Talk to me about Bremerton.

[StereoInstaller1]

George, consider this: under all the "high-tech" is a bunch of logging, and loggers. This area was once famous for coal (yes, Newcastle was named after the town in England) fruit and of course, fishing. Some shipping of course, and then later, Boeing.

This whole area is blue collar, kinda inbred and dumb. Rednecks attack as soon as you get out of where the yuppies are. If you like girls who spit, or chew tobacco, head any direction for 120 miles: Meth, addiction, teen pregnancy, welfare and illiteracy is the norm only a few miles from where I sit, about 8 miles from a major Boeing facility.

There is intelligence only through the I-405 corridor. Basically, King County is where you wanna be if you plan on having a job in anything high-tech.

Come crash on my super comfy futon for a week, run around and look at stuff. Public transoprtation is excellent throughout most of King County. Hell, you can borrow an E30 from several people including me while you are here. I get thumbs up every day in my E30, from skaterz to people in their 40s, while new BMWs abound, everyone loves the E30 here.

And I am serious. Come crash in my spare room...you will love it here.

Luke

NINJA EDIT: Bring your pool cue. I will introduce you to several flawless dive bars. With or without bitches, depending on what kind of bitch you want. Primped beauty queens do not hang here. A girl who would be a 4 in San Diego is an 11 here...and they often know it.

[5Toes]

If you moved to Braindead island, you would easily have the coolest car there

[hoveringuy]

There's no comparison between Bremerton and Santa Barbara (I've lived in both) except that they're both around an hour away from a major city. The underlying vibe in Santa Barbara is class, Bremerton is crass. Santa Barbara has I.V., Bremerton has Olympic College...

It's a one hour ferry ride, but don't forget waiting for 1/2 hour and the inevitable ferry breakdown. When ANY ferry in the system goes Outa-Commision, they pull the replacement boat off the Bainbridge run. The drive around is 1 hour 20 without traffic, don't forget the $4.00 toll.

I would consider Bainbridge Island.

[5Toes]

Poulsbo sounds gay.

Silverdale looks quite - and full or strip malls?

Bremerton looks like it has lots of characters. The kind of place you can find a good dive bar and play some pool on a friday night?

Silverdale is the mall. And everything else shopping related. Theres the Costco, Target, and 3 or so movie theatres there.

Bremerton has a few dive bars.

Haha and the thing about few good hoes, have you heard the song Bremelo?

[thedeal]

Could you give a short description of these different places - just something short. I'm just looking to get the vibe for the different areas.

Issaquah
Renton
poulsbo
silverdale

Lame
lame
lame and
lame.

The only good things about issiquah or renton are that they are close to the city.

If your looking for waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles, i doubt you'd be able to find anything decent out on the peninsula. Seattle or the eastside (kirkland, bellevue) are your only hopes. For what it seems yo are looking for, the peninsula is not for you imo.

[george graves]

Poulsbo sounds gay.

Silverdale looks quite - and full or strip malls?

Bremerton looks like it has lots of characters. The kind of place you can find a good dive bar and play some pool on a friday night?

[jasonsnoddy]

i live in poulsbo.

its full of old people, hicks, and cops with too much time on their hands.

theres a lot of fun little backroads. but you have to know which ones the popo doesnt watch.

nice area, its just that there is nothing to do.

if you mostly keep to yourself, and spend the majority of your free time at home,its a great place to live.

if you are gonna do kitsap do silverdale at least, thats kind of where the hub is i'd say. youll be closer to the mall, and to the bremerton motorsports park.

[Stephen]

you can exercise outside most days no problem. PNW people are super outdoorsy

[george graves]

Yea, I should have given more info. First some questions and follow ups.

an hour ferry ride to Seattle.

The town is roughly 37,000 people and is very nice.

It is right around an hour? And with a car it about $25 round trip? 37,000 is bigger than I thought it was. Should be a few good hoes in there.

I use to live in Santa Barbara, and I really liked it because there was great people there, but you'd still have LA not too far away if you wanted the city fun. I'm by no means a outdoor kind of guy - or at least I didn't use to be, so I can't really say that I am now. But I excersice about 40 mins a day - outside. The weather up there might move that indoors?

