5 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Bellingham Washington
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- 🏡 Learn the five reasons people are leaving Bellingham, Washington, with Aldo from the Levan Real Estate Team. From challenging weather and affordability issues to the job market and rising concerns about crime, homelessness, and drug abuse, Aldo provides an insightful overview. Aldo even discusses the controversial impact of Washington's blue-state politics, revealing a golden rule in real estate and important things to consider. Join the conversation, hit subscribe, and stay tuned to uncover the key factors shaping why people choose to leave Bellingham. 🌧️💸🏢 #Bellingham #RealEstate #WashingtonState #LeavingBellingham #PoliticalImpact
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00:00 Intro
00:35 Cold & wet weather
01:40 Winter Darkness Blues
02:50 Pricy cost of living
03:50 Housing market is a tough nut for buyers
05:18 Job market is not huge compared to cities
07:54 Homeless & drug issue makes crime an issue
10:00 Politics can change your perspective on places
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#1 is Housing Costs!
As someone who has lived here for many years, the number one issue I hear from everyday people is the high cost of housing, closely followed by drug issues. Paying almost $2000 a month for a two-bedroom apartment is unacceptable. While politics are challenging for everyone these days, they aren't a major factor when it comes to living here.
Yeah, gotta essentially agree with everything in this video. With respect to politics, there’s a huge divide between Bellingham and the outlying county areas. Even the liberal core of Bellingham has realized that the drug/homeless problem downtown is killing the area; they’ve elected a new mayor that promises to deal with these issues more head-on than the outgoing mayor.
Thank you for this! Most people in Bellingham can now agree that we have a problem and we need a solution. In my next video i will break it down a little more. We dont have a problem like in Seattle, just a few pockets of Bellingham.
...@@livinginbellinghamwa1....Thank you... everyone wants to run away from the problem but who is willing to offer solutions to fix it......
True it’s whenever you vote for democrats that’s when you see nothing happen. 🤷 I live in Bellingham. Everybody loves the demorats but wants the problems fixed. Lolllll made 2 years ago it still hasn’t changed! lol demorats believe everything they tell you just to have your rainbow flag policies
Travel physician here. Homelessness and drugs are major problems most American cities. Infact, I do say I have seen more rough sleeping and drugs in during my placements in the south.
Thank you for this! I think i will make another video explaining this exact comment. I know for a small town it may seem bad, but its no where near some other major cities!
I just got offered a really good job in Bellingham, and am considering moving there after spending my entire life in Michigan. I would probably look to live in a rural area outside of town & commute. Thanks for your honest & informative video, much appreciated.
That’s exciting, you’ll like it here! Make sure to bring some of those Michigan Football players with you 😂😂 UW needs them.
And let me know when I can help once you start your home search!
I find Bellingham to lack culture completely. It’s bleak and the locals are standoffish. It’s like invasion of the body snatchers vibes.
We do tend to have people feel like this. In Seattle, they call it the "Seattle Freeze", its much harsher down there. Im not sure its a NW thing, but in the south you definitely have more people that tend to look and smile at you in the streets!
Also home taxes are through the roof. $5700. for me this year. Average home. Crazy expensive. All taxes in Washington State are ridiculous. What they do with all that money I have no idea. Our highways including I5 are terrible. This guy is right about the weather. Rain rain and more rain. My son moved to AZ and refuses to come back to Wash.
Thank you. I lived in Bellingham for 37 years and most the people I know talk about it with rose colored glasses. I saw the writing on the wall about 20 years ago. Most of them haven't travelled the country much. I was fortunate to have traveled the country for work. There are more than five reasons why we left Bellingham and haven't looked back. There are many beautiful places across the counrty that don't have the problems Bellingham has.
Moved here from Florida. Love the weather here. Politics are waaaay toned down here. Gas is a lot more expensive. Ev much more common, electricity is very cheap and heat doesn’t kill your batteries prematurely. There is homelessness in Florida too. Really no industry in Whatcom county, maybe agriculture. The university is the largest employer. Food costs are higher than Florida. My biggest inconvenience is how busy some stores are due to the Canadians cross border shopping. Trader Joe’s is the highest revenue generator for all of Trader Joe’s in the USA. They never stop stocking the shelves. One can hardly move inside. Highway is packed with BC plates all going under the speed limit. I guess cross border shopping is the main industry here.
