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That's driven alot by the superior schools in Bellevue. 30% of Seattle kids go to private schools...

That isn’t true, no way do 30% of Seattle students go to private school. We moved to Ballard, which has some pretty good schools (it’s high school is a 9/10). And yes, schools are why we didn’t consider south Seattle.

Not the OP - looks like it's 21.7%[0], so close but you're right that it's lower than 30%.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/more-than-1-i...

That's a lot higher than I thought it would be. Oddly enough, I have a friend in Clyde Hill (not Seattle, pretty good schools) who sends his daughter to private school in Queen Anne.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is how people in South Seattle deal with living in South Seattle, or in downtown (e.g. capital hill), the schools really aren't great there. The schools don't get good until you hit Queen Anne, Magnolia, Ballard, Wallingford, Green Lake, north of UW (Roosevelt is where all the UW professors send their kids), but then they aren't so great again in north (of 85th) Seattle (not as bad as South Seattle, however). I'm not sure how even the reputation of South Seattle is either; my cousins went to West Seattle high school and they had pretty good experiences.

Hello neighbor - I bought my first house in Ballard this February myself.

For SF / SV readers: Ballard is a hip Seattle neighborhood, somewhat like Hayes Valley but also near a beach and bike paths. My house is new construction and walking distance to everything. I paid list price.

When I was doing my undergrad, I used to run up to Ballard via the trail (well, it stopped just short of Ballard back then). It was mostly industrial and blue collar, Amazon didn't exist yet in SLU (which was pretty seedy anyways), how times have changed.

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