Hello Yakima!

[Seshmeister]

Yakima is not great. Discuss.

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Yakima, WA?

I may have a chance to move to Yakima, WA with my company. Does anyone know what its like? Is it safe? I have kids is it a decent place to raise them? Please help

[Seshmeister]

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I agree with the people above me; do NOT move to Yakima unless you absolutley have to. You have to have a certain lifestyle to enjoy living there, and you have to know how to entertain yourself. It's not the safest place in the world (although there are loads worse places), and some parts of town have gangs that hang around in them. There's not a whole lot of diversity, and the weather is much more extreme than in Western Washington--frigidly cold winters with loads of snow, and very hot and dry summers, often with temperatures going above 100 degrees.

Yakima's main business is fruit--apple, pear, cherries, etc. When you drive into the town, all you see is a bunch of orchards for a while, which can either be beautiful or boring, depending on how you look at it.

I don't think your kids would want to move to Yakima, honestly, because there is not much to do there. Oh, there's a skate park, and a mall, but nothing special. Eastern Washington has a lot of beautiful scenery by the Yakima River, but it is a very dry part of the state often plagued by drought. I'm not sure about the schools, either.

If it were up to me, I'd stay where you are, unless you absolutely loathe it.

[Seshmeister]

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Katelin Katelin

The schools in Yakima are also very bad, especially A.C. Davis High School. The overall atmosphere is horrible. The kids are disrespectful, the teachers are lazy. It is a most unpleasant place to be brought up in.

[Seshmeister]

I think we have been too kind about this place...

userafw by userafw

Yakima is basically a smallish farming town. Crime as always, depends on the area of town you live in. There isn't much to do for tourist attractions (except fruit stands) except maybe drive to the mountains (3 hr drive). Bring your video games and console, but don't be surprised if you become video game addict.

[Seshmeister]

I'm starting to feel sorry for Blackflag...

YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk

It's a gang infested farm town. It's not at all safe. There's pollution galore and it's in a dust bowl. If you're kids have asthma, they will have to stay indoors on some days. There is absolutely NOTHING to do there for kids. They'll be begging you to drive them to Seattle (a three hour drive at least) every weekend. DO NOT MOVE THERE!

[Seshmeister]

Haha

bebop


Do not move to Yakima unless you have to. Your children would hate growing up there.
There is nothing for young people to do except get in trouble.
Nothing for adults to do either.

annie78

Not sure where you are now, but I would never choose to live in Yakima. Boring, and only trouble for kids. Definately stay away from Nob Hill!

[ZahZoo]

I'd figure if Sesh moved to Yakima it would instantly become a much more interesting place...

[Seshmeister]

Well I would keep away from Nob Hill. :D

[Igosplut]

Well I would keep away from Nob Hill. :D

Is that where Black Flag lives?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Well I would keep away from Nob Hill. :D

seems like nob hill has a bad rep all over...

MADISON, Wis. -- A 27-year-old man is dead after a shooting early Monday morning on the city's south side.
Officers were called to the 1100 block of Moorland Road just after 2:30 a.m. on Monday for a report of shots being fired. The shooting happened at Nob Hill Apartments. Officers said that they found the man with a gunshot wound.
He was pronounced dead at a local hospital after 4 a.m.
Madison police said that this isn't a random crime and they don't believe it is linked to any other homicide or shooting.
Authorities said that an investigation is ongoing and they are talking to a number of people, although there isn't yet a suspect. They are asking anyone with information to call Crimestoppers at 608-266-6014.
This is the city's first homicide in 2010.
Stay tuned to WISC-TV and Channel 3000 for continuing coverage.

[Blackflag]

How dare you look down your nose at Yakima. It's a great place to be.

You don't know me! You don't know me!!


(The joke seems to be lost on somebody who can't pick it out on a map.)

[PETE'S BROTHER]

How dare you look down your nose at Yakima. It's a great place to be.

You don't know me! You don't know me!!

(The joke seems to be lost on somebody who can't pick it out on a map.)

stop eatin' all the beer flavored doritos.

YouTube - Doritos Beer

[PETE'S BROTHER]

How dare you look down your nose at Yakima. It's a great place to be.

You don't know me! You don't know me!!


(The joke seems to be lost on somebody who can't pick it out on a map.)

i picked my nose on a map and still don't get it.

[Hardrock69]

The largest business in Yakima is a US Army installation. It is a firing range for artillery and stuff. I used to haul artillery shells, weapons, and grunts up there in a deuce-and-a-half from Ft. Lewis in the late 70s. Me and my friends would gas up when we were done, stop at a rest area by the Interstate on the way back, smoke some killer pot, and then have a race back to Ft. Lewis.

Those were good times.

I always thought Yakima looked like a shit-hole of a town though.

[Seshmeister]

Did you ever take a trip up Nob Hill?