As an issaquah school district grad, I just have to throw out there, the school district is not great across the board. The city of Issaquah is also no longer averaging in the price range you mentioned that was like maybe 2016 when prices were still that lowish…I bought a house further south in Bonney Lake/Sumner for the prices mentioned here for issaquah. People are moving away from the Eastside because it’s not affordable whatsoever. Townhomes In issaquah I’ve seen go for as much as 950k depending on where they are…I grew up in issaquah, it used to be a very quaint small town in the foothills of the mountains, you could own many acres of land for under a million, and the vibe was lots of hikers and families lived there…it’s still beautiful but it’s expanding and growing fast and not what it once was…even people who have lived there their whole lives have sold their homes in favor of cities like Covington and Maple Valley…now it’s all tech people who couldn’t afford Redmond, Kirkland and Sammamish so took a 150k price cut on housing to go 15 minutes further. Redmond also has a big homeless problem these days, and they are actually turning an old hotel into a homeless living space. Redmond in my opinion is becoming a crossbreed of issaquah and Seattle combined.
i totally agree. i moved to issasquitch around 1980, and the only bidness there was a burger stand, and i think a small grocery store. that was pretty much it. oh - and the trailer park/ one bedroom apt complex that i lived in, that was across I90 from the burger joint. the trailer park hosted rv'ers, and the apt complex hosted the locals.
Idling along in Puget Sound freeway gridlock AM and PM 5 days a week for a few years will cure any notion you have of those being the "best places" to live in WA. I made it 20 years before walking away from all that and moving to the rural midwest. Outdoor life in western WA? Get in line - take a number. 30 years ago I went out at the crack of dawn to fish for steelhead on the upper Green and driving over the Flaming Geyser bridge at sun up saw 15+ fishermen already working the current, standing 20' apart or less and casting as if "syncronized fishing" were a thing. Where I moved in the rural midwest I often had the canal / river / lake all to myself. If "best places to live" includes affordability and the ability to hear yourself think and be at peace, look elsewhere than western WA. Cool little towns in eastern WA? Goldendale, Stevenson, Winthrop, Twist, Omak, Republic, Kettle Falls, Chelan. Clallam Co. is turning to crap thanks to the weekened vacationers that clog 101 from late Memorial to Labor day and all summer long. I wish someone would sink the Hood Canal bridge again.
I remember when Issaquah and Redmond were a fish hatchery and a general store with a gas station. I used to live/grew up in Renton (60s and 70s) and would my dad and I would drive half way to Issaquah to a makeshift shooting range (We had to get out of the city limits). I'm sure I would not even recognize the place any more. Western WA used to be "the undiscovered country."
I remember when 405 had maybe three cars on it. LOL! It's nuts now. I visit my sister in Bothell sometimes and that whole corridor is unlivable. I grew up near Monroe, and Monroe is now a mess.
I grew up in Issaquah, on Tiger Mt. But it was better back then - just a four way intersection in the middle of town. Now I live in Eastern Washington because Western Washington (King County) is over priced and full of crime.
@@sallychase1564 In all honesty no one likes it when an outsider from another state moves into their state, sometimes a good people sometimes they're not but you can't deny that there are good people trying to find a good state to raise a family in.
Pullman is almost 35.000 people....It's best described as a town with a University alongside of the town. Downtown Pullman is a tragedy with about 50% of the retail spaces vacant. It's a great town to raise children in but, not much entertainment around. Moscow Idaho about 10 miles east of Pullman has far better downtown & food selection in downtown. Pullman does have a Chipolte so? I guess it has that going for it. There are bars up on College Hill unlike Moscow where the students have to go down to main street to grab a drink. House rental quoted isn't realistic if you want decent home....at least $1200-1400....
Thanks for writing this!! I’m gonna be moving to that area later this month. I couldn’t decide between the two and I’ll be driving up from Caldwell ID just to get a feel.
It’s SUH MAAM ISH 🤣😂 I will say this, there is A LOT of passive aggressive racism. So if you’re not clear steer clear of WA. They love our food, clothes, & hairstyles. Just not “people of color.”
I was born in so. King co. in the mid-1950's. Dad who grew up there used to tell me about the local cops who would tell people of color it wasn't a good idea to live there. That carried through the mid 70's when I graduated and my class of 500 +/- was 98% white. Sad to hear an almost entirely all white community claim to be inclusive. It was even more noticeable to me when in retirement I moved to the rural midwest after remarrying, and the town boasted of being on the undreground railroad - and site of an emancipation speech by Lincoln. No one knew the new black family who moved to town, other than "where". And most of those born and raised there could tell you where the black people of historical note were buried in the local cemetary. So yes, I get the passive aggressive racism deal - just ignore people of color or refuse to include them and they'll move on. My hometown is no longer that way - affordability of housing saw explosive growth there and it's much more diverse.
