Which Seattle neighborhood is over-hyped?

[Ira500]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

I've never understood why Ballard is popular and recommended enthusiastically to new arrivals. It wasn't long ago that it was said to be crime-ridden, and before that, it was a sleepy village full of shops seemingly stuck back in the 1950's. It's come along a bit, since then, but I don't really understand the charm some people find in it. The isolation, IMO, makes it unfavorable. Compared to, say, Wallingford, which might have a bit of a similar vibe, but is closer in.

Ballard is very dense these days. There are a ton of apartment buildings, and oodles of restaurants and shops, movie theatre, etc, so the people who like Ballard feel that they never have to leave the neighborhood. Everything they want is there. Me? I understand the necessity of having dense neighborhoods, but I'm too much of a small town guy and a hermit to enjoy living in a neighborhood so dense and busy. Wallingford had a similar vibe to Ballard 10 or 20 years ago, but not any more. Ballard is the new Capitol Hill.

[Seacove]

Originally Posted by Ira500

Ballard is very dense these days. There are a ton of apartment buildings, and oodles of restaurants and shops, movie theatre, etc, so the people who like Ballard feel that they never have to leave the neighborhood. Everything they want is there. Me? I understand the necessity of having dense neighborhoods, but I'm too much of a small town guy and a hermit to enjoy living in a neighborhood so dense and busy. Wallingford had a similar vibe to Ballard 10 or 20 years ago, but not any more. Ballard is the new Capitol Hill.

I think Ballard has changed the most in the last twenty years. Remember Almost Live?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBgIvH0tu6Y


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGlDVmBLibg