What is Walla Walla considered? (Seattle, Spokane: employment, college, to live)

[Anders15]

Hi I only see Seattle, Olympia, Spokane, sometimes Tacoma but what or where would Walla Walla fall under? Usually when looking it is a drop down menu and i have no idea what to select. Also is it a good location? We were set on Kent.. How would this be different?

[j_k_k]

Originally Posted by Anders15

Hi I only see Seattle, Olympia, Spokane, sometimes Tacoma but what or where would Walla Walla fall under? Usually when looking it is a drop down menu and i have no idea what to select. Also is it a good location? We were set on Kent.. How would this be different?

Wally is about four hours away from Seattle, I'm guessing two and a half from Spokane. Closest larger metro area is Tri-Cities, 50 miles away. However, Walla Walla is fairly different from the TC in several ways. It's more of a college town, for one. But both depend heavily on institutional employment (TC on cleaning up nuclear contamination, Wally on the pokey).

Neither bears even a nodding resemblance to Kent, and both are at least three hours from Kent by freeway.

[Anders15]

Thank you, I guess a commute is out of the question.

[j_k_k]

Originally Posted by Anders15

Thank you, I guess a commute is out of the question.

You might say that, yes.

[skinem]

Originally Posted by Anders15

Thank you, I guess a commute is out of the question.

...unless you fly.

[Anders15]

Originally Posted by j_k_k

Wally is about four hours away from Seattle, I'm guessing two and a half from Spokane. Closest larger metro area is Tri-Cities, 50 miles away. However, Walla Walla is fairly different from the TC in several ways. It's more of a college town, for one. But both depend heavily on institutional employment (TC on cleaning up nuclear contamination, Wally on the pokey).

Neither bears even a nodding resemblance to Kent, and both are at least three hours from Kent by freeway.

Is that the same for Yakima? Because on Google Earth it's telling me 2 hours and 15 minutes.

[skinem]

Originally Posted by Anders15

Is that the same for Yakima? Because on Google Earth it's telling me 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Yakima is also unique and different from TC and Wally-world.

But, it's more similar to them than Kent.

Do you mean Google is telling you Yakivegas is 2:15 from Kent? If so, that's probably about right...

[Anders15]

Originally Posted by skinem

Yakima is also unique and different from TC and Wally-world.

But, it's more similar to them than Kent.

Do you mean Google is telling you Yakivegas is 2:15 from Kent? If so, that's probably about right...

Okay thank you! For a small family what city would you suggest? Yakima or the Madigan area in Tacoma?

[skinem]

Originally Posted by Anders15

Okay thank you! For a small family what city would you suggest? Yakima or the Madigan area in Tacoma?

Not just real sure of your needs, and not real familiar with the Madigan area, but I'm familiar enough to know that they are like comparing apples and oranges. They are really different kinds of places and a looooong way apart, especially when you're asking questions about commuting--going from asking about Walla Walla and commuting and then to the Tacoma area is like going from Richmond to New York City...really different and not in the same area except to say they are in the same large state.

If you are set on Kent like you said in your first post, you really need to confine your consideration to the west side, and specifically, the Kent area...unless, like I said, you can and do fly for a commute.

[rickers]

It would be really dumb to live on one side of the Cascade mountains and work on the other.
What nonsense !