The grass is not greener elsewhere. The grass isnt as green as advertised in seattle, though. Big cities in texas have homeless too, they just have to suffer in the elements there.
I travel a lot around the US. Seattle, and even more so Portland, are the worst where it comes to the homeless problem. It’s not only ignored, it’s abetted by Puget-area local governments.
I read in the Phoenix gazette (in June of ‘83), that Seattle was the most livable city in the country. After a vacation from Phoenix, going as far north as Vancouver, BC, I decided to move to Seattle (about the end of June). I was very happy with the move. The 80’s was great. It was gradually getting worse, and in March of 2018, I moved out of state, and don’t intend to return.
Yikes. I gotta give it to you, though. You're a highly adaptable person as far as weather goes. Phoenix -> Seattle -> Minneapolis. All extremes here. Phoenix blazingly hot in the summer. Seattle is the complete opposite, or it used it be. And then Minneapolis humid summers with ice cold winters. Just out of curiosity, why not move to a different area of Seattle? Eastside (across the lake) is nice.
I'm happy for your decision. It was ridiculous to buy food over there...By myself, I spent more than 1000.00 a month! That wasn't enough food for me... though. The people saying beautiful state but how many days you can really enjoy the beautiful places with working 40 hours a week?
@@Cosmos-ze1oz I ask myself the same in Southern California and would come home after my four jobs to my Siamese enjoying the place I had in Colorado. We're nothing more than minions💁🏼♀️
I almost died on I-5 going through Seattle. It was dark out and raining so hard and so foggy I could barely see and I was a little nervous, but everyone was still whizzing down the road bumper to bumper at 75mph. All of a sudden an old truck appeared right in front of me, parked in the center lane with no lights at all on and the hood up. There was no way I could stop or even have a split second to look around so I blindly swerved into the next lane. Just by the grace of God, there was nobody there.
@@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf Everybody knocks us for our driving. We have a lot of people from out of state moving here and they bring their bad driving with them. Seattle in general is a good driving state. We didn't have this issue 25 years ago from what I remember.
Well when driving in blinding weather ( lived in Colorado decades) perhaps with climate change staring us in the face you may be right... this HAS never been this bad💁🏼♀️
Ditto, born here in the 50's, I'm done and getting the heck out of here, been robbed multiple times and I'm thoroughly disgusted with this place. I'll be the guy flying by you as we head out of this nightmare.
I agree! I'm watching a video called "Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Washington", and almost everything is Seattle Seattle Seattle! How about "Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Washington - not including Seattle"? I'll bet that would be a much harder video to make. Not that the rest of the state is perfect, just don't do Seattle Seattle Seattle, and every once in a while, oh, yeah, there's (another part of the state) too. (I live North of Seattle. Around here, we refer to it as the cesspool.)
I realize that the majority of the people in the state do live in Western Washington, but as an Eastern Washington resident, a lot of these things do not apply (or apply to a lesser degree). Crime in Spokane and Yakima is probably as bad as Seattle, but some of the areas in the east are not bad. Weather is better too, unless you love rain. Of course, the lack of rain in the east makes it less green, so there is that.
Washintonian here. I live in a small city on the outskirts of Seattle/Tacoma in King County the most expensive county in the state! Love the beauty, greenness, and fresh-air and when we do get our sunny days we really appreciate them. Property taxes, housing, gas prices and traffic are a common complaint.
Born in Seattle in the 1950s. I live an hour north of Seattle now. Don't recognize it anymore. Breaks my heart. It was such a laid back city. Now it's a mess. My thought is it started in the 70s when Microsoft came in to being. Things starting changing. You could watch it happen. A building explosion. My parents bought a house in1966 for $27,500. That house is now valued at $1,000,000. This is such a beautiful state that I hate to leave, but I'm thinking about it.
Dems pushed & shoved that is was the best thing to go to only mail in ballots in the early 80s! Why? Because it made it easier to control the vote from us ignorant masses & we have been subject since! It has steadily gone down hill, especially in dem held stronghold areas! 1 company doing well doesn't bring down the state, though they didn't help!
As someone who is born and raised in Washington this is pretty accurate! Although the places I have lived there has been quite a bit of diversity. But we moved to another part of Washington Because of many of the things you mentioned. Although not perfect it is much better than where we were but we will be moving out of state in a few years. Very much looking forward to it!
Lived in Utah all my life. Have never been a victim of a crime. My wife and I visited Seattle this year in March. Third day into our trip and our car gets broken into. Still loved our visit though. Washington is the most beautiful state. Leavenworth became my new favorite place.
Sorry about the bad citizen, it's been and on-and-off problem. Always a good idea to keep the car messy inside, like a homeless person lives in it (messy cars don't get broken into). If you haven't, check out the San Juan islands, especially Orcas, if y'all visit us again.
Yes!! Seattle is not Washington as a whole.. I grew up in Wenatchee and cross country ski raced out of Leavenworth. The rest of the state is very similar to Utah… farm land, deserts, great skiing, great mountain biking, boat on the lake, etc.. I used to have xc ski races in soldier hollow every year
@@lorrk1239 I was there for 63 years, in Shoreline. I just couldn't take it anymore. My suggestion is this. If you know going in that there is no perfect place left in the US you will end up more content. If you are in, or getting close to your retirement, look at weather patterns. I knew moving to MO meant hotter summers with a bit more violent storms and colder winters, but short in duration. Having said that, the number of clear days makes me quite satisfied with my choice . The grey skies were very much a part of my move, just couldn't stand it. Next, be very honest about what you want to do. I miss trout fishing and being able to hike without tick protection. And, the bugs in Central Missouri are astonishing. WA had none. Make a list of the top five things you must have, and one of the bottom five to avoid and begin your search. My top 5 were, 1.) A red state, although the nature of politics across the US is declining daily, 2.)Very few cloudy days, check. 3,) Affordability, check. 4.) Lower tax rates, be careful here, legislatures can change things quickly. And 5,) 2A friendly. I tried looking at Montana, tax rates and cost of living were off the charts. The Black Hills in South Dakota are fantastic, but be honest with yourself about - 30 winters. WY used to be great, but the Obama years destroyed the population base. Same with AZ. Finally, visit the location before you make the actual move, get a good feel for the area. The move was essential for me, WA state would have literally taken years off my life in frustration, much success to you and yours!
I live here and this is so damn accurate and it is GETTING WORSE!! As a garbage man and working downtown, it is scary bad and everything is CLOSED, RUN DOWN and or REBUILDING. BUT IT IS FULL OF ADDICTS AND IT IS GETTING WORSE.
maybe try to get a garbage route in the nice lakeside neighborhoods instead of downtown. No homeless in Denny-Blaine, Madison Park, Laurelhurst, Leschi, Madrona, ...
Have lived in the Puget Sound area my whole life. I've traveled quite a bit and have never found somewhere I liked better. You are right on with the reasons not to move here, I wish more people would listen to them. I've known many people who couldn't adapt to the dampness here in the winter. There's a reason for all of our trees and green...
Also lifelong resident. I think the word has finally gotten out. Up until maybe 2018 everyone I met that moved here had intentions of staying. Since then, pretty much everyone I meet that moves here is just looking for the career bump and intend to leave once they're vested and their resume looks the way they want.
I’ve lived in Washington (mostly Seattle/Ballard) most of my life and have to say this is pretty accurate. What’s making living here so unbearable are the insane taxes, high crime, rampant homelessness, and brutal traffic. I retired from the Army out of Fort Lewis about 10 years ago, bought a house in Tacoma (not a terrible investment) and the property taxes have gone up 14 times (not exaggerating at all)! The crime here is getting so bad that the city has closed off large portions of Point Defiance Park, there’s at least one shooting a week, and people are drag racing all over the city. The homeless situation is so bad that both Seattle and Tacoma look like refugee camps. Things in the Seattle and Tacoma have gotten so bad I cannot wait to leave this once beautiful and majestic state and never even think of it again. Oh, the traffic sucks so bad that even at 3:00 am you’ll get stuck driving from Tacoma to Seattle (or vice versa). I mean why does it bog down in stupid Fife?? There’s no reason for it???
Spot on. I've lived in the Seattle area for 30 years and the taxes are out of control. The property taxes double every 10 years and there is no tangible return at all.
Fife - Milton is where there is alot trucking hubs. Port of Tacoma, Loves truckstop that serves about 70 mile radius for truckers to get off get fuel. Plus the casino's lots of traffic maybe thats the only reason for 3am traffic but its insane.
I live in Tacoma too, and I get most of what you’re saying, but I do want to point out that crime isn’t why parts of Point Defiance Park closed… I don’t think any parks in the city have been closed due to crime that’s just not something that happens. Part of the 5 mile drive in Point Defiance closed to motor vehicle traffic a few months ago because some of the bluffs below the road were becoming unstable, and if the road was kept open the weight of the cars driving over these hillsides would have caused a landslide. But the road is still open to people and bikes and a lot of people still use it. The park is still super busy on the weekends. You could definitely criticize other parks in the city, but Point Defiance Park is very safe, I haven’t really heard of crime or homelessness happening there. I think you’re exaggerating how bad the crime is in Tacoma a little bit.
Everything listed in this video is correct, and politely understated. The political corruption to defy the will of voters is a big issue here. We repeatedly voted down spending money on sports stadiums, which the State overrode and spent $Billions$ of taxpayer money on. We repeatedly voted down income tax and the legislature voted in a capital gains tax which was ratified by the state supreme court which acts as an extension of the Governor's office and not a judicial body. Adding insult to injury, we twice voted down carbon taxes which were magically passed by the legislature and Governor Jay Inslee during his 900+ days of Covid Emergency Powers. Those carbon taxes are now adding more than $1 per gallon to fuel in the Seattle area above the national average; outpacing even California. Boondoggle, thy name is Washington State.
we desperately need income tax. if you have problems with the state of Washington how do you expect them to be solved? with zero funding? with the single most regressive tax structure in America that disproportionately affects poor and working class people? is that what you think will actually help people?
@@tarfu98 we would not maintain a sales tax with the implentation of an income tax. The poorly executed extra taxes are a result of a need for revenue generation simply because we don’t have an income tax, which would be much more efficient given the wealth in the Seattle region
@@tobertitus you are either young or haven't been paying attention to how taxes work here. Inslee outright lied about the impact of the carbon taxes. Outright lied about impacts of other ebvironmental taxes and property taxes too. WA collects more tax per person than most of the other states in the lower 48. And there is absolutely no reason for them to collect more. You may not know it but the state can't even pass an audit. No more taxes.
Although your video seemed to focus on Seattle which has become a mess. I lived in Seattle as a kid and it was much better back then. Washington will always be home in my heart but will never be my home again because I just can't afford to live there any more. I left in late 2021.
I can relate, though from a CA perspective. Its just not the cost of living, but crime, demographics, even culture. It was still great back in the 80s and early 90s, especially in the little beach towns along the coast. Everything seems to be changing for the worse. I also left in 2021.
As a Washingtonian who has lived here for a little over two decades I can definitely confirm majority of that list. The closer you are to Seattle the higher cost of living is especially if you're trying to get a decent apartment or even just a small duplex. Which is why we're going to be moving down south of Olympia near Tumwater. We do have the fear of the next big earthquake that is going to rock our s*** and of course Mount Rainier potentially blowing its top. A natural beauty but we know that it will one day kill us. We do get the weird freak snow or ice storm every few years up here in Washington as well and yes a lot of the rain and snow does usually occur on the western side of the Cascades. Noticeable difference especially politically between Western and Eastern Washington if you ever come up to visit
The difference is not East vs West, it is Puget Sound/Seattle area vs the rest of the state, SW Washington is just like Eastern Washington politically, we hate each other and should go our separate ways.
@@deanfirnatine7814Where are the political strongholds, larger metropolis areas! Dem held hasn't brought prosperity, but crime & high taxes & costs of living!
I can remember icicles on the telephone cables all over downtown Oly. Huge fan ones. This was in the 90's.Also I remember the sound of the transformer when it went down near the lake in the evening. The sound was like this weird BWONG! I miss Oly so much even though BLM came through and changed everything. It's sadly a wreck now. From what I've seen in the news and online.
