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To all those who live in or close to Seattle...

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fragglemuffin
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Long story short, I'm from downtown Buffalo, NY and may be getting a job in Seattle, specifically in the Fremont/Green Lake/Phinney Ridge, Wallingford area. Since I may need to move out there ASAP I'm beginning to look for apartments.

To anyone in the area, I would love some input as to where the good/bad places in Seattle are (in regards to crime, nightlife, etc.) so I can narrow my search a bit. To give you an idea of what I'm looking for, I'm 21 and enjoy living in more urban areas where everything is close by. Obviously I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive, but I'm fine paying up to around $1400/mo for a nice place.

Thanks and +++K for any good input!
Feb 11 2013 10:00PM
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p-fo
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Green Lake seems like a pretty damn nice place to live. I don't know about apartments in the area, but there's probably something.
Feb 11 2013 11:58PM
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linear_algebra
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Fremont, Green Lake, Phinney Ridge, and Wallingford are all pretty nice areas; can't go too wrong with any of those
Feb 12 2013 1:52AM
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papermache
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ballard and fremont are great areas and pretty affordable, west seattle also has a great vibe (thats where i'm living), capitol hill is awesome but can be good and bad. you wanna mostly stay away from beacon hill, south park and rainier valley but keep in mind theyres always diamonds in the ruff
Feb 12 2013 2:37AM
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Skillz
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Top of the list is def fremont/green lake, phinney ridge and wallingford are both also super nice.

West seattle is a bit out of the way, those places you listed are sweet because they are right smack in the middle of everything and most things that are fun to do in seattle are easily reachable via bike/bus.

Also you should be able to find a place for way less than 1400/month.
Feb 12 2013 3:00AM
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fragglemuffin
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Thanks a lot for the input guys!
Feb 13 2013 12:06PM
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vandersteeze
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Cap hill is the best IMO
Feb 13 2013 1:48PM
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howlongcanausern
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too mainstream
Feb 14 2013 1:56PM
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JASTEW206
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The U-District, is fuuuuuunnnn.
Feb 14 2013 8:53PM
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vandersteeze
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u callin dis mainstream


Feb 14 2013 9:04PM
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p-fo
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Sexually ambiguous rapper with a donut on his chain. That's so Capitol Hill.
Feb 14 2013 10:05PM
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papermache
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if I had to guess, he was being sarcastic
Feb 15 2013 2:00AM
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BASEDRILEY
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DUDE THIS GUY OPEND FOR RIFF RAFF AT THE CONCERT HOLY SHIT LOL
Feb 18 2013 10:45AM
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vandersteeze
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Hahahahah oh my god that concert must have been amazing
Feb 18 2013 11:46AM
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BASEDRILEY
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IT FUCKING WAS
Feb 18 2013 7:46PM
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CK_Ski
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Go live on Rainer Ave.... Great place. Family friendly.
Feb 20 2013 4:34PM
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vandersteeze
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South of I90
Feb 20 2013 10:24PM
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Scott29~
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First off, that video is amazing.

Secondly I would recommend living in Wallingford or Fremont no matter where you worked, but since you work in the area it's a double bonus.

NW Seattle works like this

Ballard: Dickbags & Families full of dickbags too cool for you
Fremont: Hipsters too cool for you, but also a great place to hang out
Wallingford & Phinney Ridge: Cheaper to live, fun, but not quite as fun as fremont.

The rest of Seattle:
Cap hill: gay
beacon hill: fucking narnia
rainier ave:see above
Intl district:can be fun, or sketchy, or both
downtown: lame
green lake:ok, perfect if you want to perfect the art of kidnapping jogging wimens
U District: lame
SODO: you gonna get raped
queen anne: boring
northgate: narnia
alki beach: fun, but also narnia
seattle center: ahahahahaha

http://www.orkposters.com/seattle.html

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Feb 20 2013 11:01PM
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Scott29~
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oh right and fuck

lake city
wedgwood
west seattle minus alki
belltown
and anything on lake washington~
Feb 20 2013 11:04PM
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Mama.
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Dont listen to Scott.
Feb 24 2013 1:52AM
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division.bell
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Anywhere on Aurora is a good bet. Just wrap it up.
Feb 24 2013 4:46AM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
Thanks for all the help guys. It looks like I'm moving to Seattle in a month!

Is anyone looking for a roommate? If you are, PM me and we'll talk. I would love to split rent and save some cash.
Feb 28 2013 11:30PM
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powderdrunkie
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I live on Phinney and it's really really awesome. Ballard is a mile away, greenlake is less than a mile away, fremont is a mile away, and wallingford is a mile away. All of these places are awesome. In order of awesomeness:

Phinney Ridge
Ballard
Wallingford
Greenlake
Fremont

and I think phinney/ballard are a complete tie.

you will be blown away with the summers out here. Especially if you are 21+
Mar 1 2013 2:09PM
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MothaHucker
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yo hitme up to ski some bc/pow
Mar 2 2013 5:13AM
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papermache
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when are you moving here? I might have a room available, $450/mo for rent and all utilities
Mar 8 2013 1:52PM
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