Seattle! You try so hard to be so many other places; you play up your citizens' technical savvy to bring them from Silicon Valley, you try to order yourself to appeal to New Yorkers, you seek to preserve the friendliness of smaller towns and your own history. Why can't you be happy with yourself? Be your own city. Be rainy and sunny and flaunt with pride your streak of provincial good-naturedness. And, for God's sake, start driving people away. Housing prices are too high, and it's hard to find a cheap, good coffee anymore.
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