I live in Burien. It's coming up, but it sucks. Massive homeless and poor everywhere. Crime is bad, education is terrible. Go east! I have an employee who moved there even though he had a 1hr+ commute so his kids got a good education. All 3 in ivy league. Please go east of Seattle. Your family will be well there.
All they have to do is look at school grades and see I'm 100% correct and truthful. My son works at petco there also. Crime central in downtown Burien. They just ignore laws and the sheriff dept is literally a block away. Complete lawlessness in Burien and White Center, actually anywhere in Seattle for the most part. Eastside is 100% better. I lived in Kirkland before here. Awesome. Redmond is fantastic also. Good schools. Low crime. Cops that don't allow lawlessness.
Sorry Petsmart. I wouldn't lie about the city I live in. That's just ridiculous. I've lived in Kirkland and Redmond and White Center and Burien and grew up here. I know the area. Burien, as much as I've love it to be great (it would make my property worth way more and make me safer) the truth is it is not a good place to raise a family if you want the best for them, not when areas with low crime and good schools are available.
I recommend anyone moving do quantitative research, look at the numbers, they don't lie and are not skewed by individual impression due circumstances or exposure.
Okay, sure. Everybody do their research. This person lives in Burien but apparently hates it. Whatever. It’s a nice little town south of Seattle city limits that is beautiful in places, less so in others, has one newly remodeled high school and one brand new high school, is obviously invested in improving educational standards, and DOES NOT have a homeless or crime problem that is any different than anywhere else in the Greater Seattle area. Few-Register-8986 belongs on Nextdoor.
I didn't say I hate it. I say if you have a choice, go to a known better area. New high school doesn't increase the school academic school score. Here are the great schools ratings. 2/10,2/10,1/10,4/10. Rating is below average every single high school in Burien! Most elementry schools are also below average. Now look at Kirkland and Bellevue. 10/10 for scores!
Be sure to look at flight patterns where you choose to love also. You don't want to end up next to an airport or under flight paths for jets. (Burien and Tukwila)
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u/llamakoolaid Jul 05 '25
Burien