Is Vancouver, WA Worth It?! What's Good and Bad...Pros And Cons Revealed!

100% agree that Vancouver's future could look a lot like Bellevue! When we decided to relocate back to the PNW, we started by looking in Bellevue and surrounding areas since we had lived there before. But to own something there just wasn't financially feasible, and we started our search for alternative cities in Washington state that would be more affordable, but have a similar feel. After finding your channel and visiting Vancouver for ourselves, we felt like so many things mirrored Bellevue but it would probably take 10-15 years for development to bring it to a more comparable point. Even in just the year we've been here, I'm impressed at just how much things have already developed and am very excited for near and long-term developments to come!

Great video.

We had an example of #2 today! We left a smartwatch at a park today for 2 hours and someone found it, called us from it, and waited until we got back to come get it. We always say "In California that would be gone!". Though not everyone was like that in CA, we have this guard up built into our culture that we are still trying to let down 2 years later.

There are pros and cons to everything. It boils down to what you can live with or without. I’m looking forward to coming out in late 2025 and getting a feel for the area. Oldest kid already checking out Clark County College and WSU. Youngest is telling everyone at school we’re moving, like right now. I know I can’t wait. Wife is undecided until we take a trip there. Lots to consider. Look forward to meeting you and Jarred. Thank you for your perspective on the pros and cons of living there.

As someone who is young and lived here almost my whole life, I’d say decent paying entry level jobs are very hard to come by. It seems like a lot of the good jobs are in Portland, or if they are in Vancouver, require a lot of experience. If you work in Portland, the traffic will suck and you will be paying Oregon taxes.

Well done. I would disagree with the community aspect/attitude as your pro. So many people have moved here from different areas, especially california, that it is not nearly like it was when I moved here 11 years ago. People are not as friendly as they used to be unless you're in the more outlying areas. Locals are also starting to resent this because of so many people flooding here that most people I know I can't afford to buy a house here anymore. It's also affecting the school systems as Vancouver and Evergreen school districts are getting overcrowded and don't have the funding to keep up. Looking at the grades and the rising discipline problems across the board, school is definitely deteriorating here and not getting better

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Con # 2 is the biggest issue for me.. too much expansion too quickly I fell in love with the area for most of the pro's decided to move here in 2004/2005, as you mentioned it was 15 minutes to the airport 20-25 to downtown Portland (unless rush hour traffic which made it 30-45 min) and about the same to be out of town into rural areas. hiking etc. now times are usually double that :( development without the infrastructure to support it as to the housing prices I bought my current home in 2013 for under 200K on .26 acre lot last estimated pricing was 500-550K not including the updates to the home..

spill over from Portland is a deal breaker-

I currently live in St Louis Mo. Vancouver or even Portland is like a low crime paradise compared to St Louis.

I want to move to Vancouver I wanted to know if there is public transportation like bus trains ..and universities in Vancouver or universities close to Vancouver. Which side of town do you recommend

Vancouver, not BC, Washington, not DC.

Tax hacks. Unless you work, invest,or bank in Oregon and live in Washington. Then you pay income tax to Oregon on income earned in Oregon. But not pay income tax to Oregon on any income earned in Washington.

Come on, isn't Portland better than Vancouver? Whenever I mention Vancouver everyone thinks it Canada. lol

Don't move here, you're making it worse