seattle
SEATTLE Welcome to Seattle! ... The "birth" of Seattle is marked by the November 13, 1851, landing of settlers at Alki Beach in what is now West Seattle. ... The university was located in downtown Seattle until the move to its present campus on Lake Washington in 1895. ... Seattle resident Asa Mercer, who also taught the Universitys original students, recruited the group to provide teachers for the young community and to alleviate the problem of lack of women in the Puget Sound area. ... The Town of Seattle is incorporated on January 14, 1865 by the Territory of Washington Legislature. ... This incorporation was repealed in 1866, after receiving a petition from some Seattle citizens. Then on December 2, 1869, the Legislature again incorporated Seattle. Chief Seattle, the leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish Tribes in whose honor Seattle was named, died on June 7, 1866. ... Seattle is a bustling city with lots going on and as one would guess, there are all kinds of individuals that live and work there. Being the chief city in the state of Washington, Seattle boasts a population of over 560,000 people. ... The races living in Seattle are not as equally balanced though; actually the come nowhere close. Over 70% of Seattle is white and that makes up about 395,000 people. ... Seattle has a large number of people holding their bachelor’s degree with 122,000 as well as 71,000 with a masters. ... Seattle’s median household income is $46,000. ... Seattle is considered by many to be the best place to live in the western United States, and since the year 2000 there has been an increase of 40. ... Since the year 1980 there was an increase of 12,000 immigrants flawing to the city of Seattle. ... This impoact in Seattle’s immigrant population is understated to the extent that it does not take into account the youths born to the immigrant population, however, those children are part of the native-born population rather than the immigrant population. The population projection in the year 2025 in Seattle is an expected 700,000 + people. ... In a recent article that was mentioned in Seattle Times, a man who had been jay walking was stopped by a local officer and was discovered to have no green card. ... Seattle’s numbers look pretty good and they continue to improve. So lets see what if any problems Seattle’s residents are facing. ... Like and city, Seattle has its own current and ongoing problems. The largest and most damaging problem facing Seattle today is the unemployment rate. ... The city of Seattle has struggled more than any other area in Washington. ... The Seattle metro area absorbed 5,000 of the 8,000 job losses. ... Since the month of September, the state had been experiencing growth, but Seattle remained flat. Seattle is home to the Boeing job cuts, and is more sensitive to the weak world and national economies than the rest of the state. ... Local technical companies such as Microsoft and Boeing have hired thousands of workers in recent years, turning Seattle into a hub for software development, however only 8% of their work forces have come from state colleges and universities. ... Seattle representatives state that local schools need to be the number one source of talent for Microsoft and Boeing. ... The city of Seattle is currently in the planning process of their Solid Wastes Facilities Master Plan which will update the system and increase recycling capabilities. ... Some of Seattle’s strategies to improve the air are to encourage people to use public transportation or car pool.