Boeing is a major employer in the city along with Airborne Freight, Safeco Insurance and others. In addition, WRQ, Nordstrom and Starbucks are headquartered here. Seattle Seattle ranks 22nd in U.S. city population with 536,978 people in 1998. The median age is 34.9. Seattle has a good, but confusing bus system, and a recent referendum has cut public transportation funding.
Buses are wheelchair accessible.
The monorail takes people downtown for a modest fee. Seattle has a marine climate with mild, wet winters. It snows about 15 inches a year. Summers are pleasant with little precipitation and daytime highs in the low 70s. At the same time, Seattle has only 57 clear days.