Comment by loeg
1 day ago
Ballard: it's one of the only north Seattle neighborhoods vaguely affordable to buy in. Lots of young families. Try to ignore the meth heads camping next to the Burke Gilman and industrial areas. (I live in Ballard.)
1 day ago
Ballard: it's one of the only north Seattle neighborhoods vaguely affordable to buy in. Lots of young families. Try to ignore the meth heads camping next to the Burke Gilman and industrial areas. (I live in Ballard.)
As a fellow Ballard home owner I have to say that anyone who thinks Ballard is affordable to buy in is out of touch with reality.
Isn't it a requirement to be out of touch with reality to live in Ballard?
>it's one of the only north Seattle neighborhoods vaguely affordable to buy in
Most north Seattle neighborhoods north of Ballard are more affordable to buy in than Ballard. Exceptions being North Beach / Blue Ridge, Windermere, Laurelhurst and similar.
> Laurelhurst
I can’t tell if this is a ‘whoosh’ over my head or what, but saying Laurelhurst is more affordable than just about anywhere besides Medina is wild. They literally had enough sway to have the hospital reroute their flights (it was actually a children’s hospital and they got enough flack about it only this year did they relent [0]).
[0] https://www.kuow.org/health-care/2026-05-08/seattle-children...
GP is listing it under exceptions to affordability.
Perhaps now you can better relate to the Laurelhurst residents, they also experienced a whooshing over their heads.
Attempt to re-read what I wrote.
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