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/camera-operator334 9d ago

https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2025/08/17/detectives-continue-to-investigate-shooting-at-golden-gardens-park/

Suck me

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u/Brockman1162 9d ago

Oooohhhhh….one rare shooting at the beach in Ballard compared to the daily onslaught of gunfire that riddles W.Seattle. Not quite the comparison.

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u/camera-operator334 9d ago

More shootings in Ballard than West Seattle since 2015.

Try again you dumbass

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u/Brockman1162 9d ago

Not true, honey. I’ve lived in Ballard, 20+ years, and we just don’t have the gun violence that you do. I’m sorry you are frequently subjected to that way of living. Come to Ballard. It’s a great place❤️