You're dense. I have never stated that Seattle is Yakima. She's from the Pacific Northwest, so ostensibly she knows of the area. She has lived in Portland (OR), Seattle, and the contiguous country to our North. She knows people, presently and formerly, from the Yakima-area -- and they unanimously say to stay away.
3/1000 on violent crime is average, nationwide, but the burglaries and vandalism is a daily occurrence on most streets, city and outlying. My wife's roommate at UCLA was from Yakima and stated that they never parked their car in the driveway as it would be broken into that night.
lol top city -- top city on crime. Look at the data on crime and per capita income. It's a shithole. Tsing didn't mention why he's interested in Yakima, but i`f it's for a second home or investment, then it's a sieve, stay away.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=yakima top city
"2014 Top Cities Where People Are Terrified To Live"
2. Yakima, Wash.
> Pct. feel safe at night: 51.3%
> Pct. without money for shelter: 12.5% (tied for 34th highest)
> Violent crime rate: 349.4 per 100,000 (172nd highest)
> Poverty rate: 23.1% (29th highest)
> Population: 249,564 (178th lowest)
While Yakima residents often felt unsafe walking home alone at night, the area’s violent crime rate was actually lower than the national rate. Property crime, however, remains a problem. Despite Yakima County’s Crimestoppers grassroots organization, which encourages citizens to report crimes, the area had 1,217.7 burglaries per 100,000 people in 2012, and 673.2 car thefts per 100,000 people, both among the highest rates in the country. Like most metro areas in which residents do not feel safe walking alone at night, Yakima is struggling economically. Nearly one-quarter of the area’s residents had to rely on food stamps for at least part of 2012, and 23.1% of residents lived in poverty in 2012 — both among the worst rates in the country.
From Wikipedia:
"All America City Award[edit]
In 1994 and 2015, the City of Yakima received the All-America City Award, given by the National Civic League. Ten U.S. cities receive this award per year."
Yeah, sounds pretty rough if this city won an all-American award JUST THIS YEAR YOU NUT JOB.
Where does your lovely wife live now? She must be pretty scared of all people if she lived in the horrible Pacific NW and couldn't handle it? Maybe just a case of paranoia?
And you still haven't proved that Yakima = Vancouver = Seattle. Because you can't. They don't even relate to each other. And screw Portland. It's in FREAKING OREGON!. Now you are going to say Portland is like Chicago which is like Berlin which is like Moscow!
Just come out and say to all of us here that there are too many Mexicans in Yakima and be done with it. Come out and say there are too many Asians in Vancouver. And come out and say there are too many gays and blacks in Seattle. Okay?
"While Yakima residents often felt unsafe walking home alone at night, the area’s violent crime rate was actually lower than the national rate."
This last sentence comes from you. Or did you make it up?
Btw, I wouldn't live in Yakima either but you are making it sound like it's the worst ghetto in Chicago. Or LA. Or NY. Now there are some cities that have real low life's living in them.