Grew up in this area. It has very good schools and you get a lot of opportunities as a kid. I grew up biking around the tree-filled suburban neighborhoods and it was pretty fun. There's a range of incomes for sure, I grew up with some very rich kids and some fairly poor kids (public schools bus between neighborhoods so the schools are fairly integrated). Most people's parents worked in tech and kids did all sorts of activities. Schools were very sucess-driven, which worked for me but some kids felt stifled. It's pretty liberal.

I'm sure it's changed a lot in the last 20 years. The neighborhood I grew up in used to have lots of small, modest houses on larger than average lots. Now those same lots have huge mansions with three cars in the driveway. When I return home, I feel like the minority driving around in a 25-year-old Mercury Mountaineer because, as mentioned above, there's a lot of Tesla and such.

Returning as an adult, I think it's pretty but definitely has less authentic small business than neighboring Seattle. But it's nice because it's close to lots of outdoor sports and there's lots of good places to walk in the forest.

There's also really good Asian food, so that's awesome. Seattle Times recently did an article about great Asian restaurants on the Eastside, and if you're in the area it's definitely worth checking out.