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I was in Bellingham this past week and per your recommendation went to “The Black Cat” and had the Gouda Chicken Pesto (great call). Also visited Anthony’s at Squalicam Harbor - thanks for your continuous videos; great content! Keep’em coming! Homes are definitely more affordable compared to Seattle and especially the east side (Bellevue, Kirkland)… but the Bellingham area has also become less affordable now. I don’t know why the PNW has always been so expensive compared to the Midwest and the South. I was also in Vancouver, B.C. and the cost of living was lower comparatively (Walmart, restaurants, everyday essentials - homes have become more expensive but the government has taken steps to stop foreign sales) even after factoring in for the exchange rate. Anyway, I will be revisiting the Seattle area again in March; will swing by Bellingham again. Last observation… I noticed there were are a lot of senior citizens residing in Bellingham (I saw them on the boulevard boardwalk, at the parks, near chuckanut drive lookout points) not a problem for me, just an observation considering there is a university in Bellingham so I was expecting a younger crowd. Anyway, have a wonderful weekend and my best to you - take care ✌🏼👊🏼

Another problem is you can no longer tub the south fork of the nooksavk river because the natives decided that people floting on tubs kill the fish so if your white no floting the south fork ....but if your native it's all good you can tub the south fork ,ive lived in the area my whole life and the south fork is a good safe place to bring your kids to swim float on a hot afternoon. The city of bellingham sided with the natives so no floating the south fork unless your native. ...the north fork is to cold and swift it's to dangerous for kids and young teenagers

I live in everson about 20 minutes from bellingham. Mostly I like the area but the city counsel sucjs and the department of ecology sucks bad right now thay are suing everyone who has a water well. We think thay are trying to make everyone who uses water from the watershed to pay for water from there own property , it costed me 20,000$ to install my well and get it up and running , so if you move to the area bewere of the A holes that run the city and county. Thay really like your money and thay try at every corner to take it from you

You really couldn't pay me anything to move out of Canada.

I used to live in Blaine. I loved it! Great people! Now we live more inland. Still love where we live now. I would never ever move to Bellingham. Most people went fricken nuts during Covid, let’s just say true colors came out.😯

I'm the only artist-blacksmith.

The cost of living started going up the day the Georgia-Pacific pulp-n-papermill closed, since that reduced the air pollutants, risk of chemical disaster and import of known carcinogens on an industrial scale. I moved here to finish high school (BHS, '89) and started working local Labor Union during the oil refinery turnarounds down south, but the city still had intermittent disaster tests that were attuned to possible train wrecks of multiple chlorine tanks, tidal waves hitting the oceanside paper mill (that expanded operations here during '90's because of shutdowns elsewhere) that is still an environmental risk despite closure due to some serious chemical operations happening on "infill", which is created land in the bay that turns to soup during an earthquake or volcanic tremble....certain siren patterns blared at night in public downtown, and thanks to Union employment, I learned that meant being prepared to head safely and carefully upwind w/enough supplies to await further news, and without looking back. Atomic war (50-60's) and chemical attack shelters were a set of archaic tunnels that met up under the high school I attended and I only know of their existence because I was assigned to assist the janitor when I first got in trouble after moving here from a major multicultural metro area (aka Sea-Tac). The end of high school and the start of adult life here also led to acknowledge myself as a cultural and racial minority the jocks and farmboys couldn't intimidate and the cops had no reason to profile, though they did anyway and obviously. The art and music scene enlivened the social scene into an actual community, one that includes WWU, whose graduates often remain in the community while describing plenty of deteriorating factors in those communities they've lived in elsewhere. Western Washington University attracted some intelligentsia that upgraded the collective community mindset just as the terrain and climate had attracted previous generations of flat-plain food growers and processors of oceanic resources (aka farmers and fisherman) w/out totally displacing the local Native/Coast Salish peoples, including Lummi, Nooksack and other canoe-carving Tribal societies, becoming truly familiar and sometimes family to itself. Now I have metal architectural works around downtown, where some friends have opened restaurants and others have played as bandmates and/or DJ's, the creative factor is undeniable among the locals, the social attitude is "laid-back metropolitan escapee", we're about as far North and West as you can get (until you board the Alaska ferry) on foot, there's still plenty of room and lots of work to do while appreciating that independents do well while collaboratives actually succeed and corporations only visit during summer break.

