Reviews & Comments
Friday Harbor, WA
A Smart, beautiful Town w/ housing issues for lo -
2/23/2024Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up to and beyond 60 dollars per worker an hour to get any weeds pulled or yard or home maintenence. Economy is tourist based. Town has a love hate relationship with tourists.
The medical is limited yet there is a newer hospital and the quality of care is good.
Aging out and senior services are limited. But, again the community is lovely, people are educated and seniors are treated well. Most seniors intend to age out there but it depends on support systems, family, friends. there are some community services to help seniors stay in there homes.
It's a very artistic community and rich in intellect which makes for a lively community, where well being, health, creativity and entertainment is prioritized. So quality of life, stewardship of the environment and looking forward to solutions regarding community and environment issues are addressed and not ignored.
Again housing is in short supply, service workers are in short supply and yet the community is working hard to address these issues at the time of this writing because it's for the good of the local population amd survival of the community.