Seattle

The Space Needle, a Seattle icon.

Seattle (47.606N. -122.33W) with a population 621,000 in 2012, is the largest city in the American state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest. It was named after Chief Sealth, a Suqamish/Duwamish Native American leader.

Seattle was officially incorporated in 1889, but had been a town since 1851, when a group of pioneers from Illinois settled West Seattle, a peninsula within the current city limits to the west. From about 1960 until about 2000, the population remained relatively static, just under 600,000. However, the population increased into the suburbs north toward Everett, south toward Seatac and Tacoma and east (across Lake Washington) to Mercer Island, Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue and Issaquah. As fuel prices have increased and zoning has allowed more growth, Seattle has grown about 40,000 in the last 6 years.

Long influenced by liberal policies, Seattle has been in a state of decline.

Demographics

Seattle is a very liberal city. Seattle is the least churched city in America, and Washington State has the highest concentration of people who say they have no religion, including atheists & agnostics. The Pacific Northwest as a region features the lowest amount of religious people.

The makeup of the population was 67.1 percent White, 16.6 percent Asian, 9.7 percent African American, 2.38 percent from other races, 1.00 percent Native American, 0.50 percent Pacific Islander, and 4.46 percent from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.3 percent of the population. Seattle's median household income is $45,736, where the national average is $41,994. The median age of Seattle residents is 37.9. 36.16% of Seattleites are married, 11.5% are divorced, and one-third of those who are married have children. The density is 6,886 people per square mile. Seattle was also rated the most educated city in the United States, with 52.7% of its residents over age 25 holding at least a bachelor's degree. Many people have flocked to the Seattle area to work in what's called the "knowledge economy."

Politics and homelessness

In Seattle, the Employee Hours Tax (EHT), was passed by the Seattle City Council in May 2018 and was signed into law by Democrat Mayor Jenny Durkan. The 9 member Seattle City Council has 8 Democrats and 1 Trotskite socialist. The tax on businesses was set at a rate of $275 annually per employee to fund homeless services. Seattle city councilmen Larry Gossett objected to cleaning the sidewalks surrounding the courthouse because to pressure wash the sidewalks of urine and excrement, in the Democrat councilman's words, "is racist."

While Democrats promote public transportation as an alternative to gas-powered vehicles, more homeless ride public transportation 24/7 as an alternative to living outdoors. Crime on public transportation has increased while ridership among the general population has decreased.

Marijuana Vending Machine Problem

Seattle was the first of the liberal enclaves to be home to a "reefer vending machine", a vending machine where anyone can purchase marijuana, just like with soft drinks or candy. This will undoubtedly lead to more children, teens and reckless adults becoming addicted to the illegal substance.

Sports

Seattle is the home of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, the WNBA's Seattle Storm, Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, and the WHL hockey team Seattle Thunderbirds. The SuperSonics were later purchased by Oklahoma businessman Clayton Bennett and were subsequently moved to Oklahoma City to become the Oklahoma City Thunder. On January 11, 2013, it was announced that the Sacramento Kings of the NBA had been sold by previous owners the Maloof family to Seattle investors Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, who plan to move the team to Seattle and rename it as the SuperSonics.

Media

AM Radio

• 570 - KVI (Conservative talk)
• 710 - KIRO (Sports/ESPN Radio)
• 770 - KTTH (Conservative talk)
• 820 - KGNW (Christian radio)
• 880 - KIXI (Adult Standards/Oldies)
• 950 - KJR (Sports)
• 1000 - KOMO (News)
• 1050 - KBLE (Religious)
• 1090 - KFNQ (Sports/CBS Sports Radio)
• 1150 - KKNW (News/talk)
• 1250 - KKDZ (Multicultural)
• 1300 - KKOL (Business news/talk)
• 1590 - KLFE (Conservative talk)

FM Radio

• 90.3 - KEXP (College radio)
• 93.3 - KPWK (Top 40)
• 94.1 - KSWD (Soft adult contemporary)
• 94.9 - KUOW (NPR)
• 95.7 - KJR (Classic hits)
• 96.5 - KJAQ (Adult hits)
• 98.9 - KNUC (Country)
• 99.9 - KISW (Active rock)
• 100.7 - KKWF (Country)
• 101.5 - KPLZ (Hot adult contemporary)
• 102.5 - KZOK (Classic rock)
• 107.7 - KNDD (Alternative rock)

Television

• 4.1 - KOMO (ABC)
• 5.1 - KING (NBC)
• 7.1 - KIRO (CBS)
• 9.1 - KCTS (PBS)
• 11.1 - KSTW (The CW)
• 13.1 - KCPQ (FOX)
• 22.1 - KZJO (Independent)
• 44.1 - KFFV (MeTV)

See also

• Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon.com and Costco are headquartered in Seattle area
• Pacific Northwest
• Silicon Valley - Seattle area is the Silicon Valley of the Pacific Northwest

External link

• Seattle is Dying