Bellingham's Bay View Cemetery is 135 years old. It's a beautiful, peaceful place with towering trees and nearby Whatcom Falls. It all makes for a very attractive place to plant your earthly remains. "People come here to be in an open, green space where it's quiet and contemplative," says Steve Janiszewski, who oversees the cemetery. Increasingly, however, the graves at Bay View are being filled with out-of-towners. They're taking away precious space from locals in a cemetery that's at 90% capacity. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/money/economy/price-casket-burials-bellingham-up-50-percent-out-of-towners-to-blame/281-030d32f2-aece-4cc6-ae9f-13d732f1de6a