Ever wondered whether caffeine is a viable substitute for sunshine? If so, Seattle is your kind of town. More than any other city in the region, Seattle epitomises what people know of (and how they feel about) the Pacific Northwest. Even so, it's got a few surprises up its sleeve..
Nevermind that its sunshiny days can be suicidally few - its residents (Chairman Bill, perhaps, excepted) are among the nation's most outgoing and outdoorsy. If you're looking for lifestyle (and who isn't these days?), Seattle has it in spades.
Sure, it had everybody wearing flannel shirts and whistling Nirvana for a while, but consider also the good things it's given us: you can see the roots of America's microbrewing revolution in the bellies of many a Seattlite, and the city's chilly mornings had the espresso generation brewing long before Starbucks sold its first cup.
Area: 85 sq km
Population: 563,400
Country: USA
Time Zone: GMT/UTC -8 (Pacific Time)
Telephone Area Code: Telephone area codes: 206, 253, 360, 425, 509 & 564. 10-digit dialing will be mandatory for all local calls within the 360/564 region after February 2001. |
