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trickycoolj

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I bought a new home in High Point 11 months ago (has it been that long?) and I really enjoy it. It’s my first home and yes it came with TONS of stigma from family that lived around 32nd and Holden in the late 1950s early 60s, my grandpa had a service station in West Seattle and gave it up after too many burglaries, the family car stolen right out of the garage and recovered in Canada (after they used it to run over parking meters to steal the change) and the schools had serious race riot issues. My mom who hadn’t been back since her childhood was surprised how different the area was and how it felt just like the cul-de-sac we lived on about 15 years ago in Pierce County albeit with a whole lot more cultures represented. The ice cream man comes every day and kids are out playing everywhere. I have only had one bad instance where some older males (late teens early 20s) had a fight escalate into a fist fight in my alley, with 4 owner occupied town homes and 2 SHA rentals with small children surrounding this fight SPD was there in no time and it was really a non-issue. That stuff happened in my old neighborhood in North Seattle too, it’s the city.

I will say this is my first home and for me being able to pay less than I would in rent is a bargain in itself. The rents on new apartments with modern amenities half the size of my townhouse are twice as much as my mortgage payment! I’m in my late 20s, I’m single and it’s a perfect place to put down some roots. Hopefully I make some equity some day but the the market will never be the way it was so it’s not the way to make money anyway. So far I’m not underwater (according to zillow) so that’s great!

I can’t speak about the schools but if WS Elementary is not what you’re looking for the STEM school is fairly close and I think in the bus zone.

If it’s nice out this weekend come on by to the neighborhood and walk around and check things out. I’ve noticed Polygon has started building again in the last empty section so if you’re really interested it’s a good time to get in.

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I bought a new home in High Point 11 months ago (has it been that long?) and I really enjoy it. It’s my first home and yes it came with TONS of stigma from family that lived around 32nd and Holden in the late 1950s early 60s, my grandpa had a service station in West Seattle and gave it up after too many burglaries, the family car stolen right out of the garage and recovered in Canada (after they used it to run over parking meters to steal the change) and the schools had serious race riot issues. My mom who hadn’t been back since her childhood was surprised how different the area was and how it felt just like the cul-de-sac we lived on about 15 years ago in Pierce County albeit with a whole lot more cultures represented. The ice cream man comes every day and kids are out playing everywhere. I have only had one bad instance where some older males (late teens early 20s) had a fight escalate into a fist fight in my alley, with 4 owner occupied town homes and 2 SHA rentals with small children surrounding this fight SPD was there in no time and it was really a non-issue. That stuff happened in my old neighborhood in North Seattle too, it’s the city.

I will say this is my first home and for me being able to pay less than I would in rent is a bargain in itself. The rents on new apartments with modern amenities half the size of my townhouse are twice as much as my mortgage payment! I’m in my late 20s, I’m single and it’s a perfect place to put down some roots. Hopefully I make some equity some day but the the market will never be the way it was so it’s not the way to make money anyway. So far I’m not underwater (according to zillow) so that’s great!

I can’t speak about the schools but if WS Elementary is not what you’re looking for the STEM school is fairly close and I think in the bus zone.

If it’s nice out this weekend come on by to the neighborhood and walk around and check things out. I’ve noticed Polygon has started building again in the last empty section so if you’re really interested it’s a good time to get in.

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