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Since The Emerald City is currently experiencing an epic boom in terms of population, jobs, transportation, skyscrapers and urban development, I wanted to bring it into discussion.
Seattle has always struck me as being in a peculiar place in terms of the urban landscape. Almost like it's in a league of its own. Obviously, it is not SF, Boston, DC, or Vancouver levels of urbanity....but it most certainly is more urban and walkable compared to the San Diegos, Atlantas, or Austins, at least in my opinion.
Do you view Seattle as a major city, or do you think it feels like one? Do you think in the coming years it will be able to reach the importance (and get the respect) of more established cities like Boston? Since it technically is the capitol of the Pacific Northwest, I'm curious to see how all of the growth will continue to transform Seattle from what once was more of a sleepy backwater to a major world class city.