The 5 Most Popular Seattle Neighborhoods To Live In (explained by a local)

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In today's video, I am breaking down the top 5 most popular neighborhoods in Seattle to live in. There are SO many great neighborhoods, but I have found these 5 are the most common that my clients ask about moving to. Each provides great walkability, easy commutes, and plenty of housing options at every price point.

[@SagaciousSilence]

FYI to people watching this and who don’t know Seattle, Monica covered five of the trendiest neighborhoods, but Seattle is full of neighborhoods filled with the mega rich, which are full of quaint and giant mansions. Seattle is an incredibly wealthy and beautiful city, but one which definitely prices out those who can’t earn a high six-figure salary.

[@ohane1]

She also doesn't mention that almost none are safe at night. Redmond & most of Bellvue is for now.

[@Mimsyborogove923]

If you're just looking for a one bedroom apartment it's still pretty easy to stay around $1500/month for rent in any of these neighborhoods.

[@skeliskull]

Okay?

[@mtns340]

I've been watching this type of neighborhood video in a bunch of different cities that I'm curious about, & your vids are probably the best ones I've come across. You show so much actual footage of the neighborhoods & give lots of interesting info as well.

[@danperlmutter]

Another great video. I say this almost every time I comment on one of your real estate videos, but your clients are so lucky to have such a great realtor.

[@monicachurchrealtor]

Thank you so much! 🥹

[@AlbertMarasigan-ec1hj]

⁠@@monicachurchrealtoryour a great realtor Monica and I love watching your real estate videos and you do have wonderful clients working with you 24 seven every week

[@SighDown]

I really enjoyed your video because you actually showed us the neighborhoods! I’ve have so many fond memories of Queen Anne Hill!

[@Shaedd]

Great video, as always! Seattle is just beautiful all around! It's hard picking a favorite spot.

[@maryleezurick1092]

Appreciate your mix of on site and maps! Thank you for the video:)

[@ajbcreationsmt]

Monica you're so adorable, and I get excited anytime a new video drops on your channels. PS - in the Green Lake segment you said it was "compromised" instead of saying it was "comprised", just letting you know since this is your business channel!

[@svalbard01]

Green Lake has become compromised in recent years.

[@TheTeriAnn]

Great video. Totally accurate all your descriptions. Can you do a hidden gem video where you talk about Eastlake, Madrona, Montlake, and Magnolia?

[@sandy949]

Great homes selected for the video, something for everyone. I’ve never seen Fremont area, thanks for sharing!

[@anniereck501]

LOVING the darker hair, looks so good on you. Loved this video too.

[@surfingisfun001]

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[@VideoGameRoom32]

Great production work. How much raw footage do you use in your final cut? In movies like only 20% of raw footage is used in the movie.

[@juliepiper7058]

very well done, so impressed by how young you are, go girl!

[@1111122234]

Great Vids Monica. What do you think of Sammamish and Gig Harbor? Planning to move to the Seattle area before X-mas 2024

[@zharahussain8004]

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[@VideoGameRoom32]

Just curious when you're editing, do you check your audio levels when you playback from the timeline? Some scenes your voice is louder than others.

[@davidrice6724]

I have only been to Seattle a few times and Queen Anne is the only neighborhood on your list that I am familiar with. Last time I was there, Capitol Hill was all the rage...as well as new downtown developments. This is the most interesting Seattle real estate video that I have seen....

[@NewHomesJacksonville-lu1tj]

Beautiful city and great explanations of areas.

[@tethron.]

Absolutely love your videos! such great townhomes

[@Borntooearly]

Very useful video, thank you

[@exploringfindeverything]

Great video Monica, 🎉

[@Parker-Green]

Very useful guide!

[@heidimacias9243]

As someone who delivers in all four neighborhoods you just mentioned, your soooo ON point 🙏🏾 I ABSOLUTELY looooove Queen Anne, If my wallet could afford it I would buy a old historic Queen Anne home ahhh to live the dream 🤌🏼✨❤️ To ppl not from Washington: If your a young quirky person looking for a city life/ but still enjoying some outdoors, Fremont / Greenlake is the way to go. If your looking to work from home, suburban life, and neighborhood that’s quiet choose Ballard or Wallingford! If you have BANK 💰💰and you want water front views, but still somewhat close to the city, choose Queen Anne. I really have learned to love all these neighborhoods. ❤

[@Lizlizlizlizlizlizlizlizzie]

“Starter single family home for around 1.1 million” is a disgusting sentence.

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Tech Transplants. The people who grew up in Seattle moved to Snohomish and Pierce County to start families, unless their families were wealthy.

[@liudizzle]

Aurora Ave is the place to be!

[@nikaslife]

I would love to see some older homes too! Some renovated Queen Anne or Tudor.. or even as original as possible.

[@yukon666]

Amazing neighbourhoods. Subscribed.

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

West Seattle is huge for young people. Should be mentioned. It was mostly ignored until 2000 or so when property values shot up in the rest of Seattle. Young people started buying on West Seattle because it was affordable. Was affordable, not is affordable.

