Where to live in Tacoma?
Hi! My partner and I are moving to Tacoma for my new job at St Joseph - we have no idea where to look for places to live and don’t know where to start. Between the two of us we have lived in Boston, Alaska, Japan and the Bay Area besides both growing up in the PNW, but we are out of the loop now so would love advice on where to look.
We have a dog and would love parks nearby or a place with a yard. I would like to be close to St Joseph for work and preferably also public transport too. It would be incredible to be somewhere were we could walk to coffee or shops and restaurants (no idea if this is possible). We are both pretty community oriented and love to spend time in third spaces or outdoors with friends.
My SIL has said there’s houses in Ruston for 2k a month, is that a good area and is that reasonable rent (it doesn’t seem so in my mind, but I’m currently in a college town paying 1.3k for a tiny one bedroom apartment)?
People also say Tacoma is unsafe - is that true or just the fears of folks? I‘ve walked the tenderloin in SF at night for jazz clubs and also have run to my truck to avoid moose in Alaska so I’m not sure what safety standards are 😅
Thanks so much!