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USA | Seattle

Seattle is the largest city by population in the U.S state of Washington, and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The encompassing Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan statistical area is the 15th largest in the United States. A port city, it is located the western part of the state between Puget Sound, an arm of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington about 96 miles (154 km) south of the Canada - United States border. A major economic, cultural and educational centre in the region, Seattle is the county seat of King County.

The city is the birthplace of grunge music and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption. There are many successful independent espresso roasters and cafes as well as well known international brands. Researchers at Central Connecticut State University have several times ranked Seattle the most literate city of America's sixty-nine largest cities.

Seattle has been a regional centre for the performing arts for many years. The century-old Seattle Symphony Orchestra is among the worlds most recorded. The 5th Avenue Theatre, built in 1926, stages Broadway-style musical shows featuring both local talent and international stars. Seattle is considered the home of grunge music because it was home to artists such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Mudhoney all of whom reached vast audiences in the early 1990s. Since the grunge era, the area has hosted a diverse and influential alternative music scene.

Seattle's cool mild climate allows outdoor recreation including walking, cycling, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, boating, team sports, and swimming. In town many people walk around Green Lake, through the forests and along the bluffs and beaches of 535-acre (2.2 km²) Discovery Park (the largest park in the city) in Magnolia, along the shores of Myrtle Edwards Park on the Downtown waterfront, or along Alki Beach in West Seattle. Also popular are hikes and skiing in the nearby Cascade or Olympic Mountains and kayaking and sailing in the waters of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Strait of Georgia.

Seattle has a history of boom and bust cycles, common to cities near large areas of natural and mineral resources. Seattle has several times risen as a company town or through economic specialisation, then gone into precipitous decline, but it has typically used those periods to successfully rebuild infrastructure. The city is well known for the many companies in the technology, internet and computer industries.

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