On Bremerton
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4/9/2011
Bremerton still is not a great place to live. As a matter of fact, if you can avoid it, I would suggest it. It is dirty and unkempt. The Brem Revitalized review must have been written by someone working for the City in the tourism area. Actually, now that I see the "mayor" statement at the end lol. The only good things about this place is it is a short drive or ferry ride to Seattle - if you like that; Driving to the Olympic Mountains is a decent drive around a couple hours to some of the spots in the Eastern Olympics i.e. the areas of Lake Cushman, Staircase, Lilliwaup; and the hiking trails are beautiful out that way. But you have to drive a ways to find any decent trail or river. There is water here, but I wouldn't say it's a water sports haven. People do kayak out on the water..not sure what else. The water here is dirty (large shipyard), has no sand (small rocks, tons of broken clamshels...and lots of bird poo from the seagulls). The lakes are no different. Dirty, very small area of well used/travelled sand, and lots of ...bird pooo (geese or something on every lake here). I do remember on one of my explorations here seeing people scuba diving but I'm pretty sure it was for clams (out by Lilliwaup). I don't hear about scuba diving for the scenery out here. There is some art downtown (but not a "metropolis." I've never seen any "glorious" parks around here or trust me I'd be hanging out there once in a while to relax with a cup of Joe. It seems they are trying to revive Bremerton downtown, but the dirtiness of the rest of Bremerton, the drugs, and the lack of anything beautiful makes it ok. I don't see anything cool about a Mother's Day celebration at a conference center. All you can eat pig-out or not. Not at all cool. I was on my way home from the gym the other night and had to stop at the store and decided to stop at a Safeway I'd never been to. I was in there not two minutes and I could point out a handfull of druggies, two that were high, and a crazy person screaming at a wall in front of the store. There are too many dirty trashy people here. I can't wait to get the heck out of this place. There is absolutely nothing to do in Kitsap County or dirty Bremerton for that matter. Kitsap County blows. Going to Seattle eventually gets old, and who wants to drive 2+ hours every weekend to have something to do. Need a job and want to work on a ship? Guess that's one reason to come here.
Andie | Bremerton, WA