Like I said, a lot depends on your price range. It also depends on which neighboring towns you are talking about. For instance, southeast King County will buy you a lot more house for the money, and there are some pretty nice areas for families with good schools. But a playa like WRS2K would find it a touch boring.

On the other hand, if your job was in Lynnwood or Everett, SE King County would really suck because you would have to drive through Seattle or the Eastside to commute. In that case, you'ld want to be looking at southern Snohomish County.

On the other hand, your housing investment appreciation will probably be bigger in a place like Greenlake, and you will get the advantages of living near the city, but you have to make the initial investment and you have to figure the houses will be older and smaller.

Or you could try some of the areas in town that are going through gentrification. You have to be careful with that, though. Sometimes one or two blocks ends up making a big difference in both price and peacefulness.

 

There are affordable homes with garages if you are willing to take the time to look carefully. Here - we are 6 minutes from downtown, 12 on the bus. I admit that I am a city snob. I love it here, nice diverse neighborhoods but close to everything. I love walking places and would never survive the burbs.

The most important choices are - location - location - location!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just my 2 cents

 

You, a snob?

Affordable? Please attach some figures to that.

My style is... I much prefer a nice, new larger home on the Eastside than a quaint, cozier, smaller property Greenlake home.

 

Actually the houses up north.. lynnwood/edmonds/mill creek are starting to creep to the 500k range as well...I can't find a decent house in the low 400s at all . I'm looking at 4 bedroom houses.

My cousin just bought a comparable house to what I'm talking about in maple valley just so it would be "more affordable". Fuq dat!

GL on your search VTEC, stay away from anything south of downtown Seattle or Renton (even though that's the most affordable).

East side is really expensive too but location is nice and everything eastside is clean and new.

 

yo spa, why don't you check out some of the harbour homes over there in Bothell/Kenmore if you can handle that area. you're probably a more tolerant man than i.

 

I like City & Burbs think it depends on your needs. I know there are some people working in the Issaquah area that live all the way in Cle-Elum and do that daily they like livin over there not quite as much rain a lil more but have to deal with the pass in Winter.

Where ever you choose the PacNW is a GREAT place to live I complain about the weather alot but growing up in Cali thats just normal I guess

Good luck to you and Welcome

 

vtecmom's hood is damn nice, but the drive is a bit much.

it's pricey. clean living, though. if you're into that sort of thing

but then it's in those truman show places where the weirdest people hang

 

I have to be tolerant... I live in Mountlake Terrace right now. haha

I haven't checked out bothell but as long as it's not surrounded by a cheap/run down neighborhood, I'd be down with that.

 

I can tell vmom must live in a classy place, I normally agree with her choice and color in cars

 

[QUOTE=Spa4eva,Jan 10 2006, 05:02 PM]
GL on your search VTEC, stay away from anything south of downtown Seattle or Renton (even though that's the most affordable).