Seattle: City of the Future
In This Series
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Climate refugees are already finding asylum in Seattle
The Pacific Northwest is a refuge for people fleeing drought, deluge, and monster storms.
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Why Seattle still has a huge garbage problem
The city says it wants to get to "zero waste," but residents apparently have a hard time with change.
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Can Seattle’s restaurants survive the new $15 minimum wage?
Restaurant owners embrace -- and worry about -- Seattle's new minimum wage hike.
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One mom’s fight to make Seattle’s most polluted neighborhood greener
DeVona Lahrman is leading a crusade to get kids more safe places to play outside in the heart of the city's industrial district.
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Tent cities: Seattle’s unique approach to homelessness
To hold back a rising tide, Seattle has embraced an approach that other cities have outlawed.
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Somehow, Seattle musicians are still killing it
Watch us chat with Tacocat, the palindromic stars of Seattle's music scene, about feminist punk, public transit, and Macklemore.
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Watch us (poorly) ride the Transportation of the Future
We just had to try out the Solowheel.
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Is Amazon’s new Seattle HQ the ultimate tech utopia?
Unlike many of its dot-com peers, Amazon has staked its claim in the city, rather than the suburbs. Now all it needs is more housing. And some nightlife. And...
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Seattle’s unbelievable transportation megaproject fustercluck
Seattle is involved in a slow-motion catastrophe, as construction of a new car-centric tunnel grinds to a halt and cost overruns loom.