This video cracks me up.. Not sure about any towns mentioned but i know alot about the ones around. Aaaaannnd they will end up like shit just like the rest..
-I lived in Redmond for 2 years, next to the Sammamish River.. very peaceful... I miss the river... it was nice to live near a wide, flowing river, with plenty of greenery and wildlife... beavers, ducks, geese, herons, coyotes, etc.
Mukilteo, Washington is beautiful you are right next to beautiful beaches you can walk, fish, crab, swim, all kinds of water sports and iMukilteo is about 30 miles North of Seattle.
Dummy. Keep your opinion to yourself. Unless of course you are one of those interlopers who recently relocated to Gig Harbor and is part of the problem of outside influence and subsequent deterioration of what was desirable.
Some of the cities you mentioned are the reasons Washington State is overdeveloped. People move near the mountainous regions and then complain when wild animals end up in their neighborhoods. I wish people would just stay in the urban areas and leave the wild areas alone. I'm a lifetime resident of Washington State. Leaving the state next spring because the state is overdeveloped, overpriced, and I wish people would stop inviting more people to move here.
I live in las vegas same thing here californians they have overcrowded this town raise the cost to living and crime they came here being brand new houses for 225 now is almost 300 k it was a big mistake have that stadium build and the raiders move over now all the californians want to move here
I grew up north of Seattle in a great farming community of 1500 people in 1985. By 2000 it was up to over 50,000 people and all the dairy farms were run off and forced to shut down. 15 of us dairy families moved to Wisconsin from 1987 to 2000 all because of the rude ungrateful people and HOA's moving into the area. I hope you idiots love the $10 a gal milk and $5 gas.
What a privileged complaint to have. “You should all make better choices about where you move!” People move where they can afford to, Patricia. The prices anywhere NEAR urban development are unbearable.
Just as a general rule, if you are from a sunny place, and are outdoorsy, you might experience severe regret for moving to WA. I tried it and it sucked. Now I just visit the family members there, and even that makes it hard coming back.
I've resided in Tacoma area for 40 years. It has really gone down hill. Our "leaders" give handouts to homeless which attracts more homeless. These people aren't even from Tacoma, yet our high tax dollars goes to aid them with stuff. This is not compassionate. And good luck getting your 9 1 1 call answered satisfactorily.
I'm actually doing a workup for KVII have a bunch of pictures of what Tacoma has turned into and how the governor and the mayor have turned this into a homeless drug infested dump
I disagree on the governor giving homeless people handouts. I don't know what kind of handouts they are getting? I live over in western Washington in a small town and every city every county every state is dealing with an overpopulation of homeless people because everyone is being priced out of their league because of high rents. And Washington state does not have rent control but a group of advocates in Seattle are working to put it on the ballot so that there is rent control. Which has been needed in this area for a long long time. That way landlords can't raise the rent two or $300 every 6 months. I mean look at the people who lost their jobs due to covid and some people legitimately have been really working with their landlords trying to catch up. Well other people just took advantage and said hey I'm not going to pay my rent until I get help how is that fair that just sucks for the landlord because now they have their own mortgage plus the mortgage of the rental. But we had some homeless people as every town does and there was a lot of them and most of them are people with mental issues these aren't the people that you see on a sweet charming Hallmark Channel movie where it's a dad and mom and a couple of kids something bad happened and they're trying to work their way back into a house or an apartment or whatever because that's not reality. Most of these people are just people with mental issues not taking their meds or selling their meds for more drugs I don't know what their issues are but what are you going to do with these people? You can't put them in jail because they'll just be right back out on the street again doing what they did. They live in the tent cities they ruin the area they start fights in the town that we have there's been stabbings and it's horrible. So that the government or the governor of Washington state is not giving these people a handout or anything like it so I don't know where that idea came from just saying.
@@indigowolf556 You are completely ignorant or in a different world than reality because yes these individuals are getting hands out handouts they're also getting coddled and allowed to live this way these people have tons of options tons of possibilities for work tons of possibilities for work instead they choose to do drugs and live like trash and treat the community like their toilet bowl it's interesting that you would even entertain the idea that these people have some hardships percent wise it doesn't even factor in these people are lazy these individuals decide and choose to live this way You are patently ignorant in this topic
@@buellboy007 The reason we have so many homeless people all over the US is forty years of republican economic policies that have enormously increased wealth disparates.
@@gorkri9215 Are you drunk with ignorance the reason there's homelessness is because of liberal policies and ideology has nothing to do with republicans free market and jobs and opportunity you're really delusional I think you should see a doctor
Unfortunately you showed 9 cities that only the wealthy can really afford. But with Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft, Costco, and a few others we must have enough wealthy.
I'm retired with below average social security ss my income. I'd love to see Washington and Oregon towns with cheap western property for my tiny house on wheels.
Try looking at the small town of Montesano, WA. It is located east of Aberdeen but west of Shelton. Montesano has two major parks close to or in town. Plus has a fantastic school system.
You forgot to mention Ephrata , Quincy , Moses Lake & Wenatchee You ask WHY ? ? ? ? I will tell you . That is where you can BUY roadside KALLSTROM SWEET CORN between early July and aprox end of September WE MAKE BUTTER TASTE BETTER
Well not sure if hogwash is the correct word although I do get your point. People do need to do detailed research before moving anywhere. Don't just look at a picture and say oh that's a pretty place to live let's go there.
First of all SEATTLE SUCKS. WA STATE SUCKS. Don't move there. Issaquah is one of the most expensive places to live in WA State King County. The rent for a 2 bedroom is 1700 bucks per month. Check out Zillow and Craig's list. Pullman is nice but jobs are not plen
Plenty of jobs in Pullman! Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is local employer with over 3000 employees, the University, farming....Plenty of jobs in Pullman.
Well there should be tons of jobs anywhere in the United States because people are leaving them. And I like Washington there's probably some cities I wouldn't live in but I live in a small area and even in my little town there's tons of jobs because people left them or covid ran them into closing I mean even the hospital is having a hiring fair. So now is a great time to get a job but $1,700 for a two-bedroom is about the rent that is in my little neck of the woods sometimes it's $2,000 so it doesn't matter where you go unless you're in one of those little piss in towns on these videos that has a population of five maybe the rent is cheap there but it's probably a broken down trailer or a shed
Yes, Idahoians hate anyone moving in from out of state. They are totally beside themselves that they are now seeing the same influx of people who are moving into Eastern Washington moving into Idaho. It is quite hilarious. Idaho isn't the potato state, it is the state of the no tresspassing signs. Also the state of the trump flags, don't tread on me flags and massive racism and insanity.
I was so relieved to see my town not mentioned in the video or the comments. For those living outside the state thinking of moving here...please stay away. Go to Montana or maybe Oregon, Idaho. The decent places in Washington are disappearing fast.
How old is this video? Learn how to say the names of the cities. Also, the incomes mentioned isn’t reality as well as rent and home prices. If you want to showcase Washington, you should film in Spring or summer, not when there’s snow on the ground, which doesn’t happen that often, with trees being bare and after a rain. Pullman? What about Spokane, Everett, or Tacoma?
$1500/mo rent in Issaquah!?! Not even close! I don't know what it is there, but in Bremerton, in Kitsap county that's what it cost for a 1 bedroom apartment! And Issaquah is WAAAAY higher class than Bremerton is. I wish there was a way to stick it to these landlords... permanently!
Pullman - low cost of living - wrong. only 5% under the national avg. The water is awful - tastes like pesticides, costs an arm and a leg and they just started rationing yard watering in the summer. They build more and more houses every year, but they haven' solved the water issue. Our property taxes virtually doubled this year over last year. The city doesn't fix the streets even though they're getting a windfall of taxes from all of the development in the area. They tried to sleeze a biofuel plant next to a residential area, but the citizens got out the pitchforks and torches and that was averted. A liberal judge in the area let a armed robber go free to get some medical issues taken care of. She was supposed to come back in a week, but guess what...she didn't. A few years ago, they allowed a Section 8 apartment complex to come in and the crime has definitely increased. Find a different place to move to. Idaho is a good place.
Why you completely blew off Spokane is beyond me ? Great place to live with a friendly "down to earth" population. The low crime rate and cost of living were major draws for me when I decided to vacate the hellhole that is the "Golden State" 35 years ago.🤮 There are plenty of things to do here year round with as many amenities as the other cities you mentioned and sometimes even more IMO. Yeah I know all about the sigma placed on people who move north from California from the natives and believe me it's a real thing. Thankfully the people were warm and welcoming and within no time I felt right at home with all that stress, anger, and anxiety which is quite prevalent in California melting away within a very short period of time. Love it here and would never consider moving back. Just my two cents.
Yes I've heard tons and tons of people are moving to Montana because of the TV show. Or you can move to Tennessee you can move the Florida you can move to Arizona moved to Louisiana moved to Michigan
Well once again the Kitsap didn't make the cut. So what does that tell you? Move to Washington? We're slowly becoming the California of the Northwest. Our Governor couldn't even tell the apples he was giving to Eastern Washington's Apple producers were loaded with maggots.
Lynwood has some of the crappiest housing I’ve ever lived in. A lot of them are flipped homes that used to belong to hoarders and / or tweekers, sometimes both.
@@ricchapin723 interesting ,yes it's quit true , I use to live on 208 not far from the Walgreens , but I do like the location all the good stores are close by
