{"data":[{"archived":false,"author":"zangelbertbingledack","author_flair_css_class":"flair","author_flair_text":"North Beacon Hill","body":"Beacon Hill is a big area and differs depending on where you are. When we were house hunting, we looked at places over the neighborhood, and the north and south end of Beacon Hill are pretty different right now.\n\nNorth Beacon Hill is a really popular area and is definitely getting gentrified (whatever that may mean to you). It's the perfect place to buy your first house right now if you can afford a house but can't afford the north end. It's got the Light Rail station for great access to downtown and the 60 bus for an easy connection to Cap Hill. The area surrounding the Light Rail station reminds me a lot of Wallingford or Greenwood, both neighborhoods I've lived in before. It's very residential with mostly Craftsman-style SFHs. Beacon Ave. is the \"main drag\" akin to 45th or Greenwood Ave. - it's not nearly as developed as those, but I'm sure that's on its way. There are a few great bars, restaurants , and coffee shops within a few blocks of each other. Georgetown is also a short drive away, so we go down there pretty often. We also have a giant park, driving range, P-patch and an awesome cheap produce stand (MacPhersons).\n\nCentral and South Beacon Hill are pretty different right now. The houses we looked at down there weren't in a good shape, and it seems like compared to North Beacon Hill, there is more police activity. I'm not implying that that part of the city is dangerous, but I think you can definitely feel the lack of north Seattle transplants down there. I also don't think that will last if the boom continues.","controversiality":0,"created_utc":1426269654,"distinguished":null,"downs":0,"edited":false,"gilded":0,"id":"cpdviih","link_id":"t3_2yxipw","name":"t1_cpdviih","parent_id":"t3_2yxipw","retrieved_on":1427742429,"score":12,"score_hidden":false,"subreddit":"Seattle","subreddit_id":"t5_2qhad","ups":12,"permalink":"/r/Seattle/comments/t3_2yxipw/cpdviih"}]}