[JeffReigns]

Hello all! Me and my Fiance are relocating to the Puyallup, WA area in the next month and I just had a quick question, I hope a few of you would be able to point us in the right direction. We were up in the same area back in 2012, and while I do remember some things, I never really knew where the bad neighborhoods/etc really were. We would like to stay relatively close to Puyallup(or at least within reasonable commuting distance). Are there any places we need to avoid(this is for living, mind you)? Oh and yes, I did hear your state is full. They made an exception for us. Thanks guys!

[moonspots]

[Ranger Smith]

Downtown or Southhill?

[jimmymac]

Check it out at your convenience. And this one. Or you can watch re-runs of "Cops" where the Pierce County Sheriff's Office was frequently featured.

[anbat]

If you're renting go to; http://www.newchapters.narpm.org/pierce_county/members.htm If you're buying, contact a local Realtor. Puyallup, South Hill and Pierce County has pockets of bad in pockets of good and vice-verse. Definitely contact a local professional, they know the area, even a property manager or realtor as close as Spanaway or Tacoma won't know the area as good as one that is local. Welcome to the area.

[Ski]

south end of Tacoma - 38th street to 96th between Pacific and South Tacoma Way - pretty trashy. east side - east of Pacific Avenue, west of Waller Road, between about 30th and 112th - lowlife central. can't speak to Puyallup. not really familiar with the area. closest I got to living in Puyallup was over on 36th Avenue East just off 64th - narrow strip of unincorporated Pierce County between Tacoma and Puyallup. nice area, but crazy neighbors. best of luck in your search. don't believe anything you read in the Wikipedia pages on T-town or Puyallup - somebody regularly scrubs all the dirt off them. do not ever trust Tacoma PD or PCSO - gangsters and sociopaths. I've only been here about.... five decades or so, with about a half dozen years off living up at Alki.

[Ranger Smith]

[Ski]

[Bloated Chipmunk]

Unless things have changed in recent yrs., stay away from Spanaway. When I worked in that area in the late '90s it was pretty ghetto.

[Ranger Smith]

Spanaway is just that, Spanaway. It will never change. It can't get worse and it can't get better.

[Snowbrushy]

The town of Sumner is next door and looks nice.

[Boywonder]

I bought my first place up in Bonney Lake. I really like it up here, much better than Puyallup and Meridian st. which the entire city seems to be based off of. I lived in Puyallup for a bit over 3 years. Bonney Lake is just up the hill from Puyallup. And the Walmart up here is not like your 'usual' Walmart. Normal folks shop at this one, for the most part. Good luck hunting, were you guys buying or renting?

[JeffReigns]

Thanks so much guys! It's funny you bring up walmart, boywonder. We were up in the area back in 2012 and one time at the Lakewood Walmart there was this extremely obese lady walking around in these shorts that would barely pass as panties. I'm sure she's on people of walmart somewhere. Jimmymac, a couple months ago my fiancé brought this up after watching a few episodes of cops one day. Another issue I'm having is finding somewhere that will take our dog. Does anyone know of any apartments that would take a Saint Bernard?

[Matt Lemke]

Why Puyallup? I would recommend going north of Seattle rather than south

[JeffReigns]

My fiancé has a job lined up there.