How is the job market in Bellingham? And how much does the pay compare to the cost of living?

I am visiting for a business trip next week from India. I will be there for three weeks. Any tips on what to see around?

This city is run by Anglo supremacists that don't care about suffering experienced by the poor and needy. It's one of the least generous, least compassionate, and strictest cities in the PNW, reminds me of (Nazi) Germany. Either they are really struggling themselves and poor, or they are classists that have too much time in their hands so they want to keep a tab on the homeless. The discrimination towards certain minorities and to the bottom class are intolerable, ironic, since the town itself has a median salary below the state average. Classism has no place in any city that truly wants to call itself American..

This place is run by Anglo supremacists that don't care about suffering experienced by the poor and needy. It's one of the least generous, least compassionate, and strictest cities in the PNW, reminds me of (Nazi) Germany. Either they are really struggling themselves and poor, or they are classists that have too much time in their hands so they want to keep a tab on the homeless. The discrimination towards certain minorities and to the bottom class are intolerable, ironic, since the town itself has a median salary below the state average. Classism has no place in any city that truly wants to call itself American..

This city is run by Anglo supremacists that don't care about suffering experienced by the poor and needy. It's one of the least generous, least compassionate, and strictest cities in the PNW, reminds me of (Nazi) Germany. Either they are really struggling themselves and poor, or they are classists that have too much time in their hands so they want to keep a tab on the homeless. The discrimination towards certain minorities and to the bottom class are intolerable, ironic, since the town itself has a median salary below the state average. Classism has no place in any city that truly wants to call itself American..

This place is run by Anglo supremacists that don't care about suffering experienced by the poor and needy. It's one of the least generous, least compassionate, and strictest cities in the PNW, reminds me of (Nazi) Germany. Either they are really struggling themselves and poor, or they are classists that have too much time in their hands so they want to keep a tab on the homeless. The discrimination towards certain minorities and to the bottom class are intolerable, ironic, since the town itself has a median salary below the state average. Classism has no place in any city that truly wants to call itself American..

I live in Key West and I want out! Bellingham was on my list!

beautiful home!

I liked it my wife didn’t as much . I lived Washington 11 years from California .1st place maple valley 2nd Lakewood now have duplex in Puyallup .I think if young and looking for jobs a person should be within 30 minutes to Seattle below or above. .we are Puyallup and lots people commute by the train and buses . We have the fair and nice downtown. Puyallup is getting very popular. I’d love to go to Bellingham as it’s costal and less populated. If someone would trade me there duplex for mine here lol .

The weather isn’t better in Bellingham! 😂 Sorry Californians but this realtor is lying to you.

Moved to Blaine, WA that is 25 min from Bellingham 14 months ago. Its been a sh!t show to say the least and our household sticks to ourselves for the most part. If you are going to live out here have a passport to access Canada for higher end shopping and food especially restaurants. My spouse and I were born and raised in Olympia/Lacey area and have tried living in Gig Harbor, Spokane and this was the last try at finding real life...real live people! Not Avatar Bellingham peeps that are proud to be the fake main characters, peacocks or people pleasers.

I er uhh em... Ya got a dollar? -some Bellingham people who have to rent

💦Over-Growing number of homeless *suffer* Sept-April due to constant Rain💧B'ham rains 7 mos straight here!! *Freezing cold temp*

Imagine hitting “upload to KZfaq” thinking this is a good video. Yikes.

Born here in '52'. They promised us pink ponies and rainbows galore if we opened the place up to unfettered development. I wouldn't know where to start?! Bottom line is we are heading in the direction of other cities on the West Coast and my perspective is it cannot be stopped. Profit is everything. I bought my house in the late 70's for around $45,000. The county values it at $469,000 now and that's low.

Just helped move my daughter and son in law to Bellingham from Bend Or. We live in northern Ca and they were in Bend 2 years. We loved Bellingham during our 3 days there. Saw maybe 3 homeless folks in as many days. Nothing different than anywhere else honestly. Beautiful place. Seems as if there is a lot to do and see.