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Thanks for the information! I'm a RN and recently became an NP. Thinking about moving to Bellingham from Indiana in 1-2 years. I love the beauty of the PNW.

He missed the biggest reason for not moving to Bellingham....This is in a Democrat State! Seattle is toast and you will have a lot of the social problems and illegals moving into Washington.....DO NOT INVEST ANY MONEY IN ANY DEMOCRAT STATE! At some point, your home will become unsaleable.....

it's a beautiful small city on the Pacific.

More liberal than Seattle and Portland combined. If one is so inclined, enjoy.

Don't forget that to get to the schools a lot of the people in the area have long waits at the train tracks.

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It's right there at the border with Canada...

Very depressing weather on that side of the state, I could not live there. Eastern WA, much more sunny.

Blaine is the best kept secret in the area. Low key, beautiful

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Seems like they want rich people only. 🤔 The rent is too damn high! Was $700 in 2022 . 2023=$1401 . $2075 now. 196.43% increase in 3 years.🤔😬🤷

Thanks for your videos. Just bought a property for a small dog resort. Relocating from Tahoe. I'm so excited!!

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Like the weather can be controlled. Geez. Get REAL!!!!!!!!!

Dont forget to mention all the homeless people camping out and stealing stuff

This is a great list. Thank you for putting it together 😊

There used to be a Chick-Fil-A @ WWU in the VIking Building I believe.

My dad went to college in Bellingham, and my brother was born there. That was in 1958. The weather in Bellingham isn't that much different than the rest of western Washington. "We don't tan, we rust." "When summer falls on a Sunday, we go on a picnic."

I live in Bham, it’s a struggle to survive as a working man.

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You are just one irritating person. In your nasally way, you say ridiculous things about B'ham. It is a lovely place, with hundreds of things to do, places to go, people to meet. No, it is not metro, a big plus. Stop being so negative. BTW - rethink your hair style.

Just say snow, not "snow event".

Bellingham. Bellingheaven. Bellinghome. If you have the money or if you dont have the money. I retired here but i waited five years senior housing. Worth it. It was a goal realized and a dream come true

I live in Arizona 6 month's of pure heat 🥵 hell the weather here would be great we get zero rain maybe like 10 percent this summer

Bellingham is by no means is a major metropolitan area. I doubt thta many people would expect that Bellingham would have public transportation and an arts scene commensurate with most major metro areas. Your arguments about unemployment rates falls a bit flat. How many areas of the country do not have a major employer or dominant type of employment. Earthquakes are an issue anywhere out west just as flooding is in the plains states and back east or hurricanes along the eastern seaboard.

No mention of the mountains of people and their stuff living on those super neat public spaces like Cornwall park and anywhere along the waterfront. Trader Joe’s is such a cesspool of chaos with the raiding Canadians and their entitled consumption oblivion. Subdued excitement is more like some dude’s excrement.

Dont move here, locals will hate you, believe me, I'm as local as you get. You people have destroyed Whatcom County!

This is the kind of topic I'd like to see more of. There's only so many videos that can be made about the weather or job market in Bellingham. Also would be good to know more about the surrounding communities.

It is also MIND NUMBINGLY politically leftist. Conservatives not welcome.

You missed that it’s close to Canada. With the strength of the US dollar, everything is 30% cheaper in Canada

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No real family wage job employers coming to B Ham, retail employment for college kids. Not employment opportunities for families to relocate and buy a home.

AS IF a realtor is going to tell you anything bad about Bellingham. Two things are guaranteed to happen: ONE: The cost of housing will to continue to rise even above its current extremely high level, meaning that TWO: Huge numbers of wealthy Californians will continue to move here, and Bellingham residents will continue to detest you. The only people who will welcome you are people like this guy who are making a fortune off ruining this city and turning Washington into the mess you thought you were leaving behind in California.

1. New subscriber! 2. Excellent production values! 👍 3. I’m in Mount Vernon & regionally wouldn’t live anywhere else. 4. I commend you for informing on the possible negatives of living in Bellingham, but in my opinion the positives far outweigh the negatives. 5. I often travel there for business & always enjoy the experience. 6. Regarding the negative economic aspects of Bellingham, they would only pertain to lower income levels.

