Achewter,

Unfortunately, Lacey does suck. It's not even a city. It just thinks it is, but no one on earth can locate downtown Lacey because it doesn't exist. There are a few nice residential developments in Lacey, but that doesn't mitigate the fact that Lacey sucks. And if your nephew is planning on living in an apartment, well if he does that in Lacey, he might as well leave the door open all the time to better accomodate the routine burglaries in the area. Apartments in Lacey are hazo-housing.

Dan is right that the apartment neighborhoods in west Oly aren't much, if any, better. Something about that apartment crowd I suppose.

The crime map clearly shows SE Oly and Tumwater as the better bets in apartments to avoid routine car prowls and breakins. Then again, Dogfish's digs out by McCleary are usually quiet and peaceful.

That's about it. BTW, did anyone mention that Lacey sucks?

Sg