Best Neighborhoods

Editor's Note: Welcome to the Neighborhood

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Neighborhood

Changes are afoot across the region

A stranger was staring at my car, an old Honda CR-V. It was shortly after 8 on a Monday morning, and I was taking my son to school. We’d celebrated his birthday the night before…

Publisher's Note: A Sense of Place

Publisher’s Note: A Sense of Place

What makes Seattle distinctive and unique?

Growing up in Edmonds during the 1970s, many beautiful attributes of the Pacific Northwest became inseparable from my notion of what “Seattle’’ really was. I vividly remember the smell of the beach, the sound of ferry boats, and an indelible sense of community from the city’s small-town feel…

Seattle’s Neighborhoods: Creating Purpose and Place

Seattle’s Neighborhoods: Creating Purpose and Place

The March/April issue, out now, highlights why the city is such a special place

In more than three decades as a journalist, I’ve never yelled “stop the press.” But I will say “hot off the press,” which leads me to the new issue of Seattle magazine.

Illustration by Martin Haake

This Neighborhood is the ‘Friendliest’ in America

This Neighborhood is the ‘Friendliest’ in America

And it’s right here in Seattle

A few years ago, I was in Cooperstown, N.Y., because my son was playing in a weeklong baseball tournament. I asked one of the park workers which state had the friendliest people…

Just out of college? Spokane’s the place

Just out of college? Spokane’s the place

Zillow ranks the city as a top market

Move over, Seattle. Spokane has your number. Seattle online real estate company Zillow ranks the midsize eastern Washington city, home to private Gonzaga University, as the second-best market in the country for recent college graduates. Zillow analyzed rent, income, job growth, and share of the population in its 20s. “Typical rent is $1,563 compared to…

Seattle's Best Neighborhoods in 2020

Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods in 2020

Find yourself a place to call home

This article appears in print in the March 2020 issue, as part of the “Best Neighborhoods” cover story. Click here to subscribe. Whether you’re searching for your first house, a promising investment or the best place to raise a family, seeing your personality reflected in a neighborhood is just as important as making sure the home’s foundation…

Seattle's Best Neighborhoods: Ones to Watch

Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods: Ones to Watch

As neighborhoods throughout the city grow and change, here’s a handful of hot areas to keep an eye on

This article appears in print in the March 2020 issue, as part of the “Best Neighborhoods” cover story. Click here to subscribe. InterbayExpedia’s newly opened waterfront campus is a shiny bellwether of things to come in this decreasingly industrial neighborhood, yet this strip separating Magnolia and Queen Anne has caught the attention of enterprising small-business owners, too….

Seattle's Best Neighborhoods: Sunset Hill

Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods: Sunset Hill

A neighborhood perched on Seattle’s western edge provides ample views and beach-town vibes

Liquid Assets: Sound views from Sunset Hill Park

Seattle's Best Neighborhoods: Everett

Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods: Everett

A former mill town ready for liftoff

Flight of Fancy: Locals love the new passenger terminal at Paine Field, as much for the luxe finishes as for the fast-moving security lines

Seattle's Best Neighborhoods: Maple Leaf

Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods: Maple Leaf

Families flock to this northeast neighborhood for its small-town feel in the middle of the city

Rainier views from Maple Leaf Reservoir Park

Seattle's Best Neighborhoods: Lower Queen Anne

Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods: Lower Queen Anne

The sky’s the limit for career-driven Seattleites who land here

Space Needle views from the bus stop

Seattle's Best Neighborhoods: Mount Baker

Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods: Mount Baker

Head south for lake access and tree-lined boulevards

Playtime at Mount Baker Park

Which Seattle Neighborhoods Are Seeing the Biggest Changes in Home Values?

Which Seattle Neighborhoods Are Seeing the Biggest Changes in Home Values?

Zillow gives us the future forecast on where Seattle's neighborhoods are heading

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue, as part of the “Best of the Burbs” cover story. Click here for the rest of the story. We’d all like to know where the hot home deals are today—in other words, where we can buy today and have some assurance that our home value will grow….

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