The bus system is practically nonexistent in these cities. Those that we do have, only work with the Sounder train that is not running all day and if you leave work early, before the train start back up, you are stuck waiting in Sumner to go up to Bonney lake.
Also for the kids who want an opportunity to do running start at a local college, commute is hard unless they have an adult who can give them a ride to Sumner. And even then the commute from Sumner to Pierce College in Puyallup, a 10 min drive, is about an hour. This is ridiculous and it doesn't allow children to explore the opportunity.