You forgot to mention that the best tasting food here is actually just mediocre. It's mostly just bland. After awhile, it sucks. There's only one place in town that has decently flavored food, Cafe Rumba. For example, good luck trying to get decent fried chicken. Bantam sucks and is overpriced. Want Dim Sum? Good luck just trying to find it. Fresh seafood? We're right on the bay and it's hard to even find that!! If you're willing to spend an arm and a leg hit up Anthony's! I love the weather here, the scenery, the outdoorsy activities, but seriously, the bland food, it's wearing me down.

Coming from someone who has lived in San Antonio Texas his whole life. Bellingham’s temperatures is heavenly 😭😂

Anyone comparing B'ham to SF or Vancouver has no idea where they are moving,-- B'ham is not in the same urban category as those major cities, and even more than that, it sits in its own isolated bubble, contained by geography and... I-5.I really feel that your negatives about it, for the most part, aren't true, but you then didn't cite to any of the ACTUAL negatives, many of which really ARE killing Bellingham right now. So first, the things actually killing B'Ham, and then I responded to your 6, because I think it only fair to hear "the other side." Major issues: 1. Homeless population: people can pretend it is not an issue, they can try to ignore it. Whatever you want to do, but it has seriously rotted out the downtown core and has caused the overall "feeling" of B'ham to dramatically change since the start of the pandemic. Millions have been pumped into B'Ham to solve the key issues, but where has the money gone? In addition, the RV cities, like down Cornwall, State St by the trail, etc. really started to give a black eye to the community. Yes, this is a nationwide issue, yes it needs to be addressed, yes, there are humane and good ways to address it. No, B'Ham hasn't done it. 2. Influx of condo owners: B'Ham for some reason gave the approval for high-rise condo/apt buildings everywhere. So now there are high-rises all over Sehome and other places where there used to be gorgeous trees and a nice, low line of sight. It completely destroyed the entire character of the neighborhood. With the builds have come even MORE out of towners who are using the units for weekend crash pads. We know this because the roads in Shame, South, and Fairhaven are so clogged on the weekends, you no longer dare to drive unless you want to sit in traffic for 20 min -- ACTUAL traffic. 3. B'Ham was not made for the number of people that are now here. Period. Infrastructure size, support services... nothing. And nothing has kept up with the growth. That means things like medical care, etc. are very difficult to obtain in a timely manner because evvvveryone is just overloaded with people now. Also, things that used to have the personal service touch simply don't because... numbers (I am not talking about automation). 4. All these changes have pushed the actual locals out, so B'Ham has quickly, and continues to quickly, bleed out its unique culture. And that..... truly sucks. Your 6: 1. Your weather data is a bit out of date. The summers have been much warmer recently, with mid-summer being frequently in the 80s many days. Most homes don't have A/C -- never needed it before-- this is a consideration because it's $10k+ to install it for most people. It is grey-ish a lot of the late fall through early spring, but the highs slide down from 50s in fall to about 20s mid-winter and back up again. A few years ago, we got that massive Christmas dump of snow, and other than last year, there's been a massive snow dump every year. 2. Job market really depends what industry you are in. Health care? Booming. We have the refineries as well. Education is booming. If you are in IT? Not as much, no. 3. Public transportation CAN be great around the core, but peters out as you go further out. And the buses come as frequently as every 15 min in the core. WTA has done a lot of work to improve. 4. Entertainment: This point is bogus. There is SO MUCH incredible entertainment, AND if you are desperate for city-level entertainment ,get season tix in Vancouver (an hour away) or SEA (90 min away). People do that all the time. I worked with people who have Seahawks season tix, etc. Also? The Bellingham Belles minor league baseball team are a big summer favorite in town, so not sure why you are so dismissive of them. The Mt. Baker Theatre has brought in huge names as well. All THAT said... B'ham's greatest draw is the outdoors, so THAT is its entertainment. 5. Earthquake: Grew up in CA. Survived Loma Prieta, Napa, etc, and house straddled two major fault lines. You get house insurance for it, you prep, and ... you move on. You can't obsess about these things. Everywhere in America there are natural disasters of some kind waiting to gobble you up. Actually, I am surprised you didn't mention the wildfires, which are devastating the entire PNW this year and the last few years. MUCH bigger threat to B'Ham -- look at all the trees everywhere. 6. Truth.

Rental here in Bellingham is quite high

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You sold me at Trader Joe's.

Looking for a waterfront property to build a small cabin and the right to build a boat dock if the property doesn't have a dock. 1 acre or so. Thanks.