I was born and raised in Washington State. During the 90’s it was starting to get bad with all the influx people. A good chunk of them from California. They changed my state into something unrecognizable and unaffordable. I used to feel safe in WA. But now I don’t. I still go and visit family but we can’t go and visit some of the places we used to as kids. We used to be able to walk in the parks at night. Not any more. We used to strike through downtown areas and feel safe. Not anymore. We used to be able to afford living with one or two friends and still have a savings. Not anymore. So sad. My kid still lives there and he struggles living in the same town I did and he makes way more money that I did at his age. I hate how my home state is now. Currently living in a different state and if I picked up my house and dumped it back home I wouldn’t be able to afford it. So sad. Really wish the people in charge of the state would get voted out and a new group would take over. Preferably one that are not insane like the ones governing now.
tbh I do too, but I can’t imagine what a new group would do besides, at best, improve it overall. I feel like as population increases it becomes a lot more unstable (in terms of crime). I can’t imagine things ever going back to how it was in the 90’s and before because of the influx of people, unless drastic measures are taken in the city
Now the Californians are flooding Texas. I don’t understand why they leave a state because they don’t like how things are being governed and then do their best to change the new state they move to into what they left. Fortunately, I live in a small town that’s hours away from where most of them are moving to.
@@OG_Beckie_Leigh - The majority of Californians leaving CA for TX are the failures who can't afford it and are sick of not being able to get their way politically, not the liberal ones. CA has the largest population of R voters of any state but they are in a minority so it makes the whole place seem blue.
The roads in town are full of potholes, thieves are everywhere, deadbeats are everywhere, cost of living is overpriced for what you get, the weather sucks and is very depressing, the water's freezing cold, most of the women I met had girlfriends, the pay scale sucks, almost everyone blames their problems on someone else with absolutely no evidence of personal responsibility (very juvenile adults which gets very old very fast), but the peninsula is awesome and a priceless outdoor resource.
I live on the Peninsula. While I agree it's beautiful, there are drugs, homeless, and property crime is out of control. Home prices and rents are astronomical, due to the droves of California transplants "retiring" here. How is this different from Seattle????? 😂 The only difference is the problems are on a smaller scale because the Peninsula doesn't have as many residents.
I haven't seen a pothole in Seattle yet. But I live in Ballard. I've seen plenty of potholes in Eastern Washington, the roads aren't as good across the mountains.
I've lived in WA for over 30 years. I grew up in the Lacey, Olympia area, I've also lived in Tacoma, Puyallup, Federal Way and I'm currently in the Redmond area and I would say he's not lying about this list. It's crazy how crime is increasing over 50% from the previous year, cost of living is crazy and its not just the rent it's food (Restaurant), gas ($5 to $6/gal), etc. Like for example Korean short ribs is $22-$25 in Puyallup and in Redmond $36-$40 for the same portion/sides. The traffic has gotten worst the more people move up here bringing their bad driving habits with them. Over 50% of residents living in the Seattle area are not Washingtonians.
I’m a Washington native-never lived in any other state. Spent my first 20 years right in Seattle. Back then, visitors used to comment and sometimes complain that we are too nice. Now unfriendliness is #3. I’m convinced it’s all the out-of-staters that moved here. The extremely rare native Washingtonians that I meet are very friendly. Regarding crime - I think its the theft and property damage people are complaining about. Too few cops and Mayoral decrees that keep police from doing anything about misdemeanors. Basically, misdemeanors are criminal freebies.
I had the opposite experience in Bellingham. The natives were very cold and rude, all my best friends from there were from different parts of the country. Not saying everyone from Washington is that way, but there’s a reason the phenomena of the Seattle Freeze exists
You pretty much nailed it on Washington State. Being from Chicago and to come out here and see a huge mountain was definitely jaw dropping! I definitely wish there were more sunshine here but oh well! Keep up the great work with this channel 👌
@@internetmeta I live in a small town on what is called the Olympic Peninsula. I’m a couple hours away from Seattle (by ferry). If you’re thinking of moving to Seattle, look online at the rent prices in Seattle or outlying areas of Seattle. As you might surmise, the further away from Seattle the less expensive. There is a good transit network there and it is cheaper than driving into the city and paying for parking. The waterfront has had an extensive reworking to be more accessible (new sidewalks, crosswalks, condos and plantings. As you might have read, the downtown core has deteriorated and became rather unsafe. During the day it isn’t too bad but don’t be there after sundown. It just isn’t a great place. Drug use, panhandling and few, if any of the retail stores are left. Shoplifting and general theft changed how the businesses felt about maintaining their presence. Sad, really. Downtown Seattle was such a good place-a complete reversal from what is happening now. Where you plan to work will have something to do with where you plan to live. I will say that the Pike Place Market is a gem. It is downtown and in an area that’s not so swell but just be aware of your surroundings. Just about anything you might want can be found there. It’s great fun and provides some terrific views over Elliott Bay to the Olympic Mountains - near where I am- and across to West Seattle. It takes several hours to explore the Market but worth the time.
With regard to traffic it seemed as though the city of Seattle did everything it could to cause traffic. There is even a roundabout intersection in West Seattle that is also a 4-way stop 🛑 completely negating the function of a roundabout (which is to keep traffic flowing)
I was a lifelong Tacoma resident until I moved out last summer. My family has lived in Tacoma since the early 1900s. I left because of the high cost of living, seemingly monthly tax increases with nothing to show for the increase but more homeless camp improvements, crime that the police wont do anything about because they are too busy writing radar tickets to raise money, little kids running around in cars with no mufflers all night, crime levels going up daily, entire blocks of apartments posted by the county as"high drug use areas" that will get you searched by the sheriffs for driving past on the road, and having to be armed where ever you go. Park at the Tacoma Mall? If your car is still there and still has the catalytic converter when you are done shopping, you consider yourself lucky. The education system in Tacoma is so progressive that they are churning out functional illiterates yearly that do not have the knowledge or skills to make a living. It takes about 35 minutes to drive to Seattle at 2AM. It takes 1.5 to 2 hours in the morning rush hour. Two to 3 hours in the afternoon going home. It was a beautiful place in the 70s, started going downhill in the 80s and 90s, and now is a hell hole. As Monty Python said, RUN AWAY.
I was stationed at JBLM for a few years. Went to Seattle several times for events and every single time something happened. The worst was when a homeless guy tried to stab one of us.
My late aunt moved to Seattle in the late 60s; I spent summers with her in the 70s. It was a diverse and neat city back then, primarily focused on the fishing industry. Everywhere were Scandinavian communities and a lot of Japanese people. My brother lived there into the early 2000s. He always feels he got out just in time. I've been tempted to return for a visit, but he advised not. I don't think I'd enjoy seeing what has happened to the city vs my very young memories.
We live in a small town somewhat outside Seattle. Everything you said is exactly right Mr. Briggs. I would add that petty crime & shoplifting are typical even in our area now. Worse is gang murders/shootings are daily occurrences often multiple in one day. The slightly larger town near us closer to Seattle has a huge homeless population. I've seen three dead bodies this year each one tragically from drug overdose. Narcotics are totally legal and can be used, sold and carried in Seattle!
Well I live in Tacoma and he’s right about just about everything. The reason we have high crime is because our politicians think it’s ok to walk into penny’s and steal 1,000 worth of stuff and not get arrested. They allow people to do drugs right in the open. I’ve lived here most of my life and born in Seattle and in less than a year we are going to leave this beautiful state for most of the year to live with our daughter and😢😢then live in our Port Ludlow home part time! I’m sad to see what’s happened to western Washington. The homeless are allowed to do what they want and most of them are on drugs , my son knows he was part of that life but is no longer . Food trucks give them food, they get a phone , free insurance ect, ect but they don’t want to work they want hand outs.
Lol. Yeah. It’s the elected clowns 🤡 responsibility to fix. Maybe if people plugged into their neighborhoods instead of blaming others like you are in grade school. Just maybe.
Incredibly both political parties are full of crap, there no one moderated, sth in between with common sense. America's biggest threat is inside, not outside
I’m from Detroit and when I visited Washington I was blown away by the beauty of it all. Homelessness,drugs,crime does not phase me. I wish I could afford to move there and have the opportunity to see that kind of beauty whenever I wanted to.
I’m from Detroit too and considering taking a permanent relocation for work. Trying to decide between here and California, and ultimately would like to be in Florida. Washington has really good relocation packages and wages for health care.
Weird to see this, as a European I always associated the pacific northwest with the cozy Twin Peaks classic Americana vibe. Sad to see life isn’t improving in this part of the USA. I suppose british columbia to the north is better?
As a Southeast, Washington resident, I agree Seattle is a miserable place to live. This video does not adequately taken into account. There’s much more to Washington than just Seattle. Here in the Tri-Cities, for instance, much of these objections simply does not apply.
Did you mean the Dry Shitties? It is amusing you said you are a SE Washington resident and live in the Dry Shitties. Geography is another thing Trumpanzees fail at.
As a Seattlite who has lived in the tri-cities, I would say Seattle is great. Not perfect, but great. The cities on the other hand were awful. I used to call them the Tri-yickies. I hated it there. I would move back there if you paid me.
@@kellymckinney5082 fortunately, you have nothing to stress about. We here in Eastern Washington. would just as soon you western Washington stay where you are.
@@williamk5998 Who said I was stressed? And I have no problem with Eastern Washington. I lived in Spokane a lot longer than I lived in the Tri-Yickies. I have been back to Spokane many times. My dislike is very specific, Tri-Yickies, Gag. Spokane cool, Seattle great, Anacortes, great.
I moved to Washington a decade ago. Yes, Seattle and King County in general. After all this time, I'm ready to leave and never come back. The state itself is fine. The people are crap. I noticed that, over time, the state keeps slipping further and further into decay. I don't think it'll turn around any decade soon.
Accurate points. Grew up about 45 min south-east of seattle. Left wing politics and leaders like gov ilInslee did more damage than i thought was possible. Still so many good people there, but seattle runs the state. My company moved to Nashville last year, but i still hope it turns around someday.
I've been met with "the freeze" as a Southerner, but no one has ever really been outright rude to me in Washington. You just get used to having a conversation with a stranger and then having them casually walk away (signals talk is over), no hard feelings. We just have other things to do.
Agreed. I moved from Austin, TX to Seattle in 1998. It's more introverted in Western WA. Austin is very extroverted in contrast, but I cannot tolerate hot/humid weather (even as a native Texan).
I live in Washington State, here's an UPDATE: ALL taxes are way too high; gas prices are the highest in the country; this a progressive/communist state and therefore crime is out of control, cost of living is very high, shootings everyday in King county and elsewhere; road rage is a daily event. Washington State is a lumber capital yet the cost of home construction is out of reach for most residents. Competition for 'living-wage' jobs is extremely high so expect to wait at least 6 months (or as long as 18 months +) to land that job. Traffic is horrendous 24/7 due to the number of people who have moved here. High population has drove up prices on everything and lowered the standard of living for all Washington State residents. Example: a run-down shack of a home goes for $450,000 or more!!! Which is why the homeless population has grown exponentially over the last few years. Developers and politicians are destroying the natural beauty and displacing the wild life of Washington State in order to build large apartment complexes with no end in site...it's heartbreaking!!! DON'T MOVE TO WASHINGTON STATE!!!! We do not need anymore population growth!
soooo funny that there's this dual reality of "no one's moving to Washington" and "We do not need anymore population growth!" which is it? are we a progressive/communist state or do we have the most regressive tax structure in the country? which is it? (it's the second one) are developers destroying the state by building large apartment complexes or is there not enough housing -- which is causing the affordability crisis? which is it? do you actually have a grasp on the material solutions to the problems you're describing, or do you just not like what's going on?
ITS COMMUNIST WA STATE WITH DESTROYED HEALTH CARE & DEI WORMS. The FU rigged elections in WA are a concern & awful collapse of health care due to dei woke nonsense communist are thives worst politicians who threaten citizens
EVERYTHING WENT DOWN HILL HERE IN 2001 WITH BUSH 911 WMD WAR FRAUD AWFUL if your health care you will find work otherwise your fucked. I guess a drug dealers have job security here IF the border is closed & we throw our communist that would help
Good video there Mr. Briggs. Focusing on Western Washington only does not represent the entire state. Eastern Washington gets triple amounts of sunshine per year. You mention Spokane as the only city East of The Cascade Mountains. There are other much smaller cities like Ellensburg, Pullman, The Tri-Cities, Wenatchee, Walla Walla, Yakima,all get 3 times the annual sunshine that Seattle gets.
