Seattle, WA Suburbs Everyone Is Moving To

[@JetLagRecords]

Living In Seattle - Bryce Greenleaf, Subscribed because your videos always make me smile!

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Thank you!

[@cqt9223]

Appreciate your mentioning the new light rail extensions to Shoreline & Lynnwood. Don't forget the new light rail service connecting Redmond to Bellevue. Regardless which line, a great way to commute!

[@sergeybobkov951]

All these "master planned communities" with zero privacy and cookie cutter homes are my personal idea of hell. I live in the woods on a 1 acre lot in Woodinville and cannot be happier.

[@Sinatraandfriends65]

To be a homeowner north of Seattle a household income of a minimum off $500k is needed. So much for the middle class in Seattle, eh?

[@steveh5307]

500k? It's more like 150k.

[@StellaChristelle]

Redmond has never ending construction going on.

[@lexzone-yb9pc]

Nice, thanks, was looking forward to this video where you covered popular WA suburbs where people are moving. Thanks again!

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Of course! Thank you for watching 😀

[@JaggedTusk]

I used to live in Maple Valley. Traffic in Black Diamond and Maple Valley has become horrendous over the last five years or so. It was one of the major reasons I moved out of there. It was a nice, quiet place to live before the all the massive development started.

[@bellakrinkle9381]

Any commute into the center of Seattle is a nightmare to avoid. Trust me!

[@rayyoung4118]

Why would anyone want to live in a home where all you see when you look out the window is your neighbor's window?

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Different strokes for different folks! haha Some people like the small, low maintenance, lots and feeling like they live in a very close, neighborly, community.

[@wiredspeaker5658]

Add to that the Karen's who put you on surveillance with their cameras because they're obsessed with power, control and harassment.

[@ljclauson]

Many folks actually still like people. A sense of community is important to some especially when you get older. I’m 76 and have lived in Redmond on acreage, San Juan Island, on acreage and several places in Renton the past 18 years, one being on Lk WA which is beautiful, then new construction downtown which had peace of mind being new construction, but it’s a dicey place in spots, currently Renton Highlands which has been a good place for a number of reasons, yes, I look out to neighbors everywhere but still lots of parks and convenience to make life pretty easy AND SeaTac is so easy from here. Traffic is so bad everywhere- well not SJI, but then the ferry system can be worse than a long commute via car- although the ferry has a much nicer view to Anacortes.

[@ttownscott]

The benefit is that if the neighborhood is nice you have nice neighbors that can look after your place when you travel and vice versa. Walking distance to schools, parks and stores. Hardly ever have to drive anywhere for anything.

[@ricardoconqueso]

People need to live near jobs...

[@oldman9138]

Just found your channel. Pretty cool to read about all the different areas. I have lived here all my life, and have lived in about 4 of the suburbs you discussed here. Currently living in Duvall on 5 acres, and am just 5 mins away from "downtown duvall". Great place to live, my wife and I both work out of our house so no commuting. Not a lot of activities here but since we are right in between Monroe, Redmond and Woodinville, which are all 20 mins away max, we have plenty of things to do there such as movie theatres.

[@lionheart2165]

Redmond is no surprise, I live in Bellevue and even living in this beautiful little city Redmond seems nice. Bellevue/Redmond area is beautiful with very kind people and a great place to have a family albeit a bit pricy.

[@trumpius_maximus47]

Redmond needs more homeless camps and African migrants.

[@BaronSaturday66]

Woodinville is really nice too

[@trumpius_maximus47]

@@BaronSaturday66 It is horrible now. Huge apartments being built.

[@BaronSaturday66]

@@trumpius_maximus47 It's still really tiny. But yes, I've noticed the growth. I live downtown.

[@trumpius_maximus47]

@@BaronSaturday66 I like the Bobae shop there🙂‍↔️

[@CondorSWE]

Shout out to Bainbridge Island. Nice ferry ride, with bus service to the ferry. New construction in Winslow.

[@rswear]

I live just outside Monroe, I am a bit surprised it is not on the list. Lots of new construction and it seems like more affordable and an ok commute to the east side.

[@meow-mi333]

Conclusion: east side is generally better in terms of home value appreciation.

[@BicoastalJet]

It’s irrational. I can’t believe little ramblers at $1m or $750/sq ft can continue to climb in value. Who will pay for that!

