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Sammamish: The . Or at least that’s the latest hype about the city. Similar rankings often pop into my email boasting of the city’s affordability, or even how much cheaper it is to . In short, the best.

“Really?!” John Curley exclaimed when I told him this. “By what standards? It’s got great schools, it鈥檚 well-to-do, it has a great community center. But it鈥檚 a plateau and it鈥檚 a pain in the butt to get off of, and it鈥檚 a pain in the butt to get back onto.”

Curley lives there and is a . Gee Scott has lived there for more than two years. They’re both residents, and each carry different perspectives. They, however, agree when it comes to living there.

鈥淚 do think that Sammamish is the best place to raise your kids … you don鈥檛 need a car to get around in the Sammamish area,鈥� Gee said. 鈥淎ll the time, you see a bunch of kids in neighborhoods, walking into town. In the summer time is pretty cool for the kids, you have Lake Sammamish right there.鈥�

鈥淣ow, when my kids are done in school, which is in a couple years, see ya!鈥� he added.

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This is not meant to be a dig at the city or the people who live there. I grew up in the area. It was boring, to say the least, and I could go on with other very negative criticisms. But it’s not like it’s different from most any other suburb.

On the other hand, it’s understandable why some people are drawn to the area — family. Nearly and 77 percent of households have married couples.

What isn’t as understandable is the claim that it’s the . It’s by Money Magazine, CNN Money, or Forbes (consider the sources, you can draw your own conclusions).

I asked these two 成人X站 Radio hosts and Sammamish residents to weigh in. Two very different Sammamishites. Sammamishonians … Sammamishers? But before that, feel free to weigh in with your own opinion below.

The good

Schools

鈥淕reat schools,鈥� Curley said. 鈥淧eople move there for the schools.鈥�

鈥淢y kids go to Eastside Catholic,鈥� Gee said. 鈥淚t was a family decision and I wanted them to live very close to where they went to school 鈥�. When you are getting ready for the ACT and the SAT, even though Eastide Catholic is private, that school system gets you prepared 鈥� very good test scores.”

Safe neighborhoods

鈥淯nbelievably safe,鈥� Curley said. 鈥淲hen I was a council member, the biggest problem we would get was 鈥榯here鈥檚 a dead raccoon on the side of the road.鈥� And we were quick to respond.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檒l tell you something that stands out about Sammamish,” Gee said. “I love the fact that if you call the police, the police will be there at your house in 30 seconds. I had a situation where I had a knock at my door at 4:30 in the morning. It was the police. He says, 鈥榃e caught somebody going through your car.鈥� Well, the neighbor saw them going through my car in the middle of the night. The police were called. The police were on the scene before the person who was going through my car was done. That鈥檚 how fast the police response time is in Sammamish. So if you want to do crime, Sammamish is not the place to do it.鈥�

The bad

Shopping

鈥淎s far as the stores are concerned, they don鈥檛 have anything that stands out,鈥� Gee said. 鈥淭hey have basic stores, Trader Joe鈥檚, Safeway, places to get your oil changed, a couple gas stations, a McDonald鈥檚.鈥�

鈥淪hopping?!鈥� John said. 鈥淎re we talking about the QFC or the Safeway? Or maybe Met Market, they’ve got candles, overpriced almond milk 鈥� and we don鈥檛 call them strip malls, they are ‘open air shopping village experiences’ with really, really good parking.鈥�

Food

鈥淲e have hardly any good restaurants,鈥� Curley said. 鈥淚 think we give Federal Way a run for its money when it comes to fast food. If you鈥檝e done the Jack in the Box and the McDonald鈥檚, why not head over to Domino’s. They鈥檙e all within a stone鈥檚 throw of each other.鈥�

鈥淭hey close early,鈥� Gee said. 鈥淭hey are closed at like 9 or 9:30 p.m. 鈥� they’ve got the Sammamish caf茅, and they’ve got the Ale House. Those places close early, even on the weekends. As far as food and the restaurants, out of 10, I鈥檇 give it a 3. I鈥檒l say this, the food there needs more seasoning.”

The Sammamish

Affordability

鈥淚t鈥檚 not as expensive as Bellevue, it鈥檚 not as expensive as Kirkland, or Clyde Hill or Medina,鈥� Gee said. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 spendy to live there. I would not move there thinking about affordability. You are paying for the school system. If you own a house there, you are paying good property taxes.鈥�

鈥淭he median income in 2009, was $135,000, I don鈥檛 know what it is now,鈥� Curley said. 鈥淎ffordable? You can get a 4,000-square-foot house, brand new, for $1.4 million. And the beauty of it is you can know exactly what your neighbor is cooking for dinner; you can smell it because they are 15 feet away. You have a $1 million house and you can look across and see the guy鈥檚 Levi waist band size, which is about a 36, average size in Sammamish.”

Note: According to the (2017), the median family income is $157,271.

What is there to do?

鈥淣othing,鈥� Gee said. 鈥淣o nightlife at all. There鈥檚 more night life in Redmond than there is in Sammamish. There is more night life in Issaquah.鈥�

鈥淲ell, when your kids are young, you go to a soccer field and drink $9 lattes from Starbucks, and you watch your 7-year-old kick another 7-year-old in the shins while you read Facebook,鈥� Curley said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 when they are young 鈥� I don鈥檛 know what people do there otherwise. I go to work, then I go to the gym 鈥� there鈥檚 the Pine Lake Ale House where you can get a fried chicken sandwich. There鈥檚 no nightlife. Pine Lake Ale House is the restaurant people go to.鈥�

Final thoughts?

鈥淚f you have a family with young kids, Sammamish is a great place to go,” Gee said. “If it鈥檚 just you and your significant other, hell no, Sammamish is not the place to go. It鈥檚 nice, it鈥檚 pretty plain. If you鈥檙e looking for excitement, this is not what you want. Sammamish, you get consistency, not excitement.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 a great place for families, but realize your children are going to be surrounded by very, very wealthy children and you really have to make sure that you have a solid foundation so your child is not swept up in the materialism that is all around them,” Curley said. “I鈥檓 talking about kids getting brand new cars for their birthday and going to school, or racing around on boats on Lake Sammamish. They are going to be surrounded by money and hopefully they got some strong values.鈥