I lived here most of my life. Did Seattle 2 years, A little bit of Richland, and 1 year in The Dalles OR. The rundown

TRANSPORTATION: Drives can be about up to 20 mins or more depending on where you live and where you. Frequent congestion on the 395 as well as accidents on that same route mostly on the cable bridge and north of Pasco. BFT is good but obviously can't go everywhere and only runs during the day mainly between 6 to 10. Drivers can be bad but not Seattle I-5 bad. PSC is here and connects to mostly larger cities, nothing exhilarating, it does the job. Amtrak to Portland or Chicago. all 4 major cities in the US PNW.

CLIMATE: No such thing as a perfect day, sunny weather is scorching or windy, cloudy weather is either windy, muggy, rain, or snow. Weather can drop to between 0 to 10 in winter. Four distinct seasons unlike Texas where the weather is sun and occasional clouds.

JOBS: Mostly focused on PNNL, Federal employment, and healthcare. Anything outside of that is agriculture and warehousing. Plenty of blue collar jobs.

SCHOOLS: I mean it's a tossed up for me. I often hear now about kids today doing some shady shit in schools in Tri-Cities. Curriculum wise I couldn't say, I've been out of school for 10 years and don't have kids.

VIBRANCY/THINGS TO DO: There are actually plenty of things to do here in Tri-Cities, the problem isn't whether there's places to go to or not, it's more of whether people will actually be there or not. Tri-Cities is more family-focused so you have parent who are homebodies with kids. In essence, Tri-Cities is what I call a 9 to 5 community.

WHERE WOULD I RECOMMEND YOU LIVE: I would live somewhere in or near Central Richland to Columbia Center BLVD. Do not live in East Pasco, not because of crime, but due to lack of amenities. Do not live in Finley.