Relocation to Seattle
Hi, I am in the process to relocate to Seattle, and I am searching for recommendations for neighborhoods to live. What I am looking for - family friendly neighborhood. - nice schools. - short travel time using public transportation. - less rent, Max 3000$ I would be happy to have 2+ of the point above checked.
Queen Anne is a good neighborhood
I lived in both Seattle and Eastside (Bellevue, south Kirkland). I hate Seattle living, because I don't like night noise (you might be different). I like calm residential areas with lots of greens. The Eastside schools are also very good and if you live close to South Kirkland Park and Ride, your commute to MS, Google, Amazon and many other companies is really good (basically it's in the same distance of 4 downtowns: Redmond, Kirkland, Bellevue and Seattle.) Also because it's a very critical point, you always get Scoop match for work commute. It's a very safe and clean neighborhood with no homeless (day and night), while Seattle has lots of homeless.
What‘s about Redmond neighborhood? Is it safe and clean?
Yes, it's safe and clean. If you work at MS then it's perfect for your living, but if you work at Seattle the commute might be long.
Depending on where you live in Redmond commute might be not that bad. If you live near 520 (Grass Lawn Park, OTC)...you should be fine.
Commute is not long from Redmond downtown, Belred area to Seattle, it's a 20 - 30 mins ride through 520
98033 if you can afford. Would recommend North/South Rose Hill, because that’s the only part of 98033 with still affordable options appearing time to time and superb location. It’s located in the middle of all major employers (cycling distance to either Google Kirkland, Oculus Redmond, or MS HQ) and grocery stores (Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Nordstrom, Ross, etc). Downtown Kirkland 5 mins drive away. Super family friendly, safe & clean. Google for “totem lake village” to see the upcoming potential of the area.
Yea, it's really good. There are several apartment complexes there. So if you're not planning to immediately buy a house, renting an apartment is affordable.
Well it is getting crazy busy here so I hope they stop with the mad development spree. We can use less density to be honest
Eastside (Redmond and Bellevue) is nice, but expensive. If you find a place you like near the light rail, you can get more square ft the further you go. But schools generally aren't as great in regular suburbs. UW area is also nice if it's your style.
It depends. Are you Indian, Chinese, Goth, White or none of the above?
First two: eastside Third: Lynnwood, federal way, or eastside for proximity to xbox Fourth: eastside, bc your wife is probably Asian
Tc or start googling because no one knows what you can afford!
TC to be determined differently as I am moving internationally from another AWS center, but my understanding it’s in the middle of SDE-2 band
If its mid sde2, ur looking around 180-190 tc. You could easily afford a bit north or south/east, about 20-30 miles from seattle. Redmond/kirkland will be about 20% more $ for the same house you can get in mill creek/woodenvill. Stay away from lynwood or north of that, its all mostly shit
TC or GTFO
What I am looking for is a rent 3000$ max, I do not thin TC would help.
For that $ you could rent a 4BR house in most parts of Kirkland. In Bellevue and Kirkland downtown, that $ may get you a 1-2BR apartment. You can compare Seattle vs. Eastside lifestyles and there are pros and cons. Amazon offices in Bellevue too.
Seriously?
Yes, because it gives you some idea of where OP can afford