Seattle, Washington

Seattle is a coastal city in the state of Washington, located in the heart of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The city is situated between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 160 kilometers south of the Canada–United States border. Seattle is the largest city in the state of Washington and serves as a major gateway for trade with Asia as the fourth-largest port in North America in 2015.

The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers, who named the settlement "Seattle" in 1852, in honor of Chief Si'ahl of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Seattle has high populations of ethnic Native, Scandinavian, Asian-American, and African-Americans, as well as a thriving LGBT community that ranks #6th in the country in population.

Seattle has a moderate temperate environment, extreme heatwaves are rare in the Seattle area, as are very cold temperatures. The Seattle area is the most cloudy region of the United States, due in part to frequent storms and lows moving in from the adjacent Pacific Ocean. With many more "rain days" than other major American cities, Seattle has a well-earned reputation for frequent rain.

Seattle is also considered the birthplace of the alternative grunge rock movement.

## Notable Locales

* Beacon Hill
	+ 138 South Cognac Street
	+ Espinosa Auto Repair and Maintenance Family (2400 Beacon Ave South)
	+ Seattle Pacific Medical Center (1200 12th Ave South)
* Capitol Hill
	+ Jacob & Sophia's Apartment Building (602 Melrose Avenue East)
	+ Fear and Loathing in Seattle (1833 Harvard Avenue)
* Denny-Blaine
	+ Howell Park (1740 Howell Place)
	+ Viretta Park (151 East Lake Washington Boulevard)
* Mount Baker
	+ B-Smart Gas & Convenience (2801 Martin Luther King Jr Way South)
* Pike Place Market
* Pioneer Square
	+ The Central (207 1st Avenue South)
* Queen Anne
	+ Space Needle (400 Broad Street)
* Yesler Terrace
	+ Talbot Grocer Co-operative (1902 East Yesler Way)
* University District
	+ Campus of the University of Washington
	+ University of Washington School of Medicine (1959 NE Pacific Street)

## Notable Residents

* Dawn Anderson †
* Jacob Delsin † (formerly, 2011-2015)
* Olexander Dvorak
* Garcia Espinosa †
* Karmin Espinosa
* Emily Kaufman (formerly, 2012-2016)
* Liam Kendall (formerly, 1995-2016)
* Kim Min-Ji
* Alex Peterson (formerly, 2011-2016)
* Sophia Procter † (formerly, 2010-2015)
* Ami Richards †
* Zachary Richards †
* Jay Sanders (formerly, 2014-2017)
* Ryley Summers (formerly, 2013-2015)
* Aaron Taylor
* Jill Taylor
* Eric Wilson

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