Thinking of relocating to Spokane...Bad move or Good move???? (to live in, Walmart)

[Yeledaf]

Hmm. "Low humidity and no mosquitoes." That's it? Heck, you can get the same combo in Baghdad.

We need way more depth from the positive folks before concluding that Spokane is anything more than a bum-infested hellhole teeming with scummy neighborhoods and mobs of marauding ne'er-do-wells. Present company excepted, of course.

[sur5ver]

Originally Posted by Yeledaf

Hmm. "Low humidity and no mosquitoes." That's it? Heck, you can get the same combo in Baghdad.

We need way more depth from the positive folks before concluding that Spokane is anything more than a bum-infested hellhole teeming with scummy neighborhoods and mobs of marauding ne'er-do-wells. Present company excepted, of course.

Choosing to leave our home town was not easy. The low humidity and lack of mosquitoes were two of the major reasons we were able to settle on Spokane! Also, having spent some time in the middle east, I can say those attributes made me love it there too

[Yeledaf]

Originally Posted by sur5ver

Choosing to leave our home town was not easy. The low humidity and lack of mosquitoes were two of the major reasons we were able to settle on Spokane! Also, having spent some time in the middle east, I can say those attributes made me love it there too

The only thing I loved about the Middle East was the kabsa. And hummus. And samosa!!!

[elousv]

U can get hummus at Costco in SPOKANE!

[aplcr0331]

Originally Posted by elousv

U can get hummus at Costco in SPOKANE!

Too many proles at Costco. Try Traders Joe's for all your hummus (hummi?) needs, that's where all the cool bourgeoisie shop.

[Yeledaf]

It says here that Mrs. Yeledaf makes the best hummus in Spokane...

[joerose]

Originally Posted by orygun

I am new to Spokane, March this year. I have lived throughout Oregon on the West side and in Western Montana. I prefer both those places to Spokane. My experience has been the worst in my life but not everyone is going to go through that. Mostly what seems to be the difficulty here is that many people in Spokane are from Spokane. My ex has encountered a fair amount of people, when applying for work, who think his being from Illinois and living here is weird. He comments on being stared at a lot, he has a couple tattoos on his arms but is generally a normal looking person. The people are incredibly friendly yet there seems to be an air of judgmental nature here. It's known for being VERY conservative. Not much diversity. It is a "know someone to get anywhere" kind of town from what we have heard and experienced. Large city with small town attitude. Not a lot of immigrants from other states like Oregon and Western Montana are.

Spokane has a ton of beautiful city parks. There are a lot of restaurants and all kinds of shopping. The south hills have beautiful older homes but some can be spendy. If you want to avoid the negative cultural aspects of the area avoid living where I am at, Northeast Spokane. We have a nice little neighborhood but live adjacent to the Hillyard area which is known for high poverty rates and a generally lower-class lifestyle. This area has some of the higher child abuse and neglect cases.

I am soured enough on this area that I would head to Portland in a heartbeat, though I know it is pretty well unaffordable. For me actually, I need to be in Coeur d'Alene or some other more rural area.

I like the weather here. It isn't a completely ugly town and there seems to be a lot to do. Very few illegals seem to live here so we don't have that problem. We have more of a "white trash" problem. Everywhere I have lived in Oregon and Montana claimed to be the meth capital. It is everywhere.

I just wish I had known what I know now about this place so I wouldn't have wasted time and money leaving Montana. So, take what you like and leave the rest. As a single mother of four boys, this doesn't strike me as somewhere I want to raise them.

Excellent post! I hope you have found the place you were looking for. God bless

[joerose]

Originally Posted by PS90

Good post. If only more reasonable people posted things like this on the Spokane subforum, then it wouldn't be so bad.

No one on here thinks Spokane is Paradise, and it's sure got it's issues - some of them major.

