From sporting events to museums and entertainment, there are sure to be attractions to please everyone living in or visiting Seattle. Plan your time wisely because there are not enough hours in the day to see them all. Here is a taste of the attractions that Seattle has to offer. Museum goers can walk the famous Seattle Art Museum where they will find the main museum as well as the Seattle Asian Museum, and the Olympic Sculpture Park on the waterfront which offers free admission. Located near the Space Needle, you won’t want to miss the Science Fiction Museum founded by the co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen. If you are into the history and nostalgia of Seattle, plan a visit to the Museum of History and Industry located on 24th Avenue East. If you are...

Whether you prefer to drive, take a bus, travel by rail, boat, in the air, or on foot, there are many ways to get around Seattle. If you don’t feel like sitting in traffic during the busy rush hour times, public transportation may be the best way to go. King County Metro provides bus service within and outside of the city as well as a streetcar line that runs between the neighborhood of South Lake Union and Westlake Center downtown. Seattle is one of the few cities in North America that still has electric trolleybuses as functional transportation. A favorite mode of transportation for visitors, locals use them as well for their daily commute. For those in a hurry, Sound Transit has an express bus within the city as well as three commuter rail lines designed...

Seattle is a city located on an isthmus in the western part of Washington State between the Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, and Lake Washington. It is approximately 100 miles south of Canada. Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Seattle is considered an earthquake zone. The land covers 217 square kilometers and is 41% water. Seattle’s geographical features include the city’s main harbor, Elliot Bay, which is an inlet of the Sound. Elliot Bay is known for being the home of Colman Dock, the main terminal of the state’s ferry system and the largest in the country. Past the Sound are the Kitsap Peninsula and Olympic Mountains. Beyond Lake Washington are Lake Sammamish and Cascade Range. Two man-made canals are part of the Lake Washington Ship canal. The major...

Seattle has a population of approximately 600,000. White Americans make up 70% of the population followed by Asian Americans who make up 13% and African Americans who comprise 7.8% of the population. Citizens polled identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual is 12.9%. There has been an increase in immigration to Seattle, the foreign-born population has increased to 40% from 1990 to 2000. The median income of a city household was last reported as $45,736, and the median income for a family was $62,195. Males had a median income of $40,929 and females $35,134. The per capita income for the city was $30,300 . The percentage of people in Seattle below the poverty level is 11.8%. Of people living in poverty, 13.8 percent are under the age of 18 and 10.2 percent are...

There are great deals to be found in Seattle real estate. A study of the residential real estate market in Seattle shows that there has been a 10% decrease in the median homes sales price year over year. The average home sale price in Seattle January 2009 was $374,627. There are approximately 3,000 resale and new homes on the market in Seattle. The average asking price for those homes is $602,769. The number of sales decreased 76% in Seattle year over year. The average price per square foot is $370. There are many neighborhoods to choose from in Seattle including Queen Anne, West Seattle, University District, Ballard, Magnolia, Capitol Hill, Belltown, Freemont, Wallingford, and International District. Queen Anne is located just north of the Space Needle....