There are not many high paying jobs in Bellingham, and housing prices are not affordable. There is already to many people. If more people move here, then it will be like Vancouver Bc, where the advantage home is a million $. Then the homeless will increase along with crime.

I am born and raised in Bellingham. At 23 the population has almost tripled in my life time, the city is unrecognizable from my childhood in most neighborhoods, the city has gentrified and has become expensive. Traffic, parking, and housing is horrific. ive live here my whole life and it's cold, dark, and wet here 9 month out of the year so even if you like the outdoors you better like being wet, cold and using artificial light with it getting Dark at 4 in the winter time. The trails are also always packed full of people now when the weathers nice so there is no peace or privacy. This place would be alright if it wasnt for all the gentrifiers coming here from California, the abused becoming the abusers. The Californians move here because they got gentrified out of cali but then do the samething here and across the country. Its gotten unatanable to live here working a blue collar job as a single male, let alone those with families. If you dont make $100,000 a year, there is no chance of starting a family here. Eastern Washington is slightly more affordable, but there is no hope left for Western Washington.

Which immigrants are living there?

If you think Bellingham is a nice city to come to its not plain and simple, been here for 6 years now and all the friends I have made have turned away because If you have even the slightest political views or opinion you are to be shunned and out casted amongst the younger generation and the older generation just disagree with you and tell you "you're wrong" even if its just an opinion. This is a cultural thing here, EVERYTHING is political The Homeless Crisis is fueled by the drug epidemic and I've also lost a few friends to heroin and fentanyl and have been exposed to it myself while working in the Hotel industry. Alcoholism is a huge problem which no one talks about, I constantly hear people talking about bars, talking about craft beers, the amount of people I see coming into my store on a daily basis shaking uncontrollably because they haven't had their first sip of the day is too many and they are all within the range of 30-50 years of age. There is nothing to do here other than Bike, Hike, or walk by homeless people/drunks (especially on the weekends) We have a small arcade which also sells alcohol for the parents "spending time with their kids" and the teenagers just needing a place to hang out at besides the mall which is over in the ghetto part of Bellingham. Most of the fun things in Bellingham that were fun to do, were gutted by Covid regulations and never brought back to normalcy. There really isn't much opportunity besides going to college or a trade school. So tell me again how great this city is cause I can keep going about my discrepancies', either way I'm moving back down south asap cause this is horseshit.

Id say the cost of living with a roof over your head.

I am planning on moving to Bellingham with my partner. I am currently living in England, UK. The weather you described has a lot in common with our weather so that would not be an issue. I found your video to be very informative so thank you, I still want to move there! :)

Ok. Go then. Have a great life wherever you are & maybe stop complaining & inviting more people to migrate to a small college town that is already priced outside of the average person’s wallet. Just saying.

Come to Surrey, British Columbia. Next door from Blaine, Washington. Population 517,000 people. Too many high rises. It was once a farming community. The place sucks with too many homeless people and crime.

Sorry, but coming from SoCal, and working in the restaurant industry, the restaurants are not exciting. Every time that a good place opens, it goes out of business within two years. Otherwise, I agree with most of what this guy reports.

Milder winters in Bellingham than Seattle? Actually, it's warmer in Seattle. In Bellingham, it snows, and it freezes with strong wind coming off the bay. It's also cooler in the summer and windy because of the bay. Have you actually lived in Bellingham? I lived in Bellingham for four years in the 1980s and then again 2011 to 2018. And I lived in Seattle for 21 years.

I loathe Bellingham. I live on Whidbey island so having to go to Bellingham is miserable. Overpopulated, too built up, and the people are bizarre. I highly recommend going to Gandolfo’s deli to see what I mean. Then go to any grocery store or Bellis Fair mall and you’ll see it there too. Yuck!

I moved off east of I-5 off 236 exit, an past the speedway! I can relate too snow an rain with pictures of 2ft snow on roof. My best memories of area was on Skagit River in my 22ft aluminum jet boat. Even with V-8 an really heavy boat, salmon school so thick, not enough water in river, where fish actually lifted my boat out of the water, bouncing it like a toy! (Note: Skagit water level was above average, just too many fish in school. Making river shake like a dragon passing underwater!?)