[@ulyssesgrant4403]

@@BicoastalJet all these tech workers are driving the cost of Real Estate up. It’s a joke what You have to pay for a decent home today in the Eastside.

[@Fakeaorta]

Thank my lucky stars you didn't list Edmonds! It's nice having a nice little area hidden near the water.

[@jlafayet]

Nobody in any of these videos ever mentions Edmonds. So much the luckier for us!

[@strederful]

I can vouch for Shoreline! Excellent schools, lots of trees, parks with forests. Lots of shopping and eating options. My commute to Seattle is about 40 minutes, give or take. Not horrible.

[@BicoastalJet]

My fiancé and I are trying to find a home for $1m and it’s near impossible. These prices are irrational. $750/sq ft for a rambler 35 min from MSFT. I’m not even looking in the heart of the east side. Things are going to crash, it’s not sustainable.

[@RoundBob_Sounge]

Where are you looking? The east side. Not quite sure where that is.

[@peoriagrace1968]

Have you looked at Woodinville, or Monroe?

[@BicoastalJet]

@@peoriagrace1968yes, Woodinville (and even very southern Snohomish like High Bridge). We increased our price to $1.25m and should be able to find something with a little time.

[@mark10505]

These all appear to be family centric recommendations apar from Gig Harbor. For single and a younger population I would have thought Ballard, Phinney Ridge, Crown Hill and even West Seattle would be more appealing, if you can afford it of course. I lived in Ballard and loved it but Ive recently moved North to Anacortes after retiring. There isn't much to do in many of these locations without getting in your car.

[@trollbot3728]

The best place to live with the best commute to Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, the East Side, and Sea-Tac is Kent.

[@ulyssesgrant4403]

Kent is the hood. Used to be a great place to live going back 10 years ago but these days forget about it. You got homeless people and migrants everywhere. Going to the grocery store is a horrible experience.

[@trollbot3728]

@@ulyssesgrant4403 I said commute. The West Valley side isn't the hood.

[@Omar068]

@@ulyssesgrant4403 Watch his other video. People are leaving Kent, Renton, Federal Way and other places for various reasons.

[@Armondahad]

Interesting video and gave me some food for thought. I do have to agree with other comments that some of these are stretching the popular notion (even if it's not technically defined) of a suburb. I also think some of those commute times may have been assessed at off-peak times and therefore unrealistic. I am looking at directions from downtown to some of these places during what is now at the early end of the afternoon/evening "rush hour" and getting results of 1.25-1.5X the drive durations you were showing.

[@rp1645]

The biggest problem I have with NEW construction Housing development. How close the homes are built to each other. My biggest pet pev on these developments is the squeeze in home with drive going right beside two homes. I bought my house on west hill of Auburn in the mid 1980s ( hud repo) the people had just walked away because Interest went through the roof. I at least have a pie shaped wedge lot in my cul-de-sac. I can park my vehicle on side of house with lots of room. 😊 I have lived in King county my entire 65 years.

[@wingman416]

Hey Bryce. You skipped right over Mountlake Terrace. As you know, we abut Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline neighborhoods. We don't have much in the way of new construction, except apartments. But you can have your own yard, a 25 mile per hour speed limit, excellent 911 service to your home in less then five minutes, and our OWN new transit center. During off peak traffic, 10 minutes to Everett, 15 minutes to down town Seattle, and twenty minutes to Bellevue. Lots of older homes with nice large yards for kids and gardens, green lawns for kids to play in. Nice and quiet, as we get just about zero airport noise beyond one Alaska air flight that comes over at about 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Peaceful, lots of folks out walking kids and pets. It's kinda like Mayberry without all the good fishing holes anymore. These alcoves of open arms to ALL people of ALL races do exist, and to make things even better, no one seems to feel the need to push their own politics onto everyone else, as there are about ZERO YARD SIGNS, ANYWHERE to be seen. Ahhhh.....

[@raineyjayy]

Heyyy the KP. They are putting the 1 line down to Federal Way and the drive thru the KP is beautiful

[@raineyjayy]

Also.. don't take I5 if you have to drive. It's a little longer but the drive on i18 around tiger mountain to Bellevue is pretty. But you are right this is more of you are hybrid, 2 days max

[@swolpertinger5004]

Marysville is also tribe land. So be careful about laws when it comes to home/landowning. You are at the whim of tribal rules rather than state/federal laws when it comes to zoning, regulations, etc.