Totally agree about the unfriendly bit. Even in the 60s and 70s when I was there, the local rich kids had their cliques and lorded it over everyone else. Now it's the same but worse. Sadly Austin has become like that with all the millionaires that have moved in. I am searching for a nicer small town that still allows horses, missing the nicer Seattle suburbs I remember before gentrification ruined them.
@@kevinmcc9408 you don't live in Austin. Loads of homeless here. Thank God they allow people to rent out rooms in their homes or I would be one myself. I make over $30K and can't rent an apartment here because of high prices and most places requiring you to make 3x rent. I have an income cap on my Widow's benefits. I am not allowed to make enough to qualify. It is a greed fest that only the well off can afford. That is why I need to move. Saving for that is a struggle as it is.
Spent an hour with the police at 2 am dealing with a homeless issue at my house. I'm 40 minutes out of Seattle in an area of farms and old school rural, I live on wooded acreage. The homeless are infecting every inch of western Washington, it's not a "Seattle" thing. Cops say the homeless camps in the area are getting larger and spreading and there's nothing they can do about it. The Washington politicians have their hands tied. Look to our government to see why the LEO's are leaving in droves. After 5 decades of living in this area I'm about to be a "Moving out of Washington" statistic by the end of the year. Western Washington is a shithole.
Homeless addicts and thieves everywhere. Gang thugs. I couldn’t believe it when the tents went up right near the Burien library along a main shopping street. Every greenbelt has tents.
I moved to Seattle in 1981. The rent was cheap, there was no crime and the buses were always on time. Former Mayor Norm Rice set the trap that destroyed Seattle.
Rice rezoned single resident zone to multi-family zones, without plans to the upgrade the infrastructure. He wanted to make Seattle into a World Class City, and he sold the city out @@liannebedard5521
Moved from Washington 3 years ago, after living there for 50+ years. It was beautiful, the politics are horrible, homelessness lines I5 in King county.. The illegal invasion and sanctuary cities are all over,, Crime is an all time high- drugs are everywhere... Woke is being taught in schools.. Traffic is awful.. I never want to go back..
I left in 1994 and haven’t returned. I agree with your statement. It is very sad what happened to that beautiful city. The month I moved away, I was driving on the boulevard on Capital Hill. It took 1 hour to drive 1 block. I sold my car and purchased a bike to get to work.
The worst part of Western Washington is the drug problem which is causing lots of homelessness and crime. Besides that, the region is great. Home prices are sky high, but that’s because land is very limited. A home in Seattle is usually about $1M unless it’s tiny or rundown. A home in the Eastside will be around $2M. Even homes down in Tacoma will be $600K-$1M if it’s north of I-5 (south Tacoma homes go for $300K-600K unless it’s University Place, which is super expensive too).
Yup, I work in Seattle and the traffic is on par with Los Angeles, the weather is by far the worst of anywhere I’ve ever lived, there’s graffiti on every surface within arms reach and nobody seems to care and, yes, the people here are very unfriendly. I’m leaving in 3 months and I can’t wait!
I came to Washington State with my ship in 2005 shortly before my 25th birthday and stayed. You're spot on about Washington, especially Seattle which I live an hour by ferry ride from. It's annoying to give up more than $100.00 and come out of a grocery store with two bags of groceries. I actually love the weather and Washington has the best Fall seasons in my opinion. But be prepared to do some hard bargain shopping. The cost of living has gone up significantly since I arrived years ago.
I lived in Eastern washington (Spokane) for the majority of my life up until 2019. Ur completly right when it comes day/nights in the winter time. The last 2 years i lived there i really started to notice how short the days were, going through severe untreated clinical depression. i noticed how it would get dark at like 4:30pm, and if it were snowing or cloudy that day it would get extremely dark pretty quickly. Not to say it caused my depression obviously. But it does bum u out more if u wake up at lets say 11- noon somedays and 4 hours later its already getting dark outside. Its also extremely cold, now i live in Arizona, nighttime is still chilly, but atleast i get more sun, and going outside even in winter doesnt require 3 hoodies, a jacket, and gloves to walk outside.
Not sure what part of AZ you live but if in Phoenix then boy is it hot. We moved out from AZ because the brutal heat was too draining. Oddly enough May through Mid October when it's hot (then July and August when it's brutal), caused my partner to have depression. We just wanted to stay indoors with A/C all the time because of the heat. There's ups and downs to every situation I guess.
@@aphoenix7342 I live in Tucson, its slightly less hot then phoenix due to elevation. also Im not saying the sun or moving to AZ cured my depression or anything like that. the heat is definetly brutal during summer months and most ppl stay indoors during the day, i can see why that would cause depression in some people who love being outdoors. The winter months and the first 4-5 months of the year are pretty nice tho.
My question is, have you ever been to Eastern Washington? Housing is VERY EXPENSIVE and the last 5 years, traffic is horrible. This is from a person who has lived in Spokane since 1977
Born, raised, and work in Seattle . When I heard Senator Kuperer blame the homeless situation on housing providers, I understood the politicians in Olympia had political agendas but not solutions. Since 2018 to present the Olympia government is not working for the citizens but against citizens. We need NEW blood in Olympia to solve problems because the leaders we have now are undisciplined and too greedy.
Totally agree. My kids and grandkids were born in Lacey/Olympia and still live there. I am living in Port Orchard a little east on hiway 16. I hope nobody discovers this part of WA state. You go over Narrows bridge and you are in a completely different world than all the towns on I5. Olympia is very Liberal and the city council is filled with greedy criminals...
Hey Briggs, I know you're in the Portland area and that in one video, you said people in Portland call Vancouver, WA Vantucky. I have not spent any time in Vancouver, WA, but heard you recently talking about it again. Seems like Vancouver, WA is the best of both worlds, no state income tax & a quick drive across the Columbia to shop sales tax free. If Vancouver is not your cup, how about the towns around Vancover? I think you did a video of Camas and spoke well of it. I ived in the Seattle area 25 years. It was wonderful back in 1998, but not so much now. We left WA for 6 years (SF Bay), and just moved back. However, we are not in, and I'd NEVER consider the Seattle metro unless things improve. Besides housing cost, the weather and lack of sun is the biggest challenge newcomers will face. Sunlight deprivation, especially in Western Washington is REAL. There are only 2-3 sunny months per year. Summer literally does not start until July 5th, like a light switch. My opinion, Oregon is more restrictive and regulated than Washington. Oregon is more like California. Washington has become more like California too, but Oregon is in the lead to emulate the 'golden' state. California sucks. So glad we left there! Nicest thing about CA is the weather, but there is a high price (more than just financially) for that weather.
Diversity is overrated but it does give you more restaurant options. And it’s not the volcano that will kill you, it’s the tsunami. Of course the earthquake could set off the volcano.
We just moved from Vancouver, WA to Fort Worth Texas. Yes, I miss many things: the weather, the gardening, the trees, the mountains, and of course the beach. But, I was not feeling safe there, the governemnt encroachment and the ickiness of Portland. We have freedom in Texas and it is worth being here...
It would be too hot for me in Texas and I would miss the trees and mountains. I spend alot of time outdoors rain or shine but when it gets to 90 I hate it!
All of these reasons have moved on up to Marysville (North of Everett). Especially traffic. I won't even leave Everett to go north after 1:30 pm. It takes 30 minutes to go 10 miles.
As a life long spokane resident i can tell you from 33 years of experience that you have it backwards -eastern Washington absolutely gets some of the most snowfall in the state where as the western side of the state, primarily the coast and peninsula etc. Actually, it so seldomly snows in seattle that when it does the whole city freaks out and shuts down. Also, while it may not be nowhere near as bad as the western end of the state, make no mistake spokane area still gets some pretty thick traffic especially on I90 going out of city in either direction. And remember, as others have pointed out: While seattle may be the "face" of washinton it certainly doesnt define the entire state...
The thing you're missing about the Seattle weather is that you mention the total rainfall, but a LOT of it is in the form of the Seattle Mist -- it's so light you can miss that it's raining unless you are wearing glasses or you're looking out your windshield. For that rate of rainfall to build up to the annual amount means a LOT of gray days of just very light mist.
I moved to SeaTac in 2019 and it’s rare that anyone is unfriendly. I also live in a very diverse community and love it. The crime is a bit uncomfortable, but I’m sure that’s true everywhere, and the pay is commensurate to my needs.
I wish you would do a video on the most trashed out state. Ive been traveling to all the western states and Washington wins the award for the most litter. Ironically, they also charge the most $$$ for access to state land (discover pass). Where does all that money go? Why can't they provide garbage collection the way Utah does. Go to Utah and you find public garbage cans everywhere! Utah is the cleanest state of all.
Young couples would move from Silicon Valley to Seattle where a starter home (like you'd see in the Archie Bunker comedy) that cost over $750,000 to a tri-plex in Seattle for $300,000. I had a friend who told me a realtor knocked on his door at 8PM & asked "Do you want to sell your home?" as he was slamming the door, the realtor said, "I'll give you $300K!" His house was worth at the time about $100K. He explained the win-win situation of everyone makes money from the Californicators. He asked how long he had to pack! NOW, young people couldn't afford a nice home because everyone was holding out for the inevitable ridiculous offer from people moving up. I know of a builder who builds new homes and once a week one comes due to be auctioned! He doesn't put a "For Sale" sign up. Every Friday he'd auction the home. People lined up really early or even late Thursday night. Seattle was gorgeous, just like San Fransisco or Chicago. But, like those cities, the liberals have allowed crime & their stupid mentality to permanently ruin it.
Oh to be young enough for an Alaska one-night stand. My only trip to Washington was a family vacation in 1970 when I was a kid. The Seattle Space Needle was a big deal in those days, as was the entire city of Seattle. My strongest memory though was that Washington made even my northeast Ohio weather seem great by comparison. I couldn't understand why anyone would live there.
I was born and raised in Washington state and it is beautiful in many areas, but Seattle is disgusting now. I wouldn’t live here if my family wasn’t here. 😢
I mean the state seems pretty good it has the highest life expectancy of any state and it ranks great in most other categories too. Me coming from an awful state like Ohio which ranks terrible in just about everything I would happily live in Washington and it’s beautiful all around with great mountains I think some people in Washington don’t realize how good they have it and that’s it’s biggest problem although Seattle area is below average the other places are great.
I grew up in the Vancouver area north of Portland. We rarely made it up to Seattle, but I feel like a lot of Washington outside of Seattle is a great place to live. If you can get over the cloudy and wet winters. Now that I live in Arizona, I do miss PNW summers. Nothing like it.
When talking about Washington please add stats for Spokane since there is more than just the west side (Seattle) and we love the snow during the winter as well traffic is light and if costs are too high simply cross the border to Idaho.
Don’t expect to get to work in seattle on time from the Penninsula because bridges close, ferry boats break down or cancel runs because a worker calls in sick or weather is too rough.
Do other countries also have a "boom car" problem, or is this problem only occurring in the United States? If you do not know what a "boom car" is, maybe it is not happening there. It is a vehicle with an over-amplified bass speaker "subwoofer" box that blast bass noises (thumping and booming) loud enough to be heard blocks away and inside homes, schools, shops, offices, hospitals, care centers, and all other buildings. In most of the U.S.A. this is illegal, but as with many other crimes in the U.S.A., police do not enforce against criminal offenses here.
My aunt and uncle pioneered their block in Seattle in 1920. Aunt Dot lived to be 94. On our last visit she told me that she was sick of the gloomy weather.
this one hits hard, for almost a decade, Seattle was my goal, my place to move to and settle down, having been around, raised in Georgia, Lived many years in Florida, even a few in Oregon, and finally in 2016, I moved to Seattle area, (kent) to be specific. at the time my 1 bed 1 bath 500 sq/ft apartment was $950/mo not including water/sewage/garbage and utilities. I barely got by, but I did. After a year, they wanted to renovate all the apartments and they finally got to mine and ended my lease when it was up with no option to renew, if I were to have moved right back into the same apartment, it would have then been over $1300/mo, and that was in 2018. FYI: currently that same apartment is about 1400 to 1500/mo. Anyways I ended up moving to Burien and shared a house with roommates which is something I really never wanted to do. I like my privacy, anyways, in 2021, my mom got sick and passed from Covid and other health issues, she was still in my hometown in Georgia, so I transferred back here to be closer to family, anyways I did go to downtown Seattle a few times during Covid for my side gigs, and after dark, it was something like a post apacalyptic movie, even one guy was yelling while swining a huge chain around. I want to move back, in hopes that Seattle can be the beautiful city it is behind the crime, homelessness, ect.
