I'm embarrassed to say that it took over four decades of being on this planet to finally visit Seattle, a city that is so central to my daily life as someone who has been a Microsoft customer for over three decades, regularly shops on Amazon, and (reluctantly) drinks Starbucks at least once a week, to name a few examples.
To me, and I am sure I will draw ire for this analogy, it resembles a smaller, wetter, and colder version of San Francisco. Like SF, it's very hilly, quirky, culturally diverse, and is home to a boatload of technology companies and startups - maybe a little more SaaS than silicon. It also had similarly high numbers of "feral humans" (you can interpret that statement how you like).
It also felt a little bit like Vancouver (due perhaps to its proximity and numerous Canadian imports) in that people were generally laid back and very nice.
The architecture in Seattle was also quite unique, and aside from the iconic Space Needle, there were a number of newer buildings that are equally as memorable including the Amazon Spheres (colloquially known as Jeff's Balls), the Seattle Public Library, and the Museum of Pop Culture (designed by Frank Gehry).
I wish I had more than two days to explore, but it was really just the starting point for what would be an extended 9 week trip planning half the globe to make up for lost time during COVID.
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