W. Pasco or Ocean Shores WA??? (Seattle, Spokane: for rent, condo, crime)

[Balco9]

I've been to the Tri-Cities twice now and have not seen that people are nice. The customer service is brutal and needs formal training big time just about everywhere... I did see some nice friendly people, but most were not and rude. I did have a bad experience that pissed me off.

[IvanInVegas]

Thanks for all your replies... Unfortunately for my wife and I it doesnt seem to be happening anytime soon...

We dont want to buy anything right now, I know i know its a good investment but i have money in the stock market so im covered we just want to rent something for 6 months to a year and then dedcide... You know travel around upthere and find something good... But every single person/property management company renting something wont help, all I ask for is picture's PICTUREs!!! And they pratically tell me to go screw myself. I dont get it, i even tried saying "I will fax a copy of my bank statement to prove I have the money..." They say its not worth their time... :-/ I cant drive all the way out there just to look at a house, and flying?!?!?! I stay as far away from Mcaran Airport as i can Last time i was there some retarded tourist wrecked my car :-/

Anyway does anyone on here know someone who wouldnt mind emailing me a picture of atleast the front of the house...???

As for OS the weather wouldnt bother me I dont think LOL...
We have been having this problem in OS, W. Pasco, and even Brookings Oregon... No one is willing to work with me LOL...

Anyway once again thanks for the help, will look into grayland... Thanks :-D

[RobE]

FWIW, some friends of the family retired in Ocean Shores and love it. I have never been there myself. However, I do have to say that the beaches in Washington are definitely not like the ones I knew in California.

On Pasco, here is its crime stats:
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I didn't have anything for Ocean Shores, though.

[Fat Freddy]

There are basically three types of people who live in Ocean Shores.
1. Retirees who have their own means of support.
2. Part time residents who have vacation homes there.
3. Those involved in the development or tourist service trade.

If you are going to be looking for work and don't already have connections with local real estate companies or contractors, don't expect to find much in the way of employment other than low wage menial jobs such as custodial or maid work at one of the tourist hotels.

There may be jobs in Hoquiam and Aberdeen, but that involves a 50 mile round trip commute over a narrow two lane road that gets very congested during tourist season.

The crime rate is not as low as you would expect, and it is growing as meth heads from around the county discover that Ocean Shores is relatively easy pickings because of the high percentage of seasonally vacant homes, the aged population, and the isolation of many of the properties.

[mustang34]

Those crime stats from RobE may be true, but Kennewick has worse crime. Also West Pasco is safer. The crime in East Pasco is worse because it is a slum.

[rambrush]

Originally Posted by mustang34

Those crime stats from RobE may be true, but Kennewick has worse crime. Also West Pasco is safer. The crime in East Pasco is worse because it is a slum.

I do beleive you need to define east pasco
East of the tracks? east of oregon?
4th st and lewis? the area around the hospital?
Have you even been there or going on speculation?
I have been there and know some are worst than others but just rating east pasco as bad is incorrect.

[IvanInVegas]

Thanks for all the info.
As for employment its not a big concern I own my own business and wife will be finished with her Masters in anistesiology <-- However it's spelled) by next winter.
My only major concerns are the safety of the kid thats on its way, my wife, my cars, and bikes...

[mustang34]

Originally Posted by rambrush

I do beleive you need to define east pasco
East of the tracks? east of oregon?
4th st and lewis? the area around the hospital?
Have you even been there or going on speculation?
I have been there and know some are worst than others but just rating east pasco as bad is incorrect.

I actually do live in Pasco.
As for my definition of East Pasco, it is East of 14th Ave until Lewis St. West down Lewis to 20th Ave to the river.
My definition of West Pasco is West of 395.
The area between I call Central Pasco, which I think is okay.
Far East to the new neighborhoods at the edge of the city aren't bad, I suppose I have assumptions of the area, being a (nearly) lifelong resident.

[rambrush]

Mustang
Great definitions
So many just spout off and have no real idea.
As I am born and raised a tri-citian from the mid 50's till the early 80's I had seen a lot of growing up of the area. Family still lives in Kennewick and Pasco, so I try to stay up to date as whats going on there.

[souix]

I have been to Ocean Shores many times and I love going to the ocean, but it is cold and windy more days than it is not and it is only about a 5 1/2 hour drive from the Tri-Cities. One of my best friends is from Vegas, grew up there and I have been to visit her and I know what you mean about the traffic and every time she has gone back to Vegas she says it gets worse. I was born and raised in Pasco and I have seen the Tri-Cities grow leaps and bounds. My folks still live there. I have 4 brothers and sisters and even though a couple of them have lived in Kennewick they all live in W. Pasco and and the newer n. Pasco. They are building a new hgh shool in WP. and even though some people complain about the old high school out of the top 1000 schools in the nation it ranked in the 200's. The TC's has a little bit of everything when it comes to recreation we have the Columbia river just outside our doors, 2 hrs to the west we have the Blue Mt's for hunting and skiing and 2 hrs to the east the Cascade Mt's for camping, camping, hunting and skiing. So if you like water sports, fishing, hunting, (deer, elk, turkey, pheasant, quail, bear, i.e.) snow sports, 4 wheel'n or motor cycle, there are lots of parks. The TC's is ~3 hrs to Portland, ~3.5 to Seattle and ~2 to Spokane, we are about 55 miles to Oregon and <2 to Idaho and ~3.5 hrs straight north to Canada.. We have some great medical professionals and facilities (my sister works at Our Lady of Lourdes) and if they don't have the treatments or proceedures that you need, then they are available in Spokane or Seattle.. Of course there is crime in the TC's, but it is nothing to what you have in the Vegas area.

This is truely Gods country.. If you have questions about the TC's please feel free to ask and I will be glad to provide what I can for you. While you are renting prior to building don't just zero in on the actual WP area.. keep in mind all of the suburbs of the TC's and the area N of Pasco..