But when certain posters make 10 serial posts about how there are 17 hobos on every corner, and you only see the sun for 6 days in August (otherwise it's snowing), and that their car gets broken into at least 3 times a day..., then it gets pretty unrealistic and annoying to everyone else.

No one said hobos. There is a difference in hobos and homeless meth addicts and yes they are all over town. Auto theft, break ins and burglaries are very high here. It does appear that it would be unrealistic but the sad truth is that it is not and people are on here making as you call them "serial" posts to warn others about the truth about Spokane so they don't waste their money, efforts and whatever else trying to make this their home. People come with good intentions and big dreams. They are entitled to know the truth. There is nothing "wholesome" about the people in Spokane. The landscape and wildlife are absolutely gorgeous, but sadly it is hillbilly/redneck and low income for the most part. If you don't know someone here, you won't get a decent job. Oh and another thing. I am conservative. There is a difference in a redneck and a conservative. Also, there have been people who talk about the hippies here. They aren't hippies, they are rednecks that shoot animals, wear camiflauge and grown their gray hair and beards past their shoulders. Grooming is something that isn't high on the scale here. The woman fifty and over have long straight gray hair. They dont dye it. The culture is quite different. Think duck dynasty.

[AK76]

Originally Posted by joerose

No one said hobos. There is a difference in hobos and homeless meth addicts and yes they are all over town. Auto theft, break ins and burglaries are very high here. It does appear that it would be unrealistic but the sad truth is that it is not and people are on here making as you call them "serial" posts to warn others about the truth about Spokane so they don't waste their money, efforts and whatever else trying to make this their home. People come with good intentions and big dreams. They are entitled to know the truth. There is nothing "wholesome" about the people in Spokane. The landscape and wildlife are absolutely gorgeous, but sadly it is hillbilly/redneck and low income for the most part. If you don't know someone here, you won't get a decent job. Oh and another thing. I am conservative. There is a difference in a redneck and a conservative. Also, there have been people who talk about the hippies here. They aren't hippies, they are rednecks that shoot animals, wear camiflauge and grown their gray hair and beards past their shoulders. Grooming is something that isn't high on the scale here. The woman fifty and over have long straight gray hair. They dont dye it. The culture is quite different. Think duck dynasty.

Really? You judge women that do not dye or cut their hair when over 50? How shallow are you?

BTW, I wear camo, shoot animals and am getting gray hair, does that make me a redneck?

And... next time you take a bite of that burger remember, someone else did the dirty work and killed that animal, FOR YOU.

[PS90]

Originally Posted by joerose

No one said hobos. There is a difference in hobos and homeless meth addicts and yes they are all over town. Auto theft, break ins and burglaries are very high here. It does appear that it would be unrealistic but the sad truth is that it is not and people are on here making as you call them "serial" posts to warn others about the truth about Spokane so they don't waste their money, efforts and whatever else trying to make this their home. People come with good intentions and big dreams. They are entitled to know the truth. There is nothing "wholesome" about the people in Spokane. The landscape and wildlife are absolutely gorgeous, but sadly it is hillbilly/redneck and low income for the most part. If you don't know someone here, you won't get a decent job. Oh and another thing. I am conservative. There is a difference in a redneck and a conservative. Also, there have been people who talk about the hippies here. They aren't hippies, they are rednecks that shoot animals, wear camiflauge and grown their gray hair and beards past their shoulders. Grooming is something that isn't high on the scale here. The woman fifty and over have long straight gray hair. They dont dye it. The culture is quite different. Think duck dynasty.

These are the kind of comments that make these posts completely pointless - massive over-generalizations that are merely opinion rather than fact. It would be no different if I posted about how Obama is the worst president ever - no one would care or believe my baseless opinion.

BTW, the definition of hobo: "a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant", so no - there is no difference between a hobo and a homeless meth addict.

Oh, and I'm not quite 50, and am a guy, but my hair is pretty gray. If I lived somewhere other than Spokane, according to your post, I'm assuming I would have bought stock in Just For Men by now?