Claim: Grey's Anatomy takes place on an island on the west coast.
Evidence: Although it is set in Seattle at the fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital -LRB- formerly Seattle Grace -RRB- it is primarily filmed in Los Angeles , California.
Seattle -LRB- -LSB- siˈætəl -RSB- -RRB- is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States and the seat of King County , Washington.
With an estimated 704,352 residents , Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America.