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　Seattle （U．S．）

　　Ever wondered whether caffeine is a viable substitute for sunshine? If so， Seattle is your kind of town． More than any other city in the region， Seattle epitomizes（浓缩） what people know of the Pacific Northwest． Nevermind that its sunshiny days can be suicidally few － its residents are among the nation's most outgoing and outdoorsy（爱好野外活动的）． Sure， it had everybody wearing flannel （法兰绒）shirts and whistling Nirvana for a while， but consider also the good things it's given us： the city's chilly mornings had the espresso（浓咖啡） generation brewing long before Starbucks sold its first cup． If you're looking for lifestyle， Seattle has it in spades（肯定地）．

　　Seattle is situated in the west of Washington， the northwesternmost state． The largest city in the state， Seattle sits on a skinny slip of land between the Puget Sound（普吉特海湾） and Lake Washington． Lake Union and the Lake Washington Ship Canal divide the city into northern and southern halves； downtown and the Capitol Hill and Queen Anne neighborhoods lie south of the canal， the U District is to the northeast．

　　Compared to the rest of the city， downtown orientation is pretty straightforward． Historic Pioneer Square contains most of the must－see sites． Seattle Center， home to many of the city's cultural and sport facilities， is just northwest of downtown．

　　Seattle's first boom came when the ship Portland docked in 1897 with its now－famous cargo： two tons of Yukon gold． Within weeks， thousands of fortune hunters from across the country passed through on their way to the northern gold fields． Local business blossomed as Seattle became the banking center for the nouveau riche（爆发户）， and the bars， brothels（妓院） and honky－tonks（下等酒馆） of Pioneer Square overflowed with pleasure－starved miners．

　　The boom continued through WWI， when Northwest lumber was greatly in demand and shipyards along the Puget Sound 'harvested' the surrounding forests． WWII furthered the shipbuilding boom， and aircraft and atomic energy industries added to the region's pattern of profit． Today， international trade and tech firms （such as Microsoft and Amazon） make up the backbone（支柱） of Seattle's booming economy． And although Boeing， for decades as synonymous with Seattle as rain， announced in 2001 that it was up and leaving for windier pastures in Chicago， the city's progressive politics， inventive culture and ready access to outdoor recreation continue to lure restless people like no place else on the West Coast