Wow! I am sorry for your loss. Yes stay in Georgia it’s insane here. When we came back here from Texas, Covid hit We lived in Ballard. The tent cities popped up in the park. No children or dogs could come anymore. I was chased by a man with a rusty machete. That was enough to move.
I have lived in the Seattle and Tacoma area for 58 of my 60 years. I love it. Love the rain. It's so relaxing. Winters, fireplaces, and the sound and smell of the rain. Tacoma is very diverse too. Lets see last earthquake was 2001. Yes volcano 1980. We dont have floods where we are. Ok stay away, love it, dont need more people lol
I use to live in Tacoma and the first thing I noticed about Washington was how pretty it was. Red brick buildings clean and glistening, grass and trees a beautiful jewel tone green. Then I saw how it got that way. It felt like it rained at least a little everyday except about 2 weeks in the summer. I rarely went outside and developed a Vitamin D deficiency. Also the home prices started like in the 300k about 20 years ago when I was there. Real estate felt completely out of reach.
Visited Seattle earlier this year and the people were definitely cold and standoffish for the most part and not to mention those grey skies would get old and depressing real quick plus parking is a struggle anywhere in Seattle but I did enjoy some good seafood the pretty skyline and cheap weed lol I’m from Sacramento so the homeless didn’t surprise me but all in all Beautiful scenery to go with cold people and weather plus way to overpriced yea there’s sum nice things but it doesn’t have Cali weather so I don’t know why it’s so damn expensive not worth it at all
Fun fact: Crime rates have much more to do with educational and job opportunities than draconian laws. "The war on Drugs" has failed for decades, but more of it is the answer? 🤡
I have lived south of Seattle for over 20 years. The property taxes are so high. If you want your cost of living to keep going up you are welcome to come but if you are a retiree you had better think of someplace else.
Most of us are aware of how much we'd lose being absorbed into Idaho. Actually, there is a minuscule movement here in Eastern Washington to become our own state of "Liberty." It doesn't have much movement because most people are aware of how much we'd lose. Both ideas are incredibly stupid, selfish and catastrophic. I don't want to live in some impoverished ghetto state where Spokane is the capital and Idaho is a nightmare. I want nothing to do with Idaho. It's the worst state in the west and belongs next to Alabama.
@@docmalthus Your reading comprehension does not appear to be so good. The biggest import to Spokane btw is coming from Seattle. Even North Idaho, which is right across the border, they are not exempt from the far left's area's of influence, be it universities and schools to public sector institutions and media. That said, if someone were to argue that being on the Idaho side of the border would make it easier to tackle current problems, I wouldn't disagree.
1) Ban Investors from buying and owning single-family homes. Investors can only own apartment houses. (2) Only American citizens can own US Real Estate. Foreign Nationals can own Condos but no land. (3) Ban the State from increasing property taxes to more than 1% yearly. (4) State and Federal funds by law are directed to housing, drug rehabilitation, and mental health before foreign nationals receive public housing money. (5) Veterans should have a specific program for housing, drug rehabilitation, and mental health just for Veterans.
Grew up in small town SW Washington....still a quiet place to live. Seattle I've no urge to live, but there are plenty of other choices. Mts....ocean....inland water......desert.....rain forest.....take your pick. Dry....wet....or something inbetween. I live in the UK now, but if I had to move back, WA is just fine.
I’ve lived in Seattle over 30 years. The homelessness has definitely worsened. If they aren’t camping out under bridges they’re living in RVs throughout the burbs. There are also many social programs that help and volunteers are numerous to work and donate funds. You see a lot compassionate people here ….if you can get passed the Seattle ‘chill’.
@Mr. Kim Funny thing about that as well. The "melting pot" idea came from a play called the melting pot. It was basically a form of early 1900s propaganda from the usual suspects. They also co-opted the statue of liberty 17 years after it was erected via the poem they placed at the base of statue.
Seattle is quite diverse. It also had a lot of Scandinavians present which was part of its charm in the 70s 80s 90s. Seattle has always had a good jazz scene and quite a few jazz stars called the place home, including the late Miss Ernestine Anderson. What a voice❤
This is mostly about the cities like Seattle and Tacoma. But if you live in rural areas then this is a lot different. The rural areas are a lot better than the cities. People are a lot kinder in the rural there are more jobs and there is not a lot of crime.
I remember visiting the northwest in the 1980s when I was young. The west coast of Oregon and Washington were suffering from the now well known California problem. Immigration from California was overwhelmingly the area, driving up prices and driving out the locals especially their kids who couldn’t afford to stay. People relocating to the area especially if they were from California were warned not to show up with California license plates on their car and if at all possible don’t let anyone know they were from California. There was a story going around about a woman from California who had been injured in a store, the store refused to pay medical cost and the whole thing went to court. The jury ruled against her because she was from California. It was appealed and overturned because the judge said you couldn’t do that. I don’t know if this story really happened but people really hated Californians in Washington and Oregon back then. I do think all that immigration changed the cultural though. Probably the reason they still dislike newcomers.
@@rayb.6537 incredible number of people on disability and food stamps due to drug/alcohol addictions. They could do better, but there's no incentive. Some I've talked to even have dreams about a better life, but they have no clue nor concept of how to go about it. It's sad to watch.
people still hate Californians who come up here, not only due to the fact they caused housing to spiral out of control, but they brot their politics with them
We moved to the Oregon coast from Kansas 2 years ago. We might as well have moved from India. They charge about 2 grand here for 800 dollar houses back in Kansas. 2 or 3 bedrooms with a garage and a fenced yard. Nothing fancy just a "starter" house. And the wages are not that much higher considering they have a higher minimum here. I was making 16 bucks an hour at ace hardware, and kinda glad to get that job. Meanwhile my old job in Kansas is paying 14ish now. Where minimum is 7.25 and houses are 2 to 2.5 times cheaper on rent and house prices. I don't get it. And that's Oregon, which is like the Arkansas of the west coast. I liked the weather at first, but now it gets on my nerves wearing hoodies in summer at night or at the beach. I live at the ocean but it's literally never hot enough to swim and the water is cold af.
I was raised there and haven’t been back for over a decade. It’s sad what’s happening there. I want to go back but the crime and the homelessness is out of hand there.
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I’ve been in the Seattle area for my entire life. The homelessness and crime is getting out of hand.
The grass is not greener elsewhere. The grass isnt as green as advertised in seattle, though. Big cities in texas have homeless too, they just have to suffer in the elements there.
I would never live anywhere south of Sno County.
Not a WA thing though. It's a US problem.
Let me guess.
You vote Democrat,
and are still confused why crime and homelessness are so bad…..
I travel a lot around the US. Seattle, and even more so Portland, are the worst where it comes to the homeless problem. It’s not only ignored, it’s abetted by Puget-area local governments.
As a native, I don’t even encourage my friends to move here, anymore.
Care to elaborate a little? Like what’re the top main reasons?
Seattle is the top reason@@ThePrinceHerb
@@datukalex Same as every other urban area…opioids…
@@datukalex …and out of control housing costs…amazing how the cities “no one” will move to…have the highest housing costs.
@@ThePrinceHerb Because more people from everyone else is what creates 90% of what they guy was talking about. Californians - stay home!!!
I grew up as a kid in Seattle….. It’s totally different from what it was in the 80’s….. pretty sad 😔
Same here but 60s and 70s. My rich sister doesn't know why I don't want to return. She is clueless there is a problem.
Your right! Seattle heaven in 80s
@@CoolPapaJMagik Californians moved and changed life there. Was most beautiful city usa 🇺🇸
@@CoolPapaJMagik Utah is 1 percent blaque .. lots of Mormons
@@gofisting2322 Packing my bags
I read in the Phoenix gazette (in June of ‘83), that Seattle was the most livable city in the country. After a vacation from Phoenix, going as far north as Vancouver, BC, I decided to move to Seattle (about the end of June). I was very happy with the move. The 80’s was great. It was gradually getting worse, and in March of 2018, I moved out of state, and don’t intend to return.
where did you move?
@@yukon666 Minneapolis, Mn.
Yikes. I gotta give it to you, though. You're a highly adaptable person as far as weather goes. Phoenix -> Seattle -> Minneapolis. All extremes here. Phoenix blazingly hot in the summer. Seattle is the complete opposite, or it used it be. And then Minneapolis humid summers with ice cold winters. Just out of curiosity, why not move to a different area of Seattle? Eastside (across the lake) is nice.
I'm happy for your decision. It was ridiculous to buy food over there...By myself, I spent more than 1000.00 a month! That wasn't enough food for me... though. The people saying beautiful state but how many days you can really enjoy the beautiful places with working 40 hours a week?
@@Cosmos-ze1oz I ask myself the same in Southern California and would come home after my four jobs to my Siamese enjoying the place I had in Colorado. We're nothing more than minions💁🏼♀️
I almost died on I-5 going through Seattle. It was dark out and raining so hard and so foggy I could barely see and I was a little nervous, but everyone was still whizzing down the road bumper to bumper at 75mph. All of a sudden an old truck appeared right in front of me, parked in the center lane with no lights at all on and the hood up. There was no way I could stop or even have a split second to look around so I blindly swerved into the next lane. Just by the grace of God, there was nobody there.
Yeah, I lived there for 10 years...they aren't the best drivers in the World.
@@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf Everybody knocks us for our driving. We have a lot of people from out of state moving here and they bring their bad driving with them. Seattle in general is a good driving state. We didn't have this issue 25 years ago from what I remember.
Well when driving in blinding weather ( lived in Colorado decades) perhaps with climate change staring us in the face you may be right... this HAS never been this bad💁🏼♀️
@@dawnreneegmail Is climate change staring us in the face? Or has our culture been captured by a new "secular" religion?
@@GenX_US_Marine I drove a cab in Seattle in the 80's, there were bad drivers there back then. Personally, I think the worst ones are in Redmond.
I live in Washington. I can’t wait to get out of here. Too many laws and regulations. It’s ridiculous!
Ditto, born here in the 50's, I'm done and getting the heck out of here, been robbed multiple times and I'm thoroughly disgusted with this place. I'll be the guy flying by you as we head out of this nightmare.
Leave then we welcome it
@@peterjones4621your generations policies is to blame 😂
@@peterjones4621 Its all your fault too thanks blue boomers.
@ThatGuy-bh9qh o they get your money still. Probably more
However, all of Washington is not Seattle. Like all of Illinois is not Chicago.
I agree! I'm watching a video called "Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Washington", and almost everything is Seattle Seattle Seattle! How about "Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Washington - not including Seattle"? I'll bet that would be a much harder video to make. Not that the rest of the state is perfect, just don't do Seattle Seattle Seattle, and every once in a while, oh, yeah, there's (another part of the state) too.
(I live North of Seattle. Around here, we refer to it as the cesspool.)
I realize that the majority of the people in the state do live in Western Washington, but as an Eastern Washington resident, a lot of these things do not apply (or apply to a lesser degree). Crime in Spokane and Yakima is probably as bad as Seattle, but some of the areas in the east are not bad. Weather is better too, unless you love rain. Of course, the lack of rain in the east makes it less green, so there is that.
Guess what areas the majority of people live in……
Someone need to go back to third grade if they that mixed up...
I agree
Washintonian here. I live in a small city on the outskirts of Seattle/Tacoma in King County the most expensive county in the state! Love the beauty, greenness, and fresh-air and when we do get our sunny days we really appreciate them. Property taxes, housing, gas prices and traffic are a common complaint.
Is it Issaquah if so me too
@@TheAmericanBois Enumclaw, Issaquah's beautiful too
@@revandenburg oh I love Enumclaw I have a lot of friends who live there
Change title to 10 reasons not to move to Seattle.👍
Absolutely right.
Bellingham is about the same.
