle in the summer. Nice places that are cheap to live around the Seattle area are tough as everywhere is expensive, not only housing, gas but groceries are some of the highest in the nation. Try doing some research on Monroe and Duvall which are a ways out from Seattle but job opportunities are there. You could try the Camas area in SW Washington but jobs are not that plentiful there. Good luck. Everyone seems to have dogs here.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-05-2008, 01:29 PM
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Seattle area, via Phoenix, San Jose and Orange County
1,091 posts, read 1,109,276 times
Reputation: 269
MichaelinWA is a jewel in the roughMichaelinWA is a jewel in the roughMichaelinWA is a jewel in the roughMichaelinWA is a jewel in the roughMichaelinWA is a jewel in the roughMichaelinWA is a jewel in the rough
And if you do find a job, it may require you to wear lederhosen.

Seriously, in addition to Boeing, Kenworth Truck (PACCAR) has a lot of manufacturing jobs in Renton.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ira500 View Post
Leavenworth is a mountain town that chose about 40 years ago to make all the storefronts look like a Bavarian village..it's really pretty, but there aren't a ton of jobs around.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-08-2008, 11:00 PM
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Washington
1 posts, read 676 times
Reputation: 10
AudreyofACDC is on a distinguished road
I just got married in Leavenworth this past winter and it is an absolutely beautiful town. It does get a great deal of snow every winter and has Christmas lighting festivals every weekend of December. Most of the economic support is from tourism and not much else. The winter is the busiest but summer does have many festivals and outdoor activates such as river rafting, biking, and hiking. If you are looking for a slow pace and a little peace, Leavenworth is great. If you are looking for a good paying job and even a little excitement, look elsewhere. Good luck
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-08-2008, 11:12 PM
ICT
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: S Kennewick
1,979 posts, read 1,047,220 times
Reputation: 1224
j_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud ofj_k_k has much to be proud of
Leavenworth, I think, is one of those places one either finds adorably quaint or baroquely hilarious and goofy. I lean to the latter, because as I understand it, Leavenworth has no authentic Germanic historic ties. It just woke up one day and decided to turn itself into a Bavarian retail park. Kind of like if I remodeled my house and yard to look like something Ukrainian when I in fact lack any known Ukrainian heritage, don't speak Ukrainian, etc. Or if I started walking around in a kimono affecting ultra-polite manners and otherwise attempting to pretend to be a Japanese.

The economic facts, I am told, are daunting. My wife has spent a lot of time in Leavenworth in the past few years, and it is evidently becoming one of those places with a rapidly aging population and housing too expensive for people making livings to afford (as opposed to retiring there with a good 401K after selling a paid-for house in Bellevue).

I will say this: Leavenworth has done a far better job playing Bavarian than Bingen did--and Bingen had the advantages of a German 'sister city' that was actually on the Rhine, if I understand correctly, just as Bingen is on the similar-sized Columbia.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.



Reply


Quick Reply
Message:

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Similar Threads


Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Washington

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:43 PM.

Copyright © 2005-2009, Advameg, Inc.

City-Data.com - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 - Top