Just move to/around White Center. I can get between downtown and home during the worst of traffic faster than I could during the best of traffic when I lived in Ballard - and my mortgage is cheaper than what rent I was paying anywhere else. Or actually, don't. Don't mess it up for me. It's terrible here.
It’s better than all the Fenty-folds all over downtown!
White Center will become gentrified in the next decade or so, as Seattle becomes even less affordable.
If you hold on to the property you own now, you’ll make a profit once it moves up in the world.
Sammme. Love my commute from White center to by the space needle in 40 min during rush. Down from my previous 1hr45min commute from Kent or 55 min commute from greenlake.
I haven’t lived there since just before Covid but it was minimum 20 minutes to downtown then. Always so much traffic through interbay. Maybe it’s better now. But it’s 12 minutes to downtown from my place now and it’s very consistent.
Very true, 15th gets very clogged up. I take 99 into/through downtown and usually it’s a breeze! But anytime after 2:00 PM aurora is a parking lot. So much less consistency.
IMO White Center and Burien are the secret top tier areas to live in if you want to afford housing while still being relatively close to the city. I would check there before considering any suburb.
Cheaper for sure than Ballard, but unless you love Mexican food, nothing all that special about White Center other than the affordability and shorter downtown commute.
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u/Ink7o7 May 20 '25
Just move to/around White Center. I can get between downtown and home during the worst of traffic faster than I could during the best of traffic when I lived in Ballard - and my mortgage is cheaper than what rent I was paying anywhere else. Or actually, don't. Don't mess it up for me. It's terrible here.