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Living in Lacey, WA Gie DG Send Message View Profile Star Rating 6/14/2012 My husband is in the military and so we move from place to place. Lacey is about 20 minutes drive from Joint Base Lewis Mcchord. The area is really nice because it is a new development. Lots of brand new houses at the same time very quiet place to live in. The crime rate is almost non existent although there are still some. How many times have I left the garage door opened unintentionally and when I came back, my house is still intact.Right now, the place is booming. They are currently building a huge out patient clinic in the neighnorhood that would generate a lot of jobs. There are shopping places like Costco, Safeway, Walmart all within minutes away. The mall is in Olympia which is probably a good 20 minutes drive. There is a shopping outlet 30 minutes away. Portland, Oregon is a mere 2 and a half hours away. It is 40 minutes away from Seattle, WA the bigest city in this state. And there is Tacoma, WA another city with shopping centers etc. If you love the outdoors, WA is definitely a nice place to live in. So many places to hike, ride your bike, kayak, run, camp. A good place for family definitely. What amazes me is how friendly the people are here.

You know what is a scary place is Lakewood, where the mayor said this would happen.

Although parts of it are ok and I have gone to an oral surgeon there and used to take my kids to the YMCA there years ago...it can be a shoot 'em up kinda town.

I used to live on Fox Island and I agreed Lacey is a nice area. We almost bought a home there. Overcast skies got to me and we s9ld and moved to Tucson. Love it here. Cheers.