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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 th

by loeg 3mo 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.)

operatingthetan 3mo ago
>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.
- PNewling 3mo ago
  > 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-s-and-laurelhurst-neighborhood-agree-to-change-controversial-helicopter-landing-policy https://www.kuow.org/health-care/2026-05-08/seattle-children...
  - shawn_w 3mo ago
    GP is listing it under exceptions to affordability.
  - operatingthetan 3mo ago
    Attempt to re-read what I wrote.
    - PNewling 3mo ago
      ...Fair, I completely misread it. I'm going to blame it on the jet lag, but your comment is accurate and my response is off-base. My bad.
      - operatingthetan 3mo ago
        All good
  - pfannkuchen 3mo ago
    Perhaps now you can better relate to the Laurelhurst residents, they also experienced a whooshing over their heads.
verst 3mo ago
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.
- bombcar 3mo ago
  Isn't it a requirement to be out of touch with reality to live in Ballard?