[@xerxespamplemousse6622]

Bryce, you didn't mention the coal mines underlying Black Diamond.

[@NWLori]

What?

[@rp1645]

​@@NWLori YES coal mining there, that's why it's area name is Black Diamond 😊

[@wiredspeaker5658]

Unfortunately Older Marysville homes and subdivisions have no natural gas distribution. You have to buy newer home to get gas.

[@pnw-coast]

Calling some of these places "Seattle Suburbs" is quite a stretch.

[@206remyboyz7]

I agree, and Marysville , Lake Stevens is all the way in Snohomish county

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

There is no set, technical definition on what cities are considered Seattle suburbs and what aren’t. Many people from out of state watch my videos when relocating to the Seattle area. That’s who this is tailored towards. “Seattle suburbs” is what I use to encapsulate the entire Seattle metropolitan area for ease of understanding. I have many relocation buyers that move here from out of state, tell me they want to live in the Seattle suburbs, and end up moving to Camano Island, Bonney Lake, and everywhere in-between. These videos are to help educate those people.

[@droopy0093]

They are all part of the Seattle metropolis.

[@ricardoconqueso]

Even in places like Lake Stevens, you are one bus from downtown Seattle, so it is transit connected for commuters. Same for Everett

[@easytargetYT]

This is just a douche bag real estate agent using his YT channel to schill.

[@yordanpopov]

What is the 2nd planned community besides 10 trails?

[@ericwerner2109]

Likely Tehaleh, in Bonney Lake.

[@rp1645]

I would like to give a very big shout out to the downtown area of (REDMOND 😊) the Restaurant are A+ no homeless on street. The Manager of the Restaurant liked my mini Australian Shepherd so,so much. He like come with your dog my friend, that we EAT at the outdoor table, he brought out FOOD for my dog under my wife's chair. In my 65 years of living in South King county This Restaurant was very much DOG friendly at outside heated seating 😊 Sorry for not remembering the name I will go back and text name of Restaurant in future video you do. Downtown ( Redmond) is my favorite of all the city core development types in Seattle KC area.😊

[@jacksonrezab]

my grandmother bought her house in 1950's in bellevue for $23,000 (still lives there) cause she couldn't afford the Medina homes for 35,000. think about that for a second.

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Imagine being able to buy a home in Medina for $35k 😯

[@idychan8447]

$23000 in 50s was still a lot

[@AmoghNatu]

That 35,000 would have been worth 35 million I guess now.

[@SueJohnson2024]

Same with Kirkland. Bought in 1990 for $145,000-now worth $1,450,000.

[@luddite4change449]

@@SueJohnson2024 Wife and I bought West of Market in 2000 for $325 (with now $270 in two remodels in 24 years). I had three call this week for cash offers at 2M. Insane. What is truly insane is that Taxes are over 50% of my monthly mortgage payment. It makes you wonder, if the government can then take it away for not paying property tax, are you really the owner?

[@helpingkarma]

Rural.....off the grid? Who do you deal with that they consider that to be off the grid?

[@easytargetYT]

Morons not unlike him.

[@MFerJonez]

Don't forget to mention the Marysville school district is at risk of going bankrupt. And, Lake Stevens School buses don't have enough room for the kids they serve right now! We need to stop building houses!!!!

[@bac3phi]

Surprised you included shoreline and Lynnwood but left out Mukilteo. Drive around Lynnwood and Shoreline and you'll know what I meant. Plus, Mukilteo is one of the best school district in WA.

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Mukilteo is a great area! This wasn’t a list of my favorite areas, it was a list of which cities have statistically grown the most over the last 4 years. I would highly recommend Mukilteo for those considering a move

[@ZooTube2024]

Mostly what you are saying is move north out of King County. As far as Black Diamond what a nightmare!

[@lattetown]

Stats are 4 years old during COVID

[@maryanntownsend2889]

What about Mill Creek?

[@disciple1010]

Duvall is new Indian town

[@NWLori]

I’m surprised that Kirkland isn’t on here.

[@nathanhanson5324]

Or Issaquah.

[@luddite4change449]

@@nathanhanson5324 Perhaps because they are beyond max build out? And priced out.

[@WHlSKYx]

Good, stay away from the south end. Keep it cheaper lol

[@ricardoconqueso]

I mean he’s already done videos about how people are leaving the south area due to crime

[@KidCity1985]

Great Mexican food in Marysville, now if we could just get some other kinds.

