I think of Seattle as having a gray-green heart. It is a city shaped by nature, a city of snow-covered mountains, sparkling glaciers, and blue lakes. It has been called "America's Most Dynamic City," the "No. 1 City of the Future," and " America's Athens" by three major U.S. publications. But why has a town that is so far away from the nation's major power centers attracted so much attention? The answers may lie in Seattle's youthful energy and its scenery.
Seattle began as a wild pioneer town, and its energy continues in vigorous political activity and in the quiet creation of more millionaires per capita than any other urban area in the United States.