@@Jhyatt422 2 cities = a whole state?
Even though Seattle was the fastest growing city yet again last year 😂
@@kylea.1223 Any proof of this?
Born in Seattle in the 1950s. I live an hour north of Seattle now. Don't recognize it anymore. Breaks my heart. It was such a laid back city. Now it's a mess. My thought is it started in the 70s when Microsoft came in to being. Things starting changing. You could watch it happen. A building explosion. My parents bought a house in1966 for $27,500. That house is now valued at $1,000,000. This is such a beautiful state that I hate to leave, but I'm thinking about it.
Me too.
Dems pushed & shoved that is was the best thing to go to only mail in ballots in the early 80s! Why? Because it made it easier to control the vote from us ignorant masses & we have been subject since! It has steadily gone down hill, especially in dem held stronghold areas! 1 company doing well doesn't bring down the state, though they didn't help!
As someone who is born and raised in Washington this is pretty accurate! Although the places I have lived there has been quite a bit of diversity. But we moved to another part of Washington Because of many of the things you mentioned. Although not perfect it is much better than where we were but we will be moving out of state in a few years. Very much looking forward to it!
Moving where?
Lived in Utah all my life. Have never been a victim of a crime. My wife and I visited Seattle this year in March. Third day into our trip and our car gets broken into. Still loved our visit though. Washington is the most beautiful state. Leavenworth became my new favorite place.
Sorry about the bad citizen, it's been and on-and-off problem. Always a good idea to keep the car messy inside, like a homeless person lives in it (messy cars don't get broken into). If you haven't, check out the San Juan islands, especially Orcas, if y'all visit us again.
Yes!! Seattle is not Washington as a whole.. I grew up in Wenatchee and cross country ski raced out of Leavenworth. The rest of the state is very similar to Utah… farm land, deserts, great skiing, great mountain biking, boat on the lake, etc.. I used to have xc ski races in soldier hollow every year
@@philosopher2kingignorant comment 🤪
You ran all the natives out their homes @@Colefaxx
Agreed Leavenworth is absolutely breathtaking
Left Seattle two and a half years ago, after 63 years it was the best move I have ever made.
Where did you finally end up? Arkansas here.
@@semicountryliving3095 We are neighbors Missouri.
I’m looking to move out of Washington state, have any suggestions? Thank you.😊
@@lorrk1239 I was there for 63 years, in Shoreline. I just couldn't take it anymore. My suggestion is this. If you know going in that there is no perfect place left in the US you will end up more content. If you are in, or getting close to your retirement, look at weather patterns. I knew moving to MO meant hotter summers with a bit more violent storms and colder winters, but short in duration. Having said that, the number of clear days makes me quite satisfied with my choice . The grey skies were very much a part of my move, just couldn't stand it. Next, be very honest about what you want to do. I miss trout fishing and being able to hike without tick protection. And, the bugs in Central Missouri are astonishing. WA had none. Make a list of the top five things you must have, and one of the bottom five to avoid and begin your search. My top 5 were, 1.) A red state, although the nature of politics across the US is declining daily, 2.)Very few cloudy days, check. 3,) Affordability, check. 4.) Lower tax rates, be careful here, legislatures can change things quickly. And 5,) 2A friendly. I tried looking at Montana, tax rates and cost of living were off the charts. The Black Hills in South Dakota are fantastic, but be honest with yourself about - 30 winters. WY used to be great, but the Obama years destroyed the population base. Same with AZ. Finally, visit the location before you make the actual move, get a good feel for the area. The move was essential for me, WA state would have literally taken years off my life in frustration, much success to you and yours!
Thank you for your wise and thoughtful response. I definitely will take that advice to heart.
I live here and this is so damn accurate and it is GETTING WORSE!! As a garbage man and working downtown, it is scary bad and everything is CLOSED, RUN DOWN and or REBUILDING. BUT IT IS FULL OF ADDICTS AND IT IS GETTING WORSE.
maybe try to get a garbage route in the nice lakeside neighborhoods instead of downtown. No homeless in Denny-Blaine, Madison Park, Laurelhurst, Leschi, Madrona, ...
@@burkeharris9699 That's a great solution to the problems he was talking about.
Have lived in the Puget Sound area my whole life. I've traveled quite a bit and have never found somewhere I liked better. You are right on with the reasons not to move here, I wish more people would listen to them. I've known many people who couldn't adapt to the dampness here in the winter. There's a reason for all of our trees and green...
Also lifelong resident. I think the word has finally gotten out. Up until maybe 2018 everyone I met that moved here had intentions of staying. Since then, pretty much everyone I meet that moves here is just looking for the career bump and intend to leave once they're vested and their resume looks the way they want.
I’ve lived in Washington (mostly Seattle/Ballard) most of my life and have to say this is pretty accurate. What’s making living here so unbearable are the insane taxes, high crime, rampant homelessness, and brutal traffic. I retired from the Army out of Fort Lewis about 10 years ago, bought a house in Tacoma (not a terrible investment) and the property taxes have gone up 14 times (not exaggerating at all)! The crime here is getting so bad that the city has closed off large portions of Point Defiance Park, there’s at least one shooting a week, and people are drag racing all over the city. The homeless situation is so bad that both Seattle and Tacoma look like refugee camps. Things in the Seattle and Tacoma have gotten so bad I cannot wait to leave this once beautiful and majestic state and never even think of it again. Oh, the traffic sucks so bad that even at 3:00 am you’ll get stuck driving from Tacoma to Seattle (or vice versa). I mean why does it bog down in stupid Fife?? There’s no reason for it???
So true! I finally moved away from Seattle for all the reasons you mentioned. It was a beautiful city 30 yrs ago. So sad to see what it has become.
Spot on. I've lived in the Seattle area for 30 years and the taxes are out of control. The property taxes double every 10 years and there is no tangible return at all.
Fife - Milton is where there is alot trucking hubs. Port of Tacoma, Loves truckstop that serves about 70 mile radius for truckers to get off get fuel. Plus the casino's lots of traffic maybe thats the only reason for 3am traffic but its insane.
I live in Tacoma too, and I get most of what you’re saying, but I do want to point out that crime isn’t why parts of Point Defiance Park closed… I don’t think any parks in the city have been closed due to crime that’s just not something that happens. Part of the 5 mile drive in Point Defiance closed to motor vehicle traffic a few months ago because some of the bluffs below the road were becoming unstable, and if the road was kept open the weight of the cars driving over these hillsides would have caused a landslide. But the road is still open to people and bikes and a lot of people still use it. The park is still super busy on the weekends. You could definitely criticize other parks in the city, but Point Defiance Park is very safe, I haven’t really heard of crime or homelessness happening there. I think you’re exaggerating how bad the crime is in Tacoma a little bit.
Tired of running from the ignorant time to vote in better people get more to move to the area
Everything listed in this video is correct, and politely understated. The political corruption to defy the will of voters is a big issue here. We repeatedly voted down spending money on sports stadiums, which the State overrode and spent $Billions$ of taxpayer money on. We repeatedly voted down income tax and the legislature voted in a capital gains tax which was ratified by the state supreme court which acts as an extension of the Governor's office and not a judicial body. Adding insult to injury, we twice voted down carbon taxes which were magically passed by the legislature and Governor Jay Inslee during his 900+ days of Covid Emergency Powers. Those carbon taxes are now adding more than $1 per gallon to fuel in the Seattle area above the national average; outpacing even California. Boondoggle, thy name is Washington State.
The Seattle elite control the state government. The rest of the state has no say on how or what taxes are spent on.
we desperately need income tax. if you have problems with the state of Washington how do you expect them to be solved? with zero funding? with the single most regressive tax structure in America that disproportionately affects poor and working class people? is that what you think will actually help people?
The problem with an income tax is a new tax while we still have the old ones.
@@tarfu98 we would not maintain a sales tax with the implentation of an income tax. The poorly executed extra taxes are a result of a need for revenue generation simply because we don’t have an income tax, which would be much more efficient given the wealth in the Seattle region
@@tobertitus you are either young or haven't been paying attention to how taxes work here. Inslee outright lied about the impact of the carbon taxes. Outright lied about impacts of other ebvironmental taxes and property taxes too. WA collects more tax per person than most of the other states in the lower 48. And there is absolutely no reason for them to collect more. You may not know it but the state can't even pass an audit. No more taxes.
I live in NE Washington, nothing like you describe expect for the long winters,
But that’s a good thing. Keeps the crowds away.
Don’t tell anyone.
Colville or Newport? Those are the only two places in NE WA I can think of, unless you think Spokane is NE?
@@seanmcdirmid Kettle Falls...
Although your video seemed to focus on Seattle which has become a mess. I lived in Seattle as a kid and it was much better back then. Washington will always be home in my heart but will never be my home again because I just can't afford to live there any more. I left in late 2021.
I can relate, though from a CA perspective. Its just not the cost of living, but crime, demographics, even culture. It was still great back in the 80s and early 90s, especially in the little beach towns along the coast. Everything seems to be changing for the worse. I also left in 2021.
As a Washingtonian who has lived here for a little over two decades I can definitely confirm majority of that list. The closer you are to Seattle the higher cost of living is especially if you're trying to get a decent apartment or even just a small duplex. Which is why we're going to be moving down south of Olympia near Tumwater. We do have the fear of the next big earthquake that is going to rock our s*** and of course Mount Rainier potentially blowing its top. A natural beauty but we know that it will one day kill us. We do get the weird freak snow or ice storm every few years up here in Washington as well and yes a lot of the rain and snow does usually occur on the western side of the Cascades. Noticeable difference especially politically between Western and Eastern Washington if you ever come up to visit
but people are still moving there.
The difference is not East vs West, it is Puget Sound/Seattle area vs the rest of the state, SW Washington is just like Eastern Washington politically, we hate each other and should go our separate ways.
@@deanfirnatine7814Where are the political strongholds, larger metropolis areas! Dem held hasn't brought prosperity, but crime & high taxes & costs of living!
I can remember icicles on the telephone cables all over downtown Oly. Huge fan ones. This was in the 90's.Also I remember the sound of the transformer when it went down near the lake in the evening. The sound was like this weird BWONG!
I miss Oly so much even though BLM came through and changed everything. It's sadly a wreck now. From what I've seen in the news and online.
😂try & be a little positive please whilst living in Olympia near Tumwater.
I just left Washington after 15 years there. The weather is depressing, and I never got used to it
Me too. What state did you choose to level up ?
I’m used to it but so TIRED of it, where did you move?
Same here. After CV, we’ve known 38 people that have lef5 the state for obvious reasons. So glad to get out.
Yep, had to move to a place with more sunshine after a couple of years there. Feel so much better mentally.
I was born and raised in Washington State. During the 90’s it was starting to get bad with all the influx people. A good chunk of them from California. They changed my state into something unrecognizable and unaffordable. I used to feel safe in WA. But now I don’t. I still go and visit family but we can’t go and visit some of the places we used to as kids. We used to be able to walk in the parks at night. Not any more. We used to strike through downtown areas and feel safe. Not anymore. We used to be able to afford living with one or two friends and still have a savings. Not anymore. So sad. My kid still lives there and he struggles living in the same town I did and he makes way more money that I did at his age. I hate how my home state is now. Currently living in a different state and if I picked up my house and dumped it back home I wouldn’t be able to afford it. So sad. Really wish the people in charge of the state would get voted out and a new group would take over. Preferably one that are not insane like the ones governing now.
tbh I do too, but I can’t imagine what a new group would do besides, at best, improve it overall. I feel like as population increases it becomes a lot more unstable (in terms of crime). I can’t imagine things ever going back to how it was in the 90’s and before because of the influx of people, unless drastic measures are taken in the city
And people call me crazy for not wanting something like that here in Idaho 😂
Now the Californians are flooding Texas. I don’t understand why they leave a state because they don’t like how things are being governed and then do their best to change the new state they move to into what they left. Fortunately, I live in a small town that’s hours away from where most of them are moving to.
@@OG_Beckie_Leigh - The majority of Californians leaving CA for TX are the failures who can't afford it and are sick of not being able to get their way politically, not the liberal ones. CA has the largest population of R voters of any state but they are in a minority so it makes the whole place seem blue.
Agree!😢
In Nome Alaska a one night stand lasts thirty days. Brilliant wisecrack!