[@heidimacias9243]

I agree, that west Seattle has become more expensive I believe that’s why less young people are living here and it’s more people in there early 30s and above. Idk plus the fact that there’s fewer decent places to eat, it’s less townhomes and more single family houses. Not to mention the increase in vandalism and crime that’s happening more here in def not gonna be living in west Seattle much longer 😂

[@wilsontang3441]

How about Magnolia? Close to Discovery Park, the best view of Elliott Bay, a great place for a single-family house.

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Magnolia is great. It's like its own little island. They don't have a high school there so many of my friends at school were bused into North Seattle from Magnolia.

[@helmertrujillotorres3662]

Thank you, Monica ❤

[@AlbertMarasigan-ec1hj]

I love watching Monica church’s real estate videos a lot on KZbin and it keeps me entertained in my room and I’m a proud Seattle resident myself

[@krakken-]

North Capital Hill???

[@BASESKIZL]

Hi Seattlight here you showed Gasworks Park in the Fremont neighborhood as it’s near Fremont and Wallingford it’s actually in the Northlake neighborhood. Fremont is the self proclaimed center of the universe.

[@Billy33753]

Love Ballard since it’s near stores and restaurants

[@monicachurchrealtor]

Same! As a Queen Anne resident, Ballard is my favorite spot to go for dinner or shopping.

[@AlbertMarasigan-ec1hj]

@@monicachurchrealtorI love west Seattle with interesting shops and restaurants and beautiful Alki beach

[@annievan1987]

Hiii monica :) I work at tableau! Will be visiting in mid of July for work let me know if you’d like an office tour

[@CH-wm6wo]

My son just got out of Wallingford. He’s pretty pleased. I’ll leave it at that.

[@toenailtom654]

I'm looking for BnB when I come to visit. Any suggestions, ???

[@attention_shopping]

great detail

[@salahuddinnoorzad]

A very nice video. kindly please indicate some area for new commers who like to start living in Seattle with 6 family members. Such family needs a home with 3 bedrooms near to public transportation facilities. It's not important the home to be modern and newly built, just it is important to be appropriate for a big family with low cost of rent. kindly please let me know if there is any. Regards

[@karaquigg3684]

We live in a new construction (2021) townhome in Ballard. Love it here. Lol about Aurora….

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Aurora has been home to drugs and prostitution since the completion of I-5. I worked at Oak Tree cinemas in the 90s and went to high school right off Aurora Ave N. It's worse now, but it was definitely bad back then.

[@ramonefisher2063]

Wallingford reminds me of the area that my grandfather lived in south Carolina

[@restateproperties]

Oh yeah, I heard about Aurora Avenue, lol

[@chlo2213]

grand central!! miss them

[@hopeschulman2433]

Surprised West Seattle didn’t make the list.

[@BryanHamiltonBrizzle]

Not all Realtors know West Seattle and can describe the neighborhoods.

[@duc25xr]

There are so many amazing neighborhoods outside of north seattle

[@jazzbob7]

Liked your KZbin but these homes were way too expensive for me,

[@MuhammadZama]

informative vlog

[@Jeroen74]

If I'm not mistaken, the USA is known (infamous?) for its strict zoning policy of only allowing single-family homes outside of downtown areas, but seeing all those townhouses and DADUs, I'd say they're coming back from that, at least in Seattle?

[@monicachurchrealtor]

Yes, in Seattle it’s gotten much easier to build DADU’s. The zoning here has changed a lot!

[@nadiainthesky]

To be fair, I wouldn’t really consider any of these neighborhoods a part of “downtown”…

[@pbthefirst630]

@@nadiainthesky the comment specifically says “outside of downtown areas”

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Seattle used to be known as a city with a high number of single unit lots. Especially in the north end. They were rezoned over a decade ago. I know a ton of people who sold their old homes in Ballard and Phinney Ridge. Where one home once stood, 2 or 3 tall skinny townhomes were built. Also, multiple homes were torn down to build large condo buildings. The shadows these buildings cast on residential Ballard is weird when you're not used to them being there. Most people I went to school with in Seattle in the 90s now live in Snohomish County or the Eastside. Seattle is full of tech transplants. It's baffling when they talk about the Seattle freeze. It's hard to meet someone from Seattle in Seattle. Where is the freeze coming from? Transplants afraid to talk to each other?

[@sanjusanga3048]

Hello mam I am Sanga from India. I got into UW Seattle, I am looking for a unit. It would be really helpful if you could share contacts based on your networking near u district. Thank you mam. Have a good day!

[@AlmightyGibb]

any stuff on finding apartments under 1800 for students without roomates or shared living

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Try going to WSU or WWU. The Puget Sound region is expensive. If you are paying under $2000 it isn't safe and/or you have a long commute.

[@nazinicki]

Where is the chipper area in seattle for rent ap apartment

[@mya2008]

Can you do south seattle?

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Columbia City was a bars in the window ghost town when I was a kid. It's really nice now. Not a bad neighborhood if you can afford it.

