Best Neighborhoods
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
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
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
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
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….
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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