The roads in town are full of potholes, thieves are everywhere, deadbeats are everywhere, cost of living is overpriced for what you get, the weather sucks and is very depressing, the water's freezing cold, most of the women I met had girlfriends, the pay scale sucks, almost everyone blames their problems on someone else with absolutely no evidence of personal responsibility (very juvenile adults which gets very old very fast), but the peninsula is awesome and a priceless outdoor resource.
I live on the Peninsula. While I agree it's beautiful, there are drugs, homeless, and property crime is out of control. Home prices and rents are astronomical, due to the droves of California transplants "retiring" here. How is this different from Seattle????? 😂 The only difference is the problems are on a smaller scale because the Peninsula doesn't have as many residents.
I haven't seen a pothole in Seattle yet. But I live in Ballard. I've seen plenty of potholes in Eastern Washington, the roads aren't as good across the mountains.
I've lived in WA for over 30 years. I grew up in the Lacey, Olympia area, I've also lived in Tacoma, Puyallup, Federal Way and I'm currently in the Redmond area and I would say he's not lying about this list. It's crazy how crime is increasing over 50% from the previous year, cost of living is crazy and its not just the rent it's food (Restaurant), gas ($5 to $6/gal), etc. Like for example Korean short ribs is $22-$25 in Puyallup and in Redmond $36-$40 for the same portion/sides. The traffic has gotten worst the more people move up here bringing their bad driving habits with them. Over 50% of residents living in the Seattle area are not Washingtonians.
What are the rent prices like now in Lacey/Olympia?
Fellow redmonder!
. 1300.00 to 1750.00 for a decent apartment and increases all the time.
Yup! This is Redmond! Just a two bedroom two bath apt. Will be a mortgage!
To be fair about the drivers, the #1 complaint in Oregon about WA drivers is how bad they are.
And that says a lot coming from freaking Oregonians!
I’m a Washington native-never lived in any other state.
Spent my first 20 years right in Seattle. Back then, visitors used to comment and sometimes complain that we are too nice. Now unfriendliness is #3. I’m convinced it’s all the out-of-staters that moved here. The extremely rare native Washingtonians that I meet are very friendly.
Regarding crime - I think its the theft and property damage people are complaining about. Too few cops and Mayoral decrees that keep police from doing anything about misdemeanors. Basically, misdemeanors are criminal freebies.
agreed. natives are way nicer than people from the midwest
I lived in Seattle in 1990, and I found the Seattle folk cold as ice! I left!
I had the opposite experience in Bellingham. The natives were very cold and rude, all my best friends from there were from different parts of the country. Not saying everyone from Washington is that way, but there’s a reason the phenomena of the Seattle Freeze exists
@@erikawwad7653 No they are not.
@@mitchellburton20 I think the weather attracts/resonates with introverts. Extraverts especially don't like it here.
You pretty much nailed it on Washington State. Being from Chicago and to come out here and see a huge mountain was definitely jaw dropping! I definitely wish there were more sunshine here but oh well! Keep up the great work with this channel 👌
Lived there 2015-2017 in the Seattle metro area & agree 100% with all of these. I then moved back to the east coast.
Good riddance.
As a Vancouver, WA resident, no one can convince me to move to Seattle.
I don’t blame you for that! I live in Bremerton and am just fine.
I will not go anywhere near Seattle. I'll stay in Cowletz County. Stay in oregon.
@@alanolson6913 I might be getting a job out that way, how is it all in all over there? I've never been there so I have no idea.
@@internetmeta I live in a small town on what is called the Olympic Peninsula. I’m a couple hours away from Seattle (by ferry). If you’re thinking of moving to Seattle, look online at the rent prices in Seattle or outlying areas of Seattle. As you might surmise, the further away from Seattle the less expensive. There is a good transit network there and it is cheaper than driving into the city and paying for parking. The waterfront has had an extensive reworking to be more accessible (new sidewalks, crosswalks, condos and plantings. As you might have read, the downtown core has deteriorated and became rather unsafe. During the day it isn’t too bad but don’t be there after sundown. It just isn’t a great place. Drug use, panhandling and few, if any of the retail stores are left. Shoplifting and general theft changed how the businesses felt about maintaining their presence. Sad, really. Downtown Seattle was such a good place-a complete reversal from what is happening now.
Where you plan to work will have something to do with where you plan to live.
I will say that the Pike Place Market is a gem. It is downtown and in an area that’s not so swell but just be aware of your surroundings. Just about anything you might want can be found there. It’s great fun and provides some terrific views over Elliott Bay to the Olympic Mountains - near where I am- and across to West Seattle. It takes several hours to explore the Market but worth the time.
You live outside of Portland, how's it any different?
With regard to traffic it seemed as though the city of Seattle did everything it could to cause traffic. There is even a roundabout intersection in West Seattle that is also a 4-way stop 🛑 completely negating the function of a roundabout (which is to keep traffic flowing)
You just put Seattle policy into a succinct nutshell of how things are done here. Lol
Yeah Ass backwards.
I was a lifelong Tacoma resident until I moved out last summer. My family has lived in Tacoma since the early 1900s. I left because of the high cost of living, seemingly monthly tax increases with nothing to show for the increase but more homeless camp improvements, crime that the police wont do anything about because they are too busy writing radar tickets to raise money, little kids running around in cars with no mufflers all night, crime levels going up daily, entire blocks of apartments posted by the county as"high drug use areas" that will get you searched by the sheriffs for driving past on the road, and having to be armed where ever you go. Park at the Tacoma Mall? If your car is still there and still has the catalytic converter when you are done shopping, you consider yourself lucky. The education system in Tacoma is so progressive that they are churning out functional illiterates yearly that do not have the knowledge or skills to make a living. It takes about 35 minutes to drive to Seattle at 2AM. It takes 1.5 to 2 hours in the morning rush hour. Two to 3 hours in the afternoon going home. It was a beautiful place in the 70s, started going downhill in the 80s and 90s, and now is a hell hole. As Monty Python said, RUN AWAY.
Tacoma is NOT Washington state. Worst area west of the mtns.
AMEN!
I was stationed at JBLM for a few years. Went to Seattle several times for events and every single time something happened. The worst was when a homeless guy tried to stab one of us.
Trivia fact. Olympia is the northern-most state capitol in the lower 48.
And Yakima is the northern most city in Mexico
My late aunt moved to Seattle in the late 60s; I spent summers with her in the 70s. It was a diverse and neat city back then, primarily focused on the fishing industry. Everywhere were Scandinavian communities and a lot of Japanese people. My brother lived there into the early 2000s. He always feels he got out just in time. I've been tempted to return for a visit, but he advised not. I don't think I'd enjoy seeing what has happened to the city vs my very young memories.
I left West Seattle- crime was getting crazy.
But it’s everywhere here now. I avoid Seattle especially. You would be aghast.
My sister pays 1,000 a month for 400 sq ft . Home in tacoma .She has to move😢
Definitely
We live in a small town somewhat outside Seattle. Everything you said is exactly right Mr. Briggs.
I would add that petty crime & shoplifting are typical even in our area now. Worse is gang murders/shootings are daily occurrences often multiple in one day. The slightly larger town near us closer to Seattle has a huge homeless population. I've seen three dead bodies this year each one tragically from drug overdose. Narcotics are totally legal and can be used, sold and carried in Seattle!
but diversity is our strength
@@danieleber-xn3pr Seattle isn't diverse, it's lack of diversity is even on this list but I see right through your agenda.
Well I live in Tacoma and he’s right about just about everything. The reason we have high crime is because our politicians think it’s ok to walk into penny’s and steal 1,000 worth of stuff and not get arrested. They allow people to do drugs right in the open. I’ve lived here most of my life and born in Seattle and in less than a year we are going to leave this beautiful state for most of the year to live with our daughter and😢😢then live in our Port Ludlow home part time! I’m sad to see what’s happened to western Washington. The homeless are allowed to do what they want and most of them are on drugs , my son knows he was part of that life but is no longer . Food trucks give them food, they get a phone , free insurance ect, ect but they don’t want to work they want hand outs.
Lol. Yeah. It’s the elected clowns 🤡 responsibility to fix. Maybe if people plugged into their neighborhoods instead of blaming others like you are in grade school. Just maybe.
there’s beauty everywhere
Know exactly what you are talking about, I live in San Francisco and it's the same.
Yup, almost all of the areas problems could be solved with competent legislation but sadly the political leadership is out to lunch.
Incredibly both political parties are full of crap, there no one moderated, sth in between with common sense. America's biggest threat is inside, not outside
I’m from Detroit and when I visited Washington I was blown away by the beauty of it all. Homelessness,drugs,crime does not phase me. I wish I could afford to move there and have the opportunity to see that kind of beauty whenever I wanted to.
It gets old. I've lived here my entire life and the green doesn't stop the dull skies and gloomy weather from getting to you.
I’m from Detroit too and considering taking a permanent relocation for work. Trying to decide between here and California, and ultimately would like to be in Florida. Washington has really good relocation packages and wages for health care.
@@beinghuman522 oh man! I wish I were you!
@@tracytomaszewski7734are you in Detroit or Washington?
"Homelessness,drugs,crime does not phase me"
Trust me when you become the victim of crime it WILL "phase you."
Half a million dollars for a moldy, falling apart home in WA
Weird to see this, as a European I always associated the pacific northwest with the cozy Twin Peaks classic Americana vibe. Sad to see life isn’t improving in this part of the USA. I suppose british columbia to the north is better?
British Columbia has a worst cost of living than WA.
As a Southeast, Washington resident, I agree Seattle is a miserable place to live. This video does not adequately taken into account. There’s much more to Washington than just Seattle. Here in the Tri-Cities, for instance, much of these objections simply does not apply.
Did you mean the Dry Shitties?
It is amusing you said you are a SE Washington resident and live in the Dry Shitties. Geography is another thing Trumpanzees fail at.
Tri-Cities home prices are out of control too. I don't know why, this place is a dump.
As a Seattlite who has lived in the tri-cities, I would say Seattle is great. Not perfect, but great. The cities on the other hand were awful. I used to call them the Tri-yickies. I hated it there. I would move back there if you paid me.
@@kellymckinney5082 fortunately, you have nothing to stress about. We here in Eastern Washington. would just as soon you western Washington stay where you are.
@@williamk5998 Who said I was stressed? And I have no problem with Eastern Washington. I lived in Spokane a lot longer than I lived in the Tri-Yickies. I have been back to Spokane many times. My dislike is very specific, Tri-Yickies, Gag. Spokane cool, Seattle great, Anacortes, great.
I moved to Washington a decade ago. Yes, Seattle and King County in general. After all this time, I'm ready to leave and never come back. The state itself is fine. The people are crap. I noticed that, over time, the state keeps slipping further and further into decay. I don't think it'll turn around any decade soon.
Accurate points. Grew up about 45 min south-east of seattle. Left wing politics and leaders like gov ilInslee did more damage than i thought was possible. Still so many good people there, but seattle runs the state. My company moved to Nashville last year, but i still hope it turns around someday.
I've been met with "the freeze" as a Southerner, but no one has ever really been outright rude to me in Washington. You just get used to having a conversation with a stranger and then having them casually walk away (signals talk is over), no hard feelings. We just have other things to do.
Welcome to Washington.
Agreed. I moved from Austin, TX to Seattle in 1998. It's more introverted in Western WA. Austin is very extroverted in contrast, but I cannot tolerate hot/humid weather (even as a native Texan).
Noticed manners is considered being rude. Dare not refer to someone as "sir" or "mam".
I live in Washington State, here's an UPDATE: ALL taxes are way too high; gas prices are the highest in the country; this a progressive/communist state and therefore crime is out of control, cost of living is very high, shootings everyday in King county and elsewhere; road rage is a daily event. Washington State is a lumber capital yet the cost of home construction is out of reach for most residents. Competition for 'living-wage' jobs is extremely high so expect to wait at least 6 months (or as long as 18 months +) to land that job. Traffic is horrendous 24/7 due to the number of people who have moved here. High population has drove up prices on everything and lowered the standard of living for all Washington State residents. Example: a run-down shack of a home goes for $450,000 or more!!! Which is why the homeless population has grown exponentially over the last few years. Developers and politicians are destroying the natural beauty and displacing the wild life of Washington State in order to build large apartment complexes with no end in site...it's heartbreaking!!! DON'T MOVE TO WASHINGTON STATE!!!! We do not need anymore population growth!
soooo funny that there's this dual reality of "no one's moving to Washington" and "We do not need anymore population growth!" which is it?
are we a progressive/communist state or do we have the most regressive tax structure in the country? which is it? (it's the second one)
are developers destroying the state by building large apartment complexes or is there not enough housing -- which is causing the affordability crisis? which is it?
do you actually have a grasp on the material solutions to the problems you're describing, or do you just not like what's going on?
