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I lived I'm bellevue and kirkland, and it wasn't that great. The best place was Bainbridge Island, but even it had problems with needles in parks and beaches.
by mathgladiator 3y ago
I lived I'm bellevue and kirkland, and it wasn't that great.
The best place was Bainbridge Island, but even it had problems with needles in parks and beaches.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoWasn't great based on your criteria of no homeless camps, good schools, crossing guards, parks that fill on weekends, well maintained roads, and good internet (Century Link fiber is great when it works, and works often)? Are you sure you were living in the same Bellevue that I was living in? Bainbridge island is nice, but I wouldn't really call it a suburb of Seattle. Also, needles are what you get when you are living in a conifer heavy climate zone.
- mathgladiator 3y agoI was referring to syringes at so many parks. Everytime I brought family out, it was embarrassing. I was close to the downtown cores of both Bellevue and kirkland. I'm sure there are pockets that are nice, but now imagine a significantly larger area where the problems are exceptions rather the the rule. I feel so many people have Stockholm syndrome when it comes to the area.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoI lived just off main in Bellevue before moving to Ballard. The downtown park (< 5 minute walk) filled up all the time. I saw a syringe in Bellevue once though, not at a park but in a run down strip mall parking lot. I’ve never seen a syringe in bainbridge on any trip there with the kid (we often hop on the ferry in the summer). That being said, I bought a house/moved to Ballard because I wanted a more urban lifestyle for my kid (now kindergartener going to a SPS school). Bellevue is clean, but boring. These days, syringes are pretty much gone, as addicts have moved from heroin to fentanyl. I would be shocked if Toledo (and sylvania and the other suburbs I knew) was missing that somehow.