I heard from a reliable source that they are going to open another Trader Joe's on Guide Meridian in the future.
Only 27 houses for sale in Bellingham WA with 119,000 people
There are some tech companies lol just not any major headquarters. TMobile is actually one. One of their biggest call centers is in Bham. Then there is Halo psa and other SaaS companies.
Freaking cold into Late April
I'm excited to get there myself 😊
Nine out of twelve? Hardly. I would say there are three good months out of twelve. I lived in the Puget Sound area for over 30 years and remember just about every 4th of July having total cloud cover and cold temps. The only nice warm weather months are mid July to mid September. And that is a good year.
Im not sure when you last lived here, but our spring thru falls are getting warmer and dryer, as our winters are getting wetter and colder. Last year we had 80 degree weather from May thru September, and October was in the mid 60's. The fall and spring are beautiful when the colors start to change, yes they are wet, but it gives us a break from the sun. This 4th of July was 80 degrees with clear skies and it was amazing. we havent had rain here in almost a month! But every year is different.
I’ll be moving to the Bellingham area for a job relocation. I make around 90k a year. Will I struggle?
You will. It's expensive to live here. However, that is close to the average household income. You qualify for public housing (labeled by HUD as low income) in Whatcom County if you make $53k or less
Hi Dan! Moving to Bellingham for your job sounds exciting! With a salary of 90k a year, you should be completely fine, but it really depends on your spending habits and what kind of lifestyle you want. Just make sure to budget for things like rent or mortgage, transportation, and fun stuff, and you should be all set! Let me know if you want to chat more before or once you arrive 360.220.7975
You’ll love it here!
The local waiting list for HUD Section 8 housing is years long. @@chickadeeproductions
you will have to budget, 90,000 feels low income here
You’ll be ok if you’re single. If you have a family, you’re under the poverty line.
Welcome to the world where every country has theses issues to face, crime, homelessness...etc etc...to attack any problem we have to go at the root of it...why are so many people going homeless and turning to drug....
THank you for this! The petty crime and homelessness is a problem everywhere, not just in bellingham! We have it much less than major cities.
@livinginbellinghamwa1 ...
I know even in my country. Unfortunately, these are the times we live in ..we Cannot allow it to stop our lives and hinder our dreams...
simple, really. It's because they're enabling it....and scoring political points in the process. No rights without responsibilities, freedom is never free.
Yes, I moved here 8 years ago, and it's absolutely horrible. Weather, people, taxes, roads, prices, and even the children are brats. Please don't move here if you value your sanity.
1. People born here mostly dont care about the weather. 2. Yes we need more vitamin d. 3. Cost of living is insane and i found its cheaper to buy a condo than rent a room yearly in Bellingham. 4 same thing...... 5. You might need to know some people personally and also have experience in what youre looking for. 6. The homelessness.... A lot have come from other states and Seattle. Been robbed of bikes 5 times and cost me thousands. Fent has been HUGE here and most of us are sick of any drug use. Id rather see these people get help from the state. Okay number one now???? The politics. Nothing is enabled. Think about LA OR florida or something idk. But yeah its a blue state but most people dont care either its about what they personally care about 12:50
Just to confirm, did you say that Sumas, Lyndon and Ferndale had a “blue” mindset or did you mean red?
Definitely red. Don't come here if your blue
Unless you come from NYC, Seattle, SF, LA, it’s very expensive to live here. Income inequality is far above the national average. If your household income isn’t 200k+, you’ll be poor.
Whatcom County is about 50/50 blue/red. WA used to be quite red, a lot of folks moved in and brought their politics with them.... its gone down hill since.
I would say a more liberal shade of Red... Not so much hardcore conservatives.