Which 'communist' policy concerns you most?
@@snuffyballparks6501 Mail in Ballots. I.E., sham elections.
ITS COMMUNIST WA STATE WITH DESTROYED HEALTH CARE & DEI WORMS. The FU rigged elections in WA are a concern & awful collapse of health care due to dei woke nonsense communist are thives worst politicians who threaten citizens
EVERYTHING WENT DOWN HILL HERE IN 2001 WITH BUSH 911 WMD WAR FRAUD AWFUL if your health care you will find work otherwise your fucked. I guess a drug dealers have job security here IF the border is closed & we throw our communist that would help
Good video there Mr. Briggs. Focusing on Western Washington only does not represent the entire state.
Eastern Washington gets triple amounts of sunshine per year. You mention Spokane as the only city East of The Cascade Mountains. There are other much smaller cities like Ellensburg, Pullman, The Tri-Cities, Wenatchee, Walla Walla, Yakima,all get 3 times the annual sunshine that Seattle gets.
Totally agree about the unfriendly bit. Even in the 60s and 70s when I was there, the local rich kids had their cliques and lorded it over everyone else. Now it's the same but worse. Sadly Austin has become like that with all the millionaires that have moved in. I am searching for a nicer small town that still allows horses, missing the nicer Seattle suburbs I remember before gentrification ruined them.
Austin's still cool. No homeless.
@@kevinmcc9408 you don't live in Austin. Loads of homeless here. Thank God they allow people to rent out rooms in their homes or I would be one myself. I make over $30K and can't rent an apartment here because of high prices and most places requiring you to make 3x rent. I have an income cap on my Widow's benefits. I am not allowed to make enough to qualify. It is a greed fest that only the well off can afford. That is why I need to move. Saving for that is a struggle as it is.
Try Wenatchee.
Spent an hour with the police at 2 am dealing with a homeless issue at my house. I'm 40 minutes out of Seattle in an area of farms and old school rural, I live on wooded acreage. The homeless are infecting every inch of western Washington, it's not a "Seattle" thing. Cops say the homeless camps in the area are getting larger and spreading and there's nothing they can do about it. The Washington politicians have their hands tied. Look to our government to see why the LEO's are leaving in droves. After 5 decades of living in this area I'm about to be a "Moving out of Washington" statistic by the end of the year.
Western Washington is a shithole.
Homeless addicts and thieves everywhere. Gang thugs.
I couldn’t believe it when the tents went up right near the Burien library along a main shopping street.
Every greenbelt has tents.
I moved to Seattle in 1981. The rent was cheap, there was no crime and the buses were always on time. Former Mayor Norm Rice set the trap that destroyed Seattle.
You are a liar.
And exactly how did Norm Rice..who was mayor, not governor, achieve all this?
Rice rezoned single resident zone to multi-family zones, without plans to the upgrade the infrastructure. He wanted to make Seattle into a World Class City, and he sold the city out
@@liannebedard5521
@@liannebedard5521that's what I want to know also.
Moved from Washington 3 years ago, after living there for 50+ years. It was beautiful, the politics are horrible, homelessness lines I5 in King county.. The illegal invasion and sanctuary cities are all over,, Crime is an all time high- drugs are everywhere... Woke is being taught in schools.. Traffic is awful.. I never want to go back..
I left in 1994 and haven’t returned. I agree with your statement. It is very sad what happened to that beautiful city. The month I moved away, I was driving on the boulevard on Capital Hill. It took 1 hour to drive 1 block. I sold my car and purchased a bike to get to work.
I only agree with you on homelessness. I'd rather have woke ideas taught in schools then stupid shit like God.
Amazon Legal sucks!
The worst part of Western Washington is the drug problem which is causing lots of homelessness and crime. Besides that, the region is great. Home prices are sky high, but that’s because land is very limited. A home in Seattle is usually about $1M unless it’s tiny or rundown. A home in the Eastside will be around $2M. Even homes down in Tacoma will be $600K-$1M if it’s north of I-5 (south Tacoma homes go for $300K-600K unless it’s University Place, which is super expensive too).
Washington’s overdose rate is one of the lowest in the nation it’s clear you haven’t done any proper research 😊
Yup, I work in Seattle and the traffic is on par with Los Angeles, the weather is by far the worst of anywhere I’ve ever lived, there’s graffiti on every surface within arms reach and nobody seems to care and, yes, the people here are very unfriendly. I’m leaving in 3 months and I can’t wait!
As someone stationed there for the military, this video is absolutely spot on. Great research!
I came to Washington State with my ship in 2005 shortly before my 25th birthday and stayed. You're spot on about Washington, especially Seattle which I live an hour by ferry ride from. It's annoying to give up more than $100.00 and come out of a grocery store with two bags of groceries. I actually love the weather and Washington has the best Fall seasons in my opinion. But be prepared to do some hard bargain shopping. The cost of living has gone up significantly since I arrived years ago.
I lived in Eastern washington (Spokane) for the majority of my life up until 2019. Ur completly right when it comes day/nights in the winter time. The last 2 years i lived there i really started to notice how short the days were, going through severe untreated clinical depression. i noticed how it would get dark at like 4:30pm, and if it were snowing or cloudy that day it would get extremely dark pretty quickly. Not to say it caused my depression obviously. But it does bum u out more if u wake up at lets say 11- noon somedays and 4 hours later its already getting dark outside. Its also extremely cold, now i live in Arizona, nighttime is still chilly, but atleast i get more sun, and going outside even in winter doesnt require 3 hoodies, a jacket, and gloves to walk outside.
Not sure what part of AZ you live but if in Phoenix then boy is it hot. We moved out from AZ because the brutal heat was too draining. Oddly enough May through Mid October when it's hot (then July and August when it's brutal), caused my partner to have depression. We just wanted to stay indoors with A/C all the time because of the heat. There's ups and downs to every situation I guess.
@@aphoenix7342 I live in Tucson, its slightly less hot then phoenix due to elevation. also Im not saying the sun or moving to AZ cured my depression or anything like that. the heat is definetly brutal during summer months and most ppl stay indoors during the day, i can see why that would cause depression in some people who love being outdoors. The winter months and the first 4-5 months of the year are pretty nice tho.
@@sethwikle7840 SAD is real
I also grew up in spokane. But moved because of the cold and long winters. Also the crime is getting so bad.
The key is to take trips outside of WA in winter. It helps to visit a sunny place anytime from Nov-Feb.
My question is, have you ever been to Eastern Washington? Housing is VERY EXPENSIVE and the last 5 years, traffic is horrible. This is from a person who has lived in Spokane since 1977
Born, raised, and work in Seattle . When I heard Senator Kuperer blame the homeless situation on housing providers, I understood the politicians in Olympia had political agendas but not solutions. Since 2018 to present the Olympia government is not working for the citizens but against citizens. We need NEW blood in Olympia to solve problems because the leaders we have now are undisciplined and too greedy.
Totally agree. My kids and grandkids were born in Lacey/Olympia and still live there. I am living in Port Orchard a little east on hiway 16. I hope nobody discovers this part of WA state. You go over Narrows bridge and you are in a completely different world than all the towns on I5. Olympia is very Liberal and the city council is filled with greedy criminals...
Hey Briggs, I know you're in the Portland area and that in one video, you said people in Portland call Vancouver, WA Vantucky. I have not spent any time in Vancouver, WA, but heard you recently talking about it again. Seems like Vancouver, WA is the best of both worlds, no state income tax & a quick drive across the Columbia to shop sales tax free. If Vancouver is not your cup, how about the towns around Vancover? I think you did a video of Camas and spoke well of it. I ived in the Seattle area 25 years. It was wonderful back in 1998, but not so much now. We left WA for 6 years (SF Bay), and just moved back. However, we are not in, and I'd NEVER consider the Seattle metro unless things improve.
Besides housing cost, the weather and lack of sun is the biggest challenge newcomers will face. Sunlight deprivation, especially in Western Washington is REAL. There are only 2-3 sunny months per year. Summer literally does not start until July 5th, like a light switch.
My opinion, Oregon is more restrictive and regulated than Washington. Oregon is more like California. Washington has become more like California too, but Oregon is in the lead to emulate the 'golden' state. California sucks. So glad we left there! Nicest thing about CA is the weather, but there is a high price (more than just financially) for that weather.
The Cascade Mountains in Washington state essentially divide the state in half politically and idelogically. Eastern WA is essentially Idaho.
Diversity is overrated but it does give you more restaurant options. And it’s not the volcano that will kill you, it’s the tsunami. Of course the earthquake could set off the volcano.
We just moved from Vancouver, WA to Fort Worth Texas. Yes, I miss many things: the weather, the gardening, the trees, the mountains, and of course the beach. But, I was not feeling safe there, the governemnt encroachment and the ickiness of Portland. We have freedom in Texas and it is worth being here...
I live in East Vancouver. Safe here. Enjoy the open carry in Texas. No thanks.
And you have that spectacular Texas BBQ!
@@clemfandango5886What a coward
@@clemfandango5886Wa State is "Open Carry" also numbnμts
It would be too hot for me in Texas and I would miss the trees and mountains. I spend alot of time outdoors rain or shine but when it gets to 90 I hate it!
All of these reasons have moved on up to Marysville (North of Everett). Especially traffic. I won't even leave Everett to go north after 1:30 pm. It takes 30 minutes to go 10 miles.
Yah need to leave so congested!
Rent is outrageous!
As a life long spokane resident i can tell you from 33 years of experience that you have it backwards -eastern Washington absolutely gets some of the most snowfall in the state where as the western side of the state, primarily the coast and peninsula etc. Actually, it so seldomly snows in seattle that when it does the whole city freaks out and shuts down. Also, while it may not be nowhere near as bad as the western end of the state, make no mistake spokane area still gets some pretty thick traffic especially on I90 going out of city in either direction. And remember, as others have pointed out: While seattle may be the "face" of washinton it certainly doesnt define the entire state...
The thing you're missing about the Seattle weather is that you mention the total rainfall, but a LOT of it is in the form of the Seattle Mist -- it's so light you can miss that it's raining unless you are wearing glasses or you're looking out your windshield. For that rate of rainfall to build up to the annual amount means a LOT of gray days of just very light mist.
I moved to SeaTac in 2019 and it’s rare that anyone is unfriendly. I also live in a very diverse community and love it. The crime is a bit uncomfortable, but I’m sure that’s true everywhere, and the pay is commensurate to my needs.
I wish you would do a video on the most trashed out state. Ive been traveling to all the western states and Washington wins the award for the most litter. Ironically, they also charge the most $$$ for access to state land (discover pass). Where does all that money go? Why can't they provide garbage collection the way Utah does. Go to Utah and you find public garbage cans everywhere! Utah is the cleanest state of all.
People here are pigs- they throw their junk food wrappers and coffee cups out the window
Worked customer service for about ten years and folks from Seattle are indeed the rudest I’d ever encountered.
Young couples would move from Silicon Valley to Seattle where a starter home (like you'd see in the Archie Bunker comedy) that cost over $750,000 to a tri-plex in Seattle for $300,000. I had a friend who told me a realtor knocked on his door at 8PM & asked "Do you want to sell your home?" as he was slamming the door, the realtor said, "I'll give you $300K!" His house was worth at the time about $100K. He explained the win-win situation of everyone makes money from the Californicators. He asked how long he had to pack! NOW, young people couldn't afford a nice home because everyone was holding out for the inevitable ridiculous offer from people moving up. I know of a builder who builds new homes and once a week one comes due to be auctioned! He doesn't put a "For Sale" sign up. Every Friday he'd auction the home. People lined up really early or even late Thursday night. Seattle was gorgeous, just like San Fransisco or Chicago. But, like those cities, the liberals have allowed crime & their stupid mentality to permanently ruin it.
