The South End is where we keep the Hellmouth.

Plei is not wrong about this.

If you end up wanting info on Shoreline, let me know. I grew up there (when it was still just North Seattle), and the Parents O' Reason still live there.

I'm more confident and carry self as such. I wonder if it'll last?

Do it!

I'd like to! It's a crapshoot. A little ongoing external encouragement hasn't gone amiss, fer sure. We'll see.

I lived in Renton for years. It's not BAD, as long as you don't leave your house.

And me being gay? Something I toned WAAAAY down when out and about. Not. Done. There.

I live in the city. I walk to the center of downtown Seattle, that's how close I live. I won't move south of Capitol Hill/Beacon Hill (and that's starting to get dodgy) or West Seattle (but not White Center, Georgetown, or Burien - EW BURIEN AIRPORT LOUD)

I'm a hedonist. I expect to step off my front porch and smell the coffeeshop within walking distance, thanks. AND I expect not to be shot at while walking there.

Outside of the city areas I could stand living: Lake Forest Park, parts of Shoreline, my friend Jay's 'hood on the Bellevue/Redmond border, parts of Kenmore, Three Tree Point (if and only if I had my parents' house and its view).

I wouldn't live in the city limits and south of I-90 again, unless I was in the Admiral district of West Seattle.

Burien west of Ambaum doesn't have any airport noise.

Well, I've got to take into account a) school systems for the kids and their myriad academic needs b) three large dogs and while they're not especially active, I still need room for them to stretch their legs c)taking into account the fact that we have a lot of shit and need space for it (Oy, the books alone) and d) since I work from home, I need my own office space.

What the hedonist in me would love is water. Preferably of the salt variety. Which makes life difficult and may be something I won't get.

IF WE EVEN WIND UP OUT THERE WHICH I WANT!

Augh. Don't mind me. I'm being very Violet Beauregard at the moment.

The salt water here is about 58 degrees.

If you wind up out here, I think Lake Forest Park is probably a good fit for you.

The salt water here is about 58 degrees.

Heh-- yeah, I don't need it to swim-- I just love the smell, the breezes and being able to walk alongside.

I've seen some houses in Lake Forest Park and in Shoreline-- hell, just on Redfin, we've found stuff that would seem to suit us all over the place, which is why it's kind of overwhelming. Everywhere else we've lived, we've been able to suss out where we'd like to live fairly easily. But I know that once we get a chance to go out there, we'll get a better sense of things.

thanks for the realtor recs. I had known about zillow and already checked it, but that gives approx values. But I did find out the neighborhood skinny, which is that the house is up for auction and the starting bid is $525. Also there's something weird because it's listed as well below the sq footage of our house, but the two look fairly close in size. I guess they added-on at some point.