[@Lillyjoy]

I might be moving there but all of these houses are so expensive, I hope you show those $1000 homes / talk about them more in future videos because you only showed that on the screen for like a second. Love your videos though :)

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

$1000? Ha

[@cuebal]

Seawolf is where you get good bread in Wallingford

[@rezalotfi5771]

hi i have a question How can a person rent a house when he recently immigrated to America and does not have a credit card?

[@CrazyLocoInsane1]

I have lived in Wa state for over 2 decades. Seattle sucks!! I repeat it sucks! Great to visit but avoid living there at all costs!! I would rather live in tacompton.

[@inesnovo]

Magnolia??

[@you2bevsgoogle]

One

[@orlinchirinos1981]

Only the Well-off, wealthy could live here. Nice 👍🏻 little towns though

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

Beautiful homes. I'm guessing these homes there are two incomes. How can one person afford this? What is the major industry in WA? Tech jobs, financial, manufacturing, warehouse, banks?

[@annaschmidt2]

Western Washington, and Seattle specifically, is home to Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Boeing, REI and many teaching hospitals and Universities.

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Tech

[@gerryinballard]

Stay on the Eastside.

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

Does Washington get more affordable if you buy in rural areas? Some states get more affordable in rural areas.

[@izla23]

Yes, definitely. Especially on the other side of the puget sound

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

It does. Most the locals I grew up with live in Snohomish county. Plan on a 1 1/2 to 2 hour commute, both ways, if you work downtown. No joke. If you work from home, Snohomish is a nice town. Closer in, check out Edmonds. Neither are rural though. Rural is tough if you have to commute because of the small rural highways.

[@ohane1]

Funny! Now go walk a few blocks at 3am from your house... alone. When I was your age I could. I'm 47 now, it's sad what's happened.

[@anitachiquita70]

Is Seattle even safe?

[@josephaugello1527]

Safer than most cities in the us. Portland unfortunately is the one with major problems like much of ca

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

A business owner who was 8 months pregnant was shot in broad daylight downtown a few weeks back. She and the baby died. It was random. A mentally ill person on the streets just walked up to her car and started shooting

[@jbsmith86]

No Capitol Hill?

[@CounterRyu]

No, no Capitol Hill

[@jbsmith86]

@@CounterRyu ok we get it you're white

[@samanthasau4086]

Absolutely NOT!

[@alexandermuir8160]

What is pickle ball and why do Americans love pickles so much??

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

First

[@cwe_memoir9265]

Nice but incomplete neighborhood listing without Magnolia, West Seattle and Madrona. No mention by realtors of hillside risks. Earthquake risks including liquefaction as some areas areas are filled in shorelines or were bogs historically. Rain, really? When and what did your father teach at QA high school. I am a graduate (1958).

[@jeffkohler21]

Ah yes... high priced homes, high crime, high drug use, and even higher taxes. Perfect.

[@Animedingo]

This whole video feels extremely privledged. Yeah those neighborhoods are nice but what about anything south? Houses in seattle are over priced no matter where you look. And anything south of UW is considered dangerous

[@markstocker5121]

Trying to be Portland? Freemont's always been it own thing.

[@lauriegates5856]

Don't move here. Leaved in Seattle area for over 50 yrs. Moved when housing became over priced rabbit hutches. I lived on Queen Anne for over 40 years. Bring lots of money, very expensive to live in Seattle. Don't go downtown.

[@ramonefisher2063]

Aurora ave needs the Supreme power of Jesus Christ amen

[@johnwalck3133]

And a bulldozer….

[@spirocorbett3839]

Used to live-in every neighborhood listed. They all suck

[@themeek7499]

The housing isn’t worth half the price they want…

[@revathik9225]

Maybe show more of the neighborhood next time instead of yourself in every frame.

[@dyanschecterson3413]

As a native Seattlite, having grown up in the 60-80s in what was then, deservedly so, the most beautiful city in the country, I have literally cried when returning there in the last few years. This video is leaving out the stark and disgusting reality about what Seattle is. 1999 and the WHO riots were what friends and family cite as "the beginning of the end." A recent trip was like the film set of a dystopian movie. Clearly, voters have gotten what they voted for. Wake up people and change the politics!

[@leonardocabrera8830]

Snowflake

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

You nailed it! This is a Seattle post card. I also hurt every time I go back to my old neighborhood. We had something rare in the old days. Too good to last. A beautiful old city with enough resources to be comfortable, but not so much as to be expensive. Relatively small population back then. Every kid seemed to have a home with a big yard in the city.

[@gangien]

Advice to people not from Seattle. Move to California instead.

[@bryanc3236]

Why do you say that?

[@Savannah_Creates_Postcards]

The video was great but not cool getting an anti-LGTBQ ad afterwards 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@spirocorbett3839]

Don't be a silly little girl. All of Seattle is terrible.

[@erickeddings]

Love Seattle, great video! Random question... Are you also this person @ShelbyChurch because it's really freaking me out and I need to know?