Agreed on avoiding Aberdeen/Hoquiam, there’s not too many places more depressing and poverty stricken of that size in the state. If your teen has a car and can drive, somewhere within 30 minutes of Bellingham might be viable for $300k, but even then you might be pretty limited. Otherwise places decent for walkability/bikeability/public transport are gonna be outside your budget unfortunately unless you’re looking at 0b/1b condos