Finding Home Sweet Home

Curious about where to live in Spokane? Spokane is growing considerably and there are new neighborhoods popping up, older areas getting facelifts, and historic districts that are full of charm.

Finding a place to live in a new city can arguably be one of the most stressful things on your to-do list before starting law school. If you've heard of or are familiar at all with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, you already know that at the base of the pyramid are our most fundamental needs including shelter. Once those fundamental needs are satisfied the next levels of need take precedence in our behavior—like making new friends, recognizing your self-esteem, and (what is very important in law school) reaching your full potential and recognizing what that potential is a.k.a. "Selfactualization."

All this to say, finding a place to live is so incredibly important! We recognize that - we are here to help. The student ambassadors have compiled a list of complexes we have lived at, and approve of, so you can have some piece of mind when looking into them.

They are listed below. And please email us if you're looking at a place and want to run it by someone here.

We've also done a fair amount of research on this topic and found a pretty awesome resource that breaks down the different neighborhoods in the downtown area: SpokanePlanner.com. All of the areas they highlight are relatively close to the school (and we don't have much traffic in Spokane, so no need to worry about a nasty commute) and all in all, we'd have to agree with how they've ranked the neighborhoods. We also highly recommend reading the blog post they did called "Moving to Spokane.” It really has everything you need to know about Spokane and the surrounding area.

Here are our picks:

Northstar Lodge just N of Northtown Mall and PET FRIENDLY!

La Vista Citta central location and 5 minute drive to school

Stonecrest South Hill central location and easy commute

940 North GU campus housing

Altura Apartments downtown urban living