Not the cheapest place in town, but that shouldn't matter for a baller like yourself.

I'm far from a baller these days. It's been a ruff year.

On the plus side, things in Bremerton were cheaper, especially housing.

If you really like Bremerton, I have a great house for sale near the Brownsville Marina!

Well, I'm looking at the low end of the market right now. I'm getting close to having a down payment (I'm aiming for around new years.). I'm trying to get things moving before the housing market picks up again. But it seems like the Seattle market fell much later than everyone else, so I'm hoping I still have time. Thoughts?

I really like the area, but one of the problems is that it's SO spread out, and it's really hard to get a feel for the different areas until you're already living there. Where as LA it's easier I think.

Anyways. I work 95% at home. I need to be near Seattle, but I don't think I need to be in Seattle. I could only afford to rent in Seattle. I'd rather buy a starter home in this down market, with low property taxes, and just throw cash into it for the next 5 years. Then, parlay that into a condo or something closer. I don't know.

There is part of me that wants to rent something close to downtown and have all the fun that the nightlife can offer. But...

I'm single. Mid- 30 something. But I act like I'm about 25, I'd say. No kids. Not married. No plans to for a while. I'm looking forward to be near the water again. I really want to start sailing again. I was one a team in Santa Barbara - so that will be kicks ass.

I'm also going to look at Tacoma, and south of Seattle.

Could you give a short description of these different places - just something short. I'm just looking to get the vibe for the different areas.

Issaquah
Renton
poulsbo
silverdale

You guys are being super helpful. Thank you so much!

[I got it, yes!!]

I just moved out of Bremerton after retiring from the Navy, now I'm on the Seattle side of the sound.

On the plus side, things in Bremerton were cheaper, especially housing. Traffic wasn't as bad.

I would go weeks there without seeing another e30 and the throngs of Chevy Cavaliers and Kias clearly had zero idea what my car was and didn't care.

On the Seattle side, I see 1 or 2 other e30s on my commute daily and a handful of older 5 series or 7 series. I get to flash my lights with afecionados frequently.

All of my Craigslist stuff was in Seattle which really made it inconvenient.

Bremerton has the MaxRPM dyno facitility and the Bremerton Motorsports park, where everyone in Seattle goes for high performance driving events.

The frequent ferry rides to Seattle got old quick. There wasn't much to do in Bremerton.

If I had to move to Bremerton I'd stick with the nicer towns to the North such as Silverdale or Poulsbo. Bremerton itself isn't that great.

I would take Issaquah or Renton over Bremerton anytime.

You'll need to say more about what you are looking for me to recommend anything.

If you really like Bremerton, I have a great house for sale near the Brownsville Marina!

I definitely agree with Steve, poulsbo or silverdale is the way to do it over here.

[Stephen]

seattle win

bremerton, no idea

[Matt-B]

portland is cool, too.

this.


GG in portland would presumingly assumingly rock I assume

[daniel]

portland is cool, too.

[5Toes]

So yeah I agree with all the above too. I hate how Kitsap has nothing worthwhile in craigslist.

[hoveringuy]

I just moved out of Bremerton after retiring from the Navy, now I'm on the Seattle side of the sound.

On the plus side, things in Bremerton were cheaper, especially housing. Traffic wasn't as bad.

I would go weeks there without seeing another e30 and the throngs of Chevy Cavaliers and Kias clearly had zero idea what my car was and didn't care.

On the Seattle side, I see 1 or 2 other e30s on my commute daily and a handful of older 5 series or 7 series. I get to flash my lights with afecionados frequently.

All of my Craigslist stuff was in Seattle which really made it inconvenient.

Bremerton has the MaxRPM dyno facitility and the Bremerton Motorsports park, where everyone in Seattle goes for high performance driving events.

The frequent ferry rides to Seattle got old quick. There wasn't much to do in Bremerton.

If I had to move to Bremerton I'd stick with the nicer towns to the North such as Silverdale or Poulsbo. Bremerton itself isn't that great.

I would take Issaquah or Renton over Bremerton anytime.

You'll need to say more about what you are looking for me to recommend anything.

If you really like Bremerton, I have a great house for sale near the Brownsville Marina!