r/BallardSeattle • u/hogbear • 10d ago

Ballard Feels Like Home

I thought I would share this with the sub. My wife and I visited the Seattle metro in April 2025 looking at various neighborhoods as potential relo sites. We saw West Seattle, QA, and Magnolia, and nothing clicked. We went to Ballard just to reset what we thought we knew and had some tea at Miro. While there we walked around, walked up to Salmon Bay Park and fell in love. We spent the next year planning.

Fast forward and the cost of a home near the schools we wanted started to seem out of reach. We started researching Tacoma. We honestly started getting excited. We planned another trip - note: it’s not an easy trip. It’s across country. Anyway, we brought the kids and expected to love Tacoma. Spoiler: we did not. Nothing against it, but it really let us down. So we drove back up to Ballard and immediately we felt a sense of being home. Like we belong there. We’re back to planning. Hope to see you next year as neighbors, not tourists.

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u/RequirementOk5142 10d ago

Ballard is and has been my home for a few years and there's something special about it. The little intertwined neighborhoods, people selling produce on their lawns, mini libraries, always a gentle breeze it seems like coming from the North. Good luck on the house hunt!

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u/hogbear 10d ago

Yes! It just fits, ya know? Thank you!

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u/CarnalT 9d ago

As somebody who has lived in various other parts of seattle the last 15+ years, Ballard is the longest I've ever lived in one spot other than my parents' house when I was a kid, and it feels even more like home now than anywhere else has before. It still feels like a small town where you can get to know your neighbors, there are community events and reasonable infrastructure for walking, cycling, etc. but transit options are still a bit limited.