I love Bellingham and work security for the city, but the homeless population has SKYROCKETED no joke go downtown and try and walk around

What I think people don't understand - homelessness is a huge problem literally everywhere in the US right now. You'll have a hard time going anywhere with a population over 15k where that's not the case currently. So instead of treating it like it's a nuisance, maybe try remembering that this is a growing population of real human beings who need help. And maybe participate in work/activism/volunteering that might make a difference in your community. Actually, a lot of these complaints are just general current US complaints, which is totally fair and valid but acting like it's contained to one singular area and that "stop moving here!" is an actual fix is a bit naive.

Thank you so much! I miss Bellingham in a whole special way compared to other places I’ve lived.

Whats it like to live there if single? So many things are family-focused

Bellingham is only an hour and a half away from Seattle. There's not that much of a difference in the weather.

Very close to Surrey, B.C., Canada. Only 20 minutes by car.

@"Lots of diversity"? LOL Latest U.S. Census demographics are 81.9% White, 9.5% Hispanic (47.6% of which are White Hispanic), 1.3% Black, 5.7% Asian, and 0.9% Native American. Percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher: 46.4%. Median household income: $65,420. 60.4% of registered voters went for Joe Biden in 2020. Bellingham has as much diversity as your men's underwear section at Target. There are a few color items here and there, but it's mostly white. Nothing exciting but nothing disappointing either. Bellingham is much more educated, slightly whiter and slightly richer than the national average and according anecdotal reports, it's also much more gay -friendly than average. This sounds like another small town where you're going to find lots of liberal white hipsters trying to be creative, outdoorsy and fake libertarians. Think of it as a more quiet version of Seattle without the zine-writing weridos flowing in from Portland, OR. If you are a steeply conservative person from rural part of the South, this town is unlikely to be your cup of tea. They will try to get you to drink organic kombucha instead.

So why do you regret moving there?

what is it like for artists??

Now that wildfires rage for 3+ months every summer, it means the easy-going outdoor activities during the best weather are gone. Yeah you can go outside with a mask and have your eyes burn. As the years go on the PNW will be more of a season housing location rather than year-round, unless you don't mind not going outside for 3-6 months in the summer/fall every year.

And the number one thing to do in WA in the summer is.....drumrolll...... inhale tons of toxic wildfire smoke! Hurray!

Very funny satire! Not expert? Climate change happens with or without humans! You two are non thinkers, for certain. Not believable.

Hey men, thinking of moving to blaine or sumas from California. Any thoughts on those two towns? Thanks.

Amazing pitch! You're hired!! --Paul and Jean in California.

Everybody is not looking for a million-dollar home, what about affordable apartment living for the average person & where is a Walmart???

Please stop promoting my town. We don't need more people moving here. Rich assholes buying all the property are the reason our rent is becoming ridiculous. It's literally the episode of southpark where all the celebs move to southpark and ruin it. Come visit then go home. Please and thank you. -a local.

You forgot shooting up under the GP bridge and taking a shit along Whatcom Creek.

unfortunately, the virtue signalling city council allows fentanyl freaks to camp on the city streets and do whatever they want. political theater at the cost of our public safety is not a good look for bellingham.

any recommendations for the best place to publicly virtue signal in bellingham?

Yes please stay in Cali! We don't want you here! The properties are expensive because of all you Californians moving up here!

I live in Bellingham... I'm on a small, fixed income, the rent here has become too high for most local residents. I see developers building student housing and million-dollar condos overlooking the bay.. but nothing for low-income to middle class residents. Local Ham residents don't have the high-income opportunities like the Microsoft/Boeing area of Seattle. I have no choice but to live with my son because there's no way I can afford a place of my own in this town anymore, if it wasn't for my son.. I'd be living out of my car.. no joke. And B'ham city council wonders why homeless people are increasing in Bellingham.. it's because working at a normal average job or 2.. is no longer sustainable for many locals.

I have a lucrative opportunity out there...but I'm single late 30s...feel like I would go there and be forced into celibacy...not that sexy time is the most important thing in the world...but it's the most important thing in the world...