Planning to from LA to Seattle for Amazon. Have family with 2 kids. Will be working in Doppler building. What are the best places to live that are close to pre-school and day care? Any advice?
Bellevue , Sammamish, Redmond, issaquah
In other words everything near Microsoft.
Any specific zip codes or are the cities in general good?
Install any real-state app like redfine and they have option to get school rating and you get house in that zip code
98052, look at Redfin. Schools are generally great in Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond. In Bellevue be a little selective. Commuting from Sammamish or Issaquah to me would be depressing.
queen anne
This is the right answer. But you can’t afford it.
Little Saigon
Depends on what you can afford and how much commute you can tolerate.
Want to be close to office initially but worry about quality of preschool and day care in downtown. Not sure how it is there. Kids are 4 and new born.
How old are your kids? Ethnicity?
Tc or budget for rent or mortgage?
Since you have kids, I would choose the Eastside because they have great schools. For commute purposes, Somerset and Factoria area of Bellevue is great because it's so close to the 90 and 405. You can take the 90 right across to get to Seattle. However, traffic getting out of Doppler is bad so you should look into either the Amazon Ride bus or a look into joining a van pool but one that parks and leaves from cricket or another building close to Mercer Street.
Most of people with kids live in eastside (east across Lake Washington). They are Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Sammamish, Issaquah and recently Bothell. All of these cities are safe and most of the schools in this area are ranked high. For instance, Tesla in Redmond and International high in Bellevue are national top 50. These areas are very diverse with Indians, Chinese and Eastern Europeans. Naturally there is great focus on STEM education as well. Tutoring centers are packed with students studying 1-3 grades above. Very boring cities for singles but great community for family with kids. If you want private schools, Lakeside in Seattle is where all of the rich kids go to (ie CEOs and business founders). Kirkland has a good one where Microsoft executives send their kids to). Your kids may not feel good unless you are on par with other parents. Bear creek in Redmond is a Christian private school.
Prepare yourself to be extremely depressed. Get your healthcare plan squared up.
Depressed! I hear that often. Is it the weather or just living in general?
It’s amazon.