Find the nastiest house in lynden for sale it will be 1/2 a mill. It’s june and cloudy out as the lower 48 is enjoying summer Meteorologists even coined a description for it “June gloom”. The people are rude. Relatively speaking. It’s common knowledge the west coast is aloof and cold compared to the midwest or say the south. Or even the east.
Food manufacturing ( Nature's Path) in Blaine.
Nailed it. #4 homelessness, crime and drugs have ruined my 27 year experience in Bellingham which used to be great, and I am selling my house because of it. #5 The politics are what make number four possible. Adopting every nut job progressive idea possible. I'm moving to the County where people on the whole are a little more sane.
Is it minority friendly? I keep hearing ppl saying bad thing about it.
if you mean are people around here anti skin color, generally we dont give a rats ass what your outside color is as long as you bleed red. That makes you human. If you're a farmer or rancher, however, yoou ARE the minority.
Yes it is minority friendly, but hard to make contacts especially with the locals it is really IMPORTANT to know people there or get to know them and find good work because I spent 7 years there and lets just say living in a populated area apartments and can't find people to talk to or a job? I noticed some people would seem friendly one moment next moment not as friendly! but there is Great views though great hiking areas Lynden did not help much either when i was up there! Making contacts is just as crucial as finding work or school it is a college city but I wouldn't go to college unless I actually knew people there! I walked those streets enough now I'm in the wilderness now I can blame myself more for my mistakes!
No its not. They’ll smile at you at first, but if you’re not a white liberal, you’re an outsider
How about if you are retired.
We have a fantastic retirement community here in bellingham and whatcom county in general! I highly recommend looking into it more, or reaching out to us if you have anymore questions.
Well, I can take this town off of the list. We want to move as close as possible to the Canadian border (family there), but don't want anything to do with homeless, drug problems, and especially crime. Blaine? We are financially fairly well off and want a retirement condo lifestyle. No more house to manage.
Hi Paul! Blaine is a beautiful area and I highly recommend it, especially Semiahmoo! I’m waiting for a nice day to do a video about Blaine. It is much much smaller than bellingham but it has started to grow with more amenities. Let me know if you would like to chat more 360.220.7975
Blaine is great
Tons of new affordable homes are being built in Blaine. Living in the area I would honestly say I've never seen any drug/homeless people problems there, either
Guess you need to move out of space because once you are on planet earth there no escaping these issues.....Every country has his place here
Remember Blaine is a border town. Most of us end up going to Bellingham for groceries and shopping.
People in Idaho are not moving to Washington.
I’ll let my clients from Idaho know 😂😂🤦🏽♂️
@livinginbellinghamwayes, and welcome them back.
The Canadians run whatcom county I would suggest not moving there are the state of Washington state
The Canadians definitely don’t run whatcom county lol. They aren’t down here as much like they were in the past. The dollar is much higher now, and our shopping isn’t great so they start going down south. You’ll see a lot of Canadians at Costco and Trader Joe’s, and the gas stations. But who cares, they help our economy!
@@livinginbellinghamwa1 there different laws for us citizens and Canadian people I got pulled over in sumas for a violation but yet a Canadian done the same and the police said the Canadian had different laws than the us citizens
Drug hub
@@joebideb 😂😂 Jesus, this isn’t Ohio!
Each of the five points are misleading. Example: "5 reasons why people are leaving Bellingham" makes it sound like the population is leaving. The reality is they're not. Fact: Bellingham's population is growing. Politics: places like Ferndale and Lynden aren't politically blue. There's a reason why Ferndale is known locally as Ferntucky. Jobs? Why no mention of the influx of remote workers? There are a lot of jobs that don't require people to live near offices. I've met a lot of people who work remotely up here. Gas? The gas station I go to is amongst the consistently cheapest gas in the Puget Sound area. Expensive food? Maybe if you only shop at Whole Foods. Weather: Less rain where I live than in the greater Seattle region. Crime: it had been a problem but there's strong evidence that this has reversed course. This was even reported on in the national news. I'd take this video with a big grain of salt if I were doing research about moving up this way.
Thank you for your input . My family is thinking of moving there and your responds definitely helps. Definitely sounds better than California Orange county .
Democrats.