It's Ok but very under developed area
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6/3/2007
I lived in Bremerton for 3yrs (Military) and it has pro and cons. The pros about Bremerton is that it is a very small city, so traffic in the area is good at any time of the day. The job market is ok if you are looking for minimum wage jobs but if you are looking for something higher than that the market is very competitive including govt, city, and telemarketing jobs. You can start a business there due to "no" competition at all axcept for a nieghboring mall one city over in Silverdale. This place is ripe for the picking to start a business! The cons are that the school system is not good at all and very behind in academics. Buying a house in Bremerton is very overated and over priced. The nice houses are unaffordable compared to the wages you make. There used to be a downtown area but it's all abandoned and the closest shopping mall is in the next city. This area has a high crime rate for crimes against children. The niegherboring cities would be Silverdale which is nice and small but very expensive to live in. One thing that stuck out to me about Bremerton is that if you want to do family things (such as waterparks, amusement parks, zoo..ect) you have to travel very far there is really no family entertainment there and Seattle is about a 1 1/2 away and it is very congested and just has an overall appearence of bunched together shops, crime, crowds and dankness. You need to make above $60,000 just to be ok as far as providing for your family. We met a lot of nice people for the most part and I would visit again but not to live or retire. Also Canada is near and the scenery of Washington and it's trees are just beautiful.
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