Are there any areas to live for young singles near Bothell with good public transportation or would I need to get a car?

[Ira500]

Originally Posted by surya2u

Interesting article. But is downtown Bothell coming back to life with families or single people?

They're mostly building apartments, and a lot of them are small. So I think it's their aim to attract singles.

[surya2u]

Originally Posted by Ira500

They're mostly building apartments, and a lot of them are small. So I think it's their aim to attract singles.

What streets are downtown Bothell?

[mkarch]

Originally Posted by surya2u

What streets are downtown Bothell?

Downtown is near the intersection of Main and Bothell Way (that weird 4-5? way intersection that borders on what used to be Bothell Landing)

I keep hearing about how Bothell has improved, but I'm not sure why people think this.

[BellevueNative]

Google is supposedly building a second local campus in Bothell. And since the city is fairly convenient to Microsoft, too, and more affordable than Kirkland, Redmond and Woodinville, it makes sense that Bothell would be coming up. For those that don't know, Bothell is completely re-doing its downtown. New multi-use housing/retail, more pedestrian friendly, McMenamins pub & hotel, etc. Good school district, too.

[Blondebaerde]

Reminds me of contemplating a move to Irvine, CA back c. 1991 on a modest salary. Couldn't easily be done, absent a long commute.

So, I didn't. Math didn't work. Took a job elsewhere, since there were options.

Canyon Park, hmm. Depends how bad you want that job. Be resourceful, something may yet work out.

Good to read in other replies that Bothell-proper is renovating. Mill Creek did same c. 2001-2005 and it was a sight to behold (they built a "town" from the ground up, including inventing several new streets. Leveled at least two trailer parks and ran off more than a few hermits in the process).

There are many, many condos in the Canyon Park area. Most seem rather sterile and for the over-30 crowd, all things considered. Not terribly interesting for anyone interested in "night life." Didn't seem like many were inexpensive, either.

My buddies tell me the used car market is crowded out past few years due to people not wanting to invest in new, in a down economy. Craig's List is your friend. $600 total will buy a great used Honda scooter, to keep on the porch for summer toodling around.

Otherwise, ORCA pass is your friend. Might want to examine the routes to/from Canyon Park Park n' Ride. I bussed in and out there for years, on snow days, to eastside.

[mkarch]

Originally Posted by BellevueNative

Google is supposedly building a second local campus in Bothell. And since the city is fairly convenient to Microsoft, too, and more affordable than Kirkland, Redmond and Woodinville, it makes sense that Bothell would be coming up. For those that don't know, Bothell is completely re-doing its downtown. New multi-use housing/retail, more pedestrian friendly, McMenamins pub & hotel, etc. Good school district, too.

All that is great but the fact that it might be coming at some point doesn't make the place desirable now for a young single person, does it? Unless they're looking for a construction job...

I'd like to see Bothell develop, but it's always been a place people move more for the house and less for the neighborhood.

[BellevueNative]

Originally Posted by mkarch

All that is great but the fact that it might be coming at some point doesn't make the place desirable now for a young single person, does it? Unless they're looking for a construction job...

I'd like to see Bothell develop, but it's always been a place people move more for the house and less for the neighborhood.

I didn't say it was a great place for a single person right now. But that said, my first apartment after college was in...wait for it...Bothell. My roommate and I worked for a company in Canyon Park. It was affordable, safe and an easy commute. And since our friends mostly lived on the eastside, it wasn't an inconvenient location. BUT, we both had cars. I wouldn't want to live in Bothell (or most of the eastside, for that matter) without a car.

[mkarch]

Originally Posted by BellevueNative

I didn't say it was a great place for a single person right now. But that said, my first apartment after college was in...wait for it...Bothell. My roommate and I worked for a company in Canyon Park. It was affordable, safe and an easy commute. And since our friends mostly lived on the eastside, it wasn't an inconvenient location. BUT, we both had cars. I wouldn't want to live in Bothell (or most of the eastside, for that matter) without a car.

I don't think it's developed to the kind of semi-urban car agnostic living area the OP is looking for just yet, whether it's Bothell or Canyon Park. I'd give it another 25 years before living there without a car. Heck, living in Northgate without a car is not totally convenient and it even has a mall. Bothell? Woodinville? sheesh.

[BellevueNative]

Originally Posted by mkarch

I don't think it's developed to the kind of semi-urban car agnostic living area the OP is looking for just yet, whether it's Bothell or Canyon Park. I'd give it another 25 years before living there without a car. Heck, living in Northgate without a car is not totally convenient and it even has a mall. Bothell? Woodinville? sheesh.

I agree. It's suburbia. It's not supposed to be urban.