Nearly Perfect
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5/27/2020
I visited WWU at 16 and fell in love. I moved there for college and left for five years before moving back. Bellingham is beautiful; you can't beat the water, the mountains, the accessibility to Vancouver, Seattle, and the San Juan Islands. The town is an ideal size to keep traffic low, but to also give plenty of arts, shopping, and arts. The people are as nice as anywhere. I have lived in just about every area of Western Washington, and traveled the world, and there is a reason people call this Bellinghome. It is full of passionate people who love their community. You have to find your niche to fully assimilate into your people. Mine happens to be through family life and business. The only downside is housing costs and lack of good paying jobs. We have so many educated people because of WWU. Both problems are because we are in a bubble. Canada to the north, nothing to the east, water to the west, and the only community we can overlap of compete with is south. We are limited on land and there is only one direction to commute to jobs that pay more.
Amanda | Bellingham, WA