Seattle. A city to live in.
Geography
Location
Seattle is a city in the state of Washington in the north-west of the USA. Seattle is located between the saltwater Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) to the west and Lake Washington to the east. The sea, rivers, forests, lakes, and fields surrounding Seattle were once rich enough to support one of the world's few sedentary hunter-gatherer societies. The surrounding area lends itself well to sailing, skiing, bicycling, camping, and hiking year-round.
Due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Seattle is in a major earthquake zone.
Demographics
With a 2020 population of 737,015 Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle has an area of 367.97 km2..
Urban layout
The street layout of Seattle is based on a series of disjointed rectangular street grids.
Most streets in Seattle run either north–south or east–west. However, this orientation does not prevail in one of the oldest and densest parts of the town. The majority of housing in Seattle is in either single-family houses or apartments in large buildings. A small amount of Seattle's land allows multifamily residential areas.