Oh to be young enough for an Alaska one-night stand. My only trip to Washington was a family vacation in 1970 when I was a kid. The Seattle Space Needle was a big deal in those days, as was the entire city of Seattle. My strongest memory though was that Washington made even my northeast Ohio weather seem great by comparison. I couldn't understand why anyone would live there.
I was born and raised in Washington state and it is beautiful in many areas, but Seattle is disgusting now. I wouldn’t live here if my family wasn’t here. 😢
I mean the state seems pretty good it has the highest life expectancy of any state and it ranks great in most other categories too. Me coming from an awful state like Ohio which ranks terrible in just about everything I would happily live in Washington and it’s beautiful all around with great mountains I think some people in Washington don’t realize how good they have it and that’s it’s biggest problem although Seattle area is below average the other places are great.
I grew up in the Vancouver area north of Portland. We rarely made it up to Seattle, but I feel like a lot of Washington outside of Seattle is a great place to live. If you can get over the cloudy and wet winters. Now that I live in Arizona, I do miss PNW summers. Nothing like it.
I want to move out of Phoenix to WA or OR. Would you say Vancouver is ok with crime and jobs?
When talking about Washington please add stats for Spokane since there is more than just the west side (Seattle) and we love the snow during the winter as well traffic is light and if costs are too high simply cross the border to Idaho.
I cant believe how accurate this was! "unfriendly" is an understatement. Spokane almost 50yrs.
A sure way to let people in Seattle know you're a tourist is to wear rain boots, a rain coat, and carry an umbrella.
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@CWG-op9td whatever you want. People who live there eventually give up and just get drenched.
Don’t expect to get to work in seattle on time from the Penninsula because bridges close, ferry boats break down or cancel runs because a worker calls in sick or weather is too rough.
Do other countries also have a "boom car" problem, or is this problem only occurring in the United States? If you do not know what a "boom car" is, maybe it is not happening there. It is a vehicle with an over-amplified bass speaker "subwoofer" box that blast bass noises (thumping and booming) loud enough to be heard blocks away and inside homes, schools, shops, offices, hospitals, care centers, and all other buildings. In most of the U.S.A. this is illegal, but as with many other crimes in the U.S.A., police do not enforce against criminal offenses here.
I witnessed that when I was in philly last month.
Same issue I'm my country
My aunt and uncle pioneered their block in Seattle in 1920. Aunt Dot lived to be 94. On our last visit she told me that she was sick of the gloomy weather.
I live in the Seattle area. Thank you, I grew up here, and I am moving out.
@Sandy Claflin Smart lady.
Come to Miami...
@@christianedu9031 Hellhole.
Miami is even worse
@@sandyclaflin2844 …and you will discover that our problems are national. You would probably love Vermont…for the month of October…
this one hits hard, for almost a decade, Seattle was my goal, my place to move to and settle down, having been around, raised in Georgia, Lived many years in Florida, even a few in Oregon, and finally in 2016, I moved to Seattle area, (kent) to be specific. at the time my 1 bed 1 bath 500 sq/ft apartment was $950/mo not including water/sewage/garbage and utilities. I barely got by, but I did. After a year, they wanted to renovate all the apartments and they finally got to mine and ended my lease when it was up with no option to renew, if I were to have moved right back into the same apartment, it would have then been over $1300/mo, and that was in 2018. FYI: currently that same apartment is about 1400 to 1500/mo. Anyways I ended up moving to Burien and shared a house with roommates which is something I really never wanted to do. I like my privacy, anyways, in 2021, my mom got sick and passed from Covid and other health issues, she was still in my hometown in Georgia, so I transferred back here to be closer to family, anyways I did go to downtown Seattle a few times during Covid for my side gigs, and after dark, it was something like a post apacalyptic movie, even one guy was yelling while swining a huge chain around. I want to move back, in hopes that Seattle can be the beautiful city it is behind the crime, homelessness, ect.
I’m sorry about the loss of your mom.
I live in GA, from middle GA and now in Atlanta. Thinking of moving to Washington. Definitely not seattle
Wow! I am sorry for your loss. Yes stay in Georgia it’s insane here. When we came back here from Texas, Covid hit We lived in Ballard. The tent cities popped up in the park. No children or dogs could come anymore. I was chased by a man with a rusty machete. That was enough to move.
@@westmax8491 Redmond is great.
Don't come to Seattle its FU go to kitsap County
I have lived in the Seattle and Tacoma area for 58 of my 60 years. I love it. Love the rain. It's so relaxing. Winters, fireplaces, and the sound and smell of the rain. Tacoma is very diverse too. Lets see last earthquake was 2001. Yes volcano 1980. We dont have floods where we are. Ok stay away, love it, dont need more people lol
I use to live in Tacoma and the first thing I noticed about Washington was how pretty it was. Red brick buildings clean and glistening, grass and trees a beautiful jewel tone green. Then I saw how it got that way. It felt like it rained at least a little everyday except about 2 weeks in the summer. I rarely went outside and developed a Vitamin D deficiency. Also the home prices started like in the 300k about 20 years ago when I was there. Real estate felt completely out of reach.
No one has ever described Tacoma as beautiful.
Smelly? Yes
Trashy? Most definitely!
Never beautiful.
Yes, Tacoma is beautiful. Even now as well! 20 years ago starter homes that weren't brand new were under 200k.
@@hydrobuu 🤣🤡
@@nobodyimportant7804 yeah I figured you have no idea what you are talking about. Stay blessed 🙏
@@hydrobuu Anyone who thinks Tacoma isn't a sewer is beyond clueless. Stay that way.
Idaho is next to Washington and Oregon. So it makes sense it’s part of the Pacific Northwest. Saw the three states on an ad
You better come with a nice bankroll. I've lived here for thirty years and I cannot wait to move the hell out of here
Visited Seattle earlier this year and the people were definitely cold and standoffish for the most part and not to mention those grey skies would get old and depressing real quick plus parking is a struggle anywhere in Seattle but I did enjoy some good seafood the pretty skyline and cheap weed lol I’m from Sacramento so the homeless didn’t surprise me but all in all Beautiful scenery to go with cold people and weather plus way to overpriced yea there’s sum nice things but it doesn’t have Cali weather so I don’t know why it’s so damn expensive not worth it at all
Agree that it should be why people aren’t moving to Seattle. It’s like talking about New York State and New York City.
Change the drug, shoplifting, car theft, and camping laws and crime will go down.
Fun fact: Crime rates have much more to do with educational and job opportunities than draconian laws.
"The war on Drugs" has failed for decades, but more of it is the answer?
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I have lived south of Seattle for over 20 years. The property taxes are so high. If you want your cost of living to keep going up you are welcome to come but if you are a retiree you had better think of someplace else.
SOUTH SEATTLE DUMP FOR DECADES.
Im kinda shocked Eastern Washington hasn't joined Eastern Oregon in that Greater Idaho movement. They both are like Idaho.
Spokane has too many on the far left, homeless and crime. Not sure Idaho would want that problem.
@@deuswulf6193 fair
Most of us are aware of how much we'd lose being absorbed into Idaho. Actually, there is a minuscule movement here in Eastern Washington to become our own state of "Liberty." It doesn't have much movement because most people are aware of how much we'd lose. Both ideas are incredibly stupid, selfish and catastrophic. I don't want to live in some impoverished ghetto state where Spokane is the capital and Idaho is a nightmare. I want nothing to do with Idaho. It's the worst state in the west and belongs next to Alabama.
@@deuswulf6193 Far left?? Their US congresswoman is Cathy McMorris Rodgers. You obviously don't live in Washington.
@@docmalthus Your reading comprehension does not appear to be so good. The biggest import to Spokane btw is coming from Seattle. Even North Idaho, which is right across the border, they are not exempt from the far left's area's of influence, be it universities and schools to public sector institutions and media.
That said, if someone were to argue that being on the Idaho side of the border would make it easier to tackle current problems, I wouldn't disagree.
As a person that lives in Washington. I fucking hate this state.
1) Ban Investors from buying and owning single-family homes. Investors can only own apartment houses.
(2) Only American citizens can own US Real Estate. Foreign Nationals can own Condos but no land.
(3) Ban the State from increasing property taxes to more than 1% yearly.
(4) State and Federal funds by law are directed to housing, drug rehabilitation, and mental health before foreign nationals receive public housing money.
(5) Veterans should have a specific program for housing, drug rehabilitation, and mental health just for Veterans.
Grew up in small town SW Washington....still a quiet place to live. Seattle I've no urge to live, but there are plenty of other choices. Mts....ocean....inland water......desert.....rain forest.....take your pick. Dry....wet....or something inbetween. I live in the UK now, but if I had to move back, WA is just fine.
I’ve lived in Seattle over 30 years. The homelessness has definitely worsened. If they aren’t camping out under bridges they’re living in RVs throughout the burbs. There are also many social programs that help and volunteers are numerous to work and donate funds. You see a lot compassionate people here ….if you can get passed the Seattle ‘chill’.
Thank you for posting this video in spite of your exaggerations. We have had far too many people move here, we need a break, stay where you are.
Washington as a state may not be very diverse, but the greater Seattle area is definitely highly diverse.
and the highly diverse part, is part of the problem.
@@deuswulf6193 blame your politicians
@Mr. Kim Funny thing about that as well. The "melting pot" idea came from a play called the melting pot. It was basically a form of early 1900s propaganda from the usual suspects. They also co-opted the statue of liberty 17 years after it was erected via the poem they placed at the base of statue.
Seattle is quite diverse. It also had a lot of Scandinavians present which was part of its charm in the 70s 80s 90s. Seattle has always had a good jazz scene and quite a few jazz stars called the place home, including the late Miss Ernestine Anderson. What a voice❤
That’s why there is so much crime there!
This is mostly about the cities like Seattle and Tacoma. But if you live in rural areas then this is a lot different. The rural areas are a lot better than the cities. People are a lot kinder in the rural there are more jobs and there is not a lot of crime.
I remember visiting the northwest in the 1980s when I was young. The west coast of Oregon and Washington were suffering from the now well known California problem. Immigration from California was overwhelmingly the area, driving up prices and driving out the locals especially their kids who couldn’t afford to stay. People relocating to the area especially if they were from California were warned not to show up with California license plates on their car and if at all possible don’t let anyone know they were from California. There was a story going around about a woman from California who had been injured in a store, the store refused to pay medical cost and the whole thing went to court. The jury ruled against her because she was from California. It was appealed and overturned because the judge said you couldn’t do that. I don’t know if this story really happened but people really hated Californians in Washington and Oregon back then. I do think all that immigration changed the cultural though. Probably the reason they still dislike newcomers.
And the Native Americans there hate the Seattlelites who robbed the Native Americans if their original land.
@@rayb.6537 incredible number of people on disability and food stamps due to drug/alcohol addictions. They could do better, but there's no incentive.
Some I've talked to even have dreams about a better life, but they have no clue nor concept of how to go about it. It's sad to watch.
people still hate Californians who come up here, not only due to the fact they caused housing to spiral out of control, but they brot their politics with them
@@esotericsolitaire smallish towns are overrun with tweakers, it is a real problem up here.
We moved to the Oregon coast from Kansas 2 years ago. We might as well have moved from India. They charge about 2 grand here for 800 dollar houses back in Kansas. 2 or 3 bedrooms with a garage and a fenced yard. Nothing fancy just a "starter" house. And the wages are not that much higher considering they have a higher minimum here. I was making 16 bucks an hour at ace hardware, and kinda glad to get that job. Meanwhile my old job in Kansas is paying 14ish now. Where minimum is 7.25 and houses are 2 to 2.5 times cheaper on rent and house prices. I don't get it. And that's Oregon, which is like the Arkansas of the west coast. I liked the weather at first, but now it gets on my nerves wearing hoodies in summer at night or at the beach. I live at the ocean but it's literally never hot enough to swim and the water is cold af.
They have been working that exact patch of I5 in Tacoma for 40 years plus. Pretty sure massive kickbacks
Lived in Everett for 6 months! Took two years get rid of the webbing between my toes!
I was raised there and haven’t been back for over a decade. It’s sad what’s happening there. I want to go back but the crime and the homelessness is out of hand there.