[@alexsandoval1585]

Mexican food it's all we want

[@KidCity1985]

@@alexsandoval1585 I want some really good Chinese food.

[@firefliflihi5719]

Where can someone live thats single, middle aged, young at heart, broke (but works all the time) and coming from a displaced Florida!? Near great pu lic transit in case I ever give up my car, also safe for a street smart female

[@brennieW-s4o]

😂😂😂The insane commute to anywhere is the biggest reason never to move to Lake Steven’s!!!😡

[@alexsandoval1585]

Coco

[@awen777]

Nice to see someone is still profiting off an already overpriced market but this is some 'Yellow Brick Road' stuff to a local like myself. Thirty years back people out of California were buying homes in Cle Elum, Wa. on the East side of the mountain pass and commuting to work in Seattle. It was nothing to them! We were astounded!

[@bradmaas6875]

Wow, look at all those ticky-tacky boxes

[@donaldmcpherso.9335]

Shoreline Marysville not suburbs of Seattle, Everett! Gig Harbor absolutely not a suburb of Seattle.

[@mcsqueegee81]

Really sad about 10 trails, Black diamond would be better off with less people & all the development. Used to be all fields & forrest where that is now

[@brennieW-s4o]

With all the cramped population in Lake Steven’s you have the daily drive byes!!! 😡

[@BlueJadeU]

He pronounces Duvall incorrectly. Even more annoying is that in the last few decades, with more new people moving in there, so many new people pronounce it incorrectly that it drowns out the old-timers and people think the new way of saying it is the correct way, because that's what they mostly hear. It is not DuVALL like the actor, emphasis on the last syllable. It is DUvall with emphasis on the first syllable.

[@AnnAndNala]

I love your channel. I was born and raised in the western part of Washington state, and spent over fifty years there. It's so beautiful and it's my favorite state. However, I had to move out of state because the housing prices have skyrocketed to such ridiculously high prices, it's just really sad how high they've gone. I even worked for some of the largest high-tech companies and made a decent living there, but it was still too expensive for me. I wonder how so many Washingtonians are able to afford such steep housing costs (and then raise families) in all of those communities, especially for that being the average cost of housing. 🤷‍♀

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Thank you for the kind words! I totally understand where you’re coming from. The steep increase in prices over the last decade has pushed a lot of people out, and it’s really tough to see.

[@pnw6324]

Your suburbs ore OFF.

[@helpingkarma]

These are not suburbs. Also. These are soooo far away. Being up here in Arlington myself, I in no way consider myself to be living in a suburb of Seattle. Because of your opinions on this, I would never trust you when shopping for a home.

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Thanks for the kind comment! There is no set, technical definition on what cities are considered Seattle suburbs and what aren’t. Many people from out of state watch my videos when relocating to the Seattle area. That’s who this is tailored towards. “Seattle suburbs” is what I use to encapsulate the entire Seattle metropolitan area for ease of understanding. I have many relocation buyers that move here from out of state, tell me they want to live in the Seattle suburbs, and end up moving to Camano Island, Bonney Lake, and everywhere in-between. These videos are to help educate those people. I hope your day improves!

[@helpingkarma]

@@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf this video was your chance to educate people. To clarify the distinction and to help them understand the difference as you just described in your reply to me. Your reply further demonstrates why I would not choose you to be my realtor. Complete honesty is what I would look for. As for my day, I am blessed and doing better than I could hope for.

[@ricardoconqueso]

@@helpingkarma lol, dude. You're acting like a giant baby on the internet, in full view of everyone. Go take a nap.

[@ricardoconqueso]

Perhaps not Arlington but Marysville, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, and other areas he mentioned all have transit to Seattle/Bellevue without any needed connecting points. Like, I live in Snohomish and take one single bus to Seattle a few days a week. It's 45-50 minutes and is faster than driving because it uses the express lanes. I get to work quicker than my work colleagues do, and they live in Shoreline, Lynnwood, and other suburbs.

[@dnguyen787]

@@ricardoconqueso People in Shoreline and Lynnwood can use the new light rails now; it should take less than 30 minutes to get to downtown Seattle. :-)

[@jennifers6435]

Dont

[@KR-mg3jz]

I hate that cookie cutter bullshit!

[@faedeela9]

Boring

[@livinginseattle-brycegreenleaf]

Thanks for watching!

[@kenwin5845]

I ove Shoreline and work at UW.