Port Angeles, WA Reviews

Up and Coming Port Angeles - 8/16/2023
I totally disagree with many of the reviews I’ve read about Port Angeles. I’ve lived here for 18 months now and I absolutely love this town. The weather is awesome, the outdoor opportunities are amazing. Cultural and arts offerings are numerous with a brand new multi million arts and events center recently opening. Port Angeles is not on the decline it’s on the incline. It’s trying to bounce back from Covid. The people are friendly and Community minded. We do have a housing issue. Air Bnb has decimated our rental properties as have high rents. The city council have moratorium on new vacation rental properties. We have homeless and we have drug problems. What city doesn’t? It’s moving in the right direction. I’m happy to call Port Angeles home. We have the ocean and the mountains. I am an active volunteer in the community. You can complain or be a part of the solution. As for politics, we are a mixed bag of right and left, but honestly I haven’t found any of our community not easy to Read More

PA, small town on the cusp - 12/8/2021
PERSPECTIVE: I’m writing as a visitor and ZNOT as an established resident. So, that is my bias.
I’ve visited PA five times in the past three years; staying with friends for two to five weeks each time. I’ve never encountered an unfriendly person. In fact, I find the town to be pleasantly friendly. Yes, there is obvious homelessness. Yes, the town is not thriving economically. And yes, the town is split politically. But everyone, yes everyone, I’ve spoken with, whether at a coffee shop or hut, auto shop, bank, contractor’s office, wherever, have all been friendly and say they feel safe. Yes, they all mention homelessness as a problem. Yes, they all recognize drug use as a problem. And yes, they all expressed polar opinions of why the town has these problems. Yet, to a person, none were able to proffer a solution. They all seem to just want to live their lives in ways that reflect being part of a community struggling. City government is doing what it can with the financial Read More

Great Place to Visit, Horrible Place to Live - 7/27/2021
The only positive thing to say about this town is the nature: the Olympic national park, lake crescent, and others around it are absolutely beautiful!!! But that's more of a reason to visit rather than live there.
There is an extreme housing crisis that's only getting worse with time. For being such a small town it's absolutely jaw dropping just how many homeless people there are!!! There's also a severe drug abuse problem here with used needles being a very common litter problem. Litter in general is a disgusting issue the entire town is overwhelmed by. Jobs, too, are extremely hard to come by with many people commuting out of town for work.
The entire town is on a downward slope, making it difficult to walk around. The bus system is cheap, but the routes are long, don't make sense, and still don't reach a lot of parts of town. The town layout too has almost all residential areas on the outskirts of town, making trips to the store or work or any businesses longer than Read More

A Truly Disgusting Place To Live Or Visit - 3/9/2021
Expect the dredges of society in this crumbling town. Where do I start? I have lived in many towns throughout the United States, all having their good and bad. But I'll put Port Angeles on my "I'm never coming back" list.
There is nothing good about it. There's everything bad about it. I'm not including areas where recreational activities may be found in the country, but this is about the town itself.
This is another place where the law has been stifled by brainless bleeding heart liberal leadership. What comes after that? Abundant crime, both property and crimes against people.
Port Angeles is the home of a recent slew of murders, one in particular where children and adults were slain, and the perpetrator is still at large.
The city is home to vagrants who camp, eat, and defecate on public property and monuments where it is forbidden by law, but goes unabated due to mindless liberal pandering.
Look it up yourself. Port Angeles has a mentally unstable Read More

ARM PIT OF SOCIETY - 6/23/2020
I lived there for 2 years, hateful element amongst the locals. Oil change, the mechanics trash your engine, utilities base rate $175, typical bill is $400 per month. Medical is 3 times that of the national average. Water tastes terrible, in fact, i never watered my plants unless I had bought filtered water. Hateful rednecks, park on their lawns regardless whether they have a driveway, unwelcoming of strangers, dangerous and bazaar hunting practices with machine guns killing animals, ranger station has a sign posted if you encounter a goat, pellet the poor animal with rocks. Bottom line these folks are backwards rednecks...Do yourself a favor never even stop Read More

NOT RECOMMENDED!!! - 3/21/2019
Bad drug problems. Poor economics. Too remote. Mixed bag of humanity with some nice folks & social derelicts. NOT Read More

terrible. - 6/11/2018
I came here from upstate NY a year ago to what was sold as "heaven with very, very little crime". I arrive here to find no housing available, a bigger drug problem that anywhere else I've ever seen and zero jobs outside of healthcare or tourism. The property crime is out of control. I have lost thousands of dollars of property including a bike with a 50$ cable lock that was cut like it didn't exist. I came here to serve a community as a professional healthcare provider and was repaid with a bitter disappointment. The weather is VERY stable, 34-64 degrees with rain/ full overcast 5-7 days a week, year round. The view is wonderful, the people are passive aggressive and miserable, DUI is unbelievably common along with deaths and injuries that go with it. Ferries and bridges are realistically the only way out and are often down, late or crowded out. Back woods mentality and alcoholism and/ or drug addiction seems to be a requirement here. I will be leaving the millisecond that I can. Read More

Drug infested, dead economy, terrible wet weather. - 6/11/2018
I came here from upstate NY a year ago to what was sold Read More

Doesn't Get Much Better! - 4/20/2016
I have lived here for 16 years. As a dear friend used to say, "This is 'The Land of Ahhhs'..." Having lived in PA near Philadelphia, on Long Island, NY, and in Southern CA, the Olympic Peninsula is my all-time favorite place. Yes, there are overcast days, but what the chart fails to take into consideration is that even on those days, the sun usually comes out for a little while at some point. Washingtonians call them "Sun Breaks". This makes those cloudy days tolerable -- and the sunny days MORE than make up for any dreariness! It is warm enough to be comfortable 9/10 of the year, spectacularly green, friendly people, views that are unsurpassed. If you enjoy nature and don't mind being quite a distance from city conveniences (airport, up-scale entertainment, etc.), Port Angeles or Sequim are the places to live. I have never been happier! Read More

Found my heart home! - 2/11/2016
4 years in March and I'm still in love with Port Angeles. Came for the Olympic National Park, stayed for the community. This is an inspiring, and unique community full of character, charm and ingenuity. Downtown is full of small, private businesses, a fantastic Farmer's Market, orca and grey whales in the harbor, wineries and craft brewers and specialty coffee shops.

Fantastic area for vacations!

If you're thinking of relocating, now is the time - especially if you're an entrepreneur or work in the health field. The area lost a major industry (logging), and is building back from that but everything is trending positive. I think we were lucky to get in while prices were Read More