World Vision moved from California to Federal Way, bringing about 500 jobs. Gates and others point to World Vision as a success story that illustrates their belief that the city is a good place to live and work. My parents thought so. It was 1964 when we moved from Olympia to Marine Hills, one of Federal Way's first subdivisions overlooking Puget Sound. Some of the big West Campus houses sell for more than twice that.
Rents remain something of a bargain.