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Homes

• Median price: $399,900

Crime

• Per 1,000 residents: 72

Schools and Parks

• 4th-graders passing the WASL: 45%
• Park acreage: 91

Commute (minutes)

• To downtown Seattle: 14
• To Redmond: 24

Population

• Estimates: 8,664

Characteristics

• New condo projects and small houses blend with the historical brick buildings housing, small shops and eateries.

Columbia City

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For the residents of Columbia City, a veritable small town within the big city, proud doesn’t even begin to describe the way they feel about this charming southside neighborhood that runs between South Alaskan and South Dawson streets along Rainier Avenue. The historic neighborhood is still a place where people stop and chat on street corners, regulars flock to the eclectic restaurants lining the avenue, and storeowners live where they work.

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Seattle's Best Desserts

We scoured the city for the most succulent sweets (chocolate!) and drool-inducing desserts (cupcakes!), perfect for ending a meal--or savoring when your sweet-tooth demands satisfaction.

The Breakfast Club

When it comes to flapjacks and scrambles, everybody’s got an opinion.

Urban Safari: Columbia City

This South Seattle enclave still has that small-town feel.

To Market, To Market: The Farmers Of Puget Sound

George Page didn’t grow up on a farm. He earned a degree in physics and worked for a medical device company before he found his path to Sea Breeze Farm on Vashon Island. Like so many area farmers, Page's career snuck up on him. Is this the kind of background one needs to tackle the wild and wooly world of small farming?

Urban Safari Outtakes of Columbia City

Explore more small town charm–and treats! and eats!–of Columbia City.

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