Ranking All Spokane Neighborhoods, 2021
All Spokane neighborhoods ranked from worst to first with pictures, maps, and descriptions.
Moving to Spokane
12 Reasons to Relocate to Spokane
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Moving to Spokane
Spokane Relocation Guide Here’s all you need to know about moving to Spokane. If you’re still considering relocating to Spokane and feel undecided, then check this post out: 12 Reasons to Relocate to Spokane. 1) The bigots are (mostly) gone I have to be careful not to get cross-ways with the federal Fair Housing Act. Ironically, my fear is criticizing bigoted, uneducated, and willfully ignorant individuals might actually be a violation of the Act. Thus, I’ll let the previous sentence speak for itself. Spokane has long held the reputation of being a grey, downtrodden community surrounded by Aryan Nation brotherhoods and […]
#20 Vinegar Flats
Vinegar Flats is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Vinegar Flats Neighborhood here.
#19 Garland Neighborhood
Garland is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Garland Neighborhood here.
#18 Emerson / Garfield Neighborhood
Emerson / Garfield is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Emerson / Garfield Neighborhood here.
#17 Corbin Park Neighborhood
Corbin Park is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Corbin Park Neighborhood here.
#16 Lower South Hill
Lower South Hill is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Lower South Hill Neighborhood here.
#15 Comstock Neighborhood
Comstock is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Comstock Neighborhood here.
#14 Manito Country Club
Manito Country Club is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Manito Country Club neighborhood here.
#13 Medical District
Medical District is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Medical District Neighborhood here.
#12 North Bank
The North Bank is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of the North Bank Neighborhood here.
#11 High Drive Neighborhood
High Drive is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of High Drive Neighborhood here.
#10 University District
University District is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of University District Neighborhood here.
#9 Indian Canyon
Indian Canyon is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Indian Canyon Neighborhood here.
#8 Lincoln Park / Altamont
Lincoln Park / Altamont is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Lincoln Park / Altamont Neighborhood here.
#7 Audubon / Downriver
Audubon / Downriver is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Audubon / Downriver Neighborhood here.
#5 Peaceful Valley
Peaceful Valley is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Peaceful Valley Neighborhood here.
#4 West Central / Kendall Yards
West Central / Kendall Yards is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of West Central / Kendall Yards Neighborhood here.
#3 Downtown Spokane
Downtown is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Downtown Spokane here.
#2 The South Hill
The South Hill is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of the South Hill Neighborhood here.
#1 Browne’s Addition
Browne’s Addition is one of Spokane’s best neighborhoods. Find pictures, map, and a description of Browne’s Addition Neighborhood here.
#16 Hayden, Idaho
Hayden, Idaho, is one of 29 places to live within the Spokane metro. Find Hayden pictures, map, and a description here.
#17 Spokane Valley, Washington
Spokane Valley, Washington, is one of 29 places to live within the Spokane metro. Find Spokane Valley pictures, map, and a description here.
#20 Hauser, Idaho
Hauser, Idaho, is one of 29 places to live within the Spokane metro. Find Hauser pictures, map, and a description here.
You Should Telecommute from Spokane
Spokane is the best place to work remotely. Telecommuting comes easy with this list of reasons to work from Spokane.
Who’s Moving to Spokane?
For those with shorter attention spans, I’ll start with the fun stuff first. For those with longer attention spans, I’ll tell you how I did it later. Top 10 metros in the nation moving to Spokane: Seattle-Tacoma, WA Portland, OR San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Los Angeles, CA Denver, CO San Diego, CA Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA Phoenix, AZ Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA It appears the going local hypothesis about tech refugees relocating from west coast cities is proving itself correct. Manageable traffic, affordable homes, and plenty of urban amenities is a product that sure sounds nice when migrating from the […]
Metro Spokane’s Economic Development Toolbox
Don’t look now, but there are entities and jurisdictions within our fine metro working some economic development magic by leveraging real tools that attract real investment. It’s amazing how much can get done with market-driven revenue streams and public-driven economic development tools. What follows are metro Spokane’s most significant drivers of economic development. 1) Spokane City Council Whether you like it or not, Spokane City Council sets the tone for the metro. Urban policies start and end with our central city. Our suburbs will do what they will but, make no mistake, Spokane City Council is obligated to its […]
Insurgents and Disruption
There are 287 start-up accelerators in Silicon Valley. I just spent two days at one of the first of them, Plug and Play, whereby the likes of Google and PayPal were launched. If you’re curious about the leading edge of any given market sector, spend a couple days at Plug and Play watching three-minute start-up presentations. Silicon Valley deploys a unique language to describe innovative market opportunities. Words like insurgents, incumbents, platforms, space, ecosystem, acceleration, disruption – this is the lingo used by innovators and those who venture-fund them. Through the lens of Spokane’s economic development system, the words above […]
How to Attract Tech Firms to Spokane
Spokane is on the cusp of tapping into deep pools of investment driven primarily by the tech sector and all its tributaries. Based primarily on our proximity to the coast’s big metro tech hubs (Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco), our affordable real estate, and our quality of life, the feeling is Spokane is poised to accept a wave of tech investments as well as all those tech refugees that come with them. Trouble is no one from Spokane’s public sector is actively engaged and working to attract all that money and talent restlessly sitting over on the coast. It’s time […]