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During the summer of 2016 I relocated from Seattle to Las Vegas. Since then, I have not put up new posts here on New To Seattle, although visitors are free to comment on older posts, to which I often respond. In Sin City I've launched a new blog, New To Las Vegas, which continues my same tradition of observation, musings and commentary. Visitors can access my new blog by clicking here. Please visit and stay awhile.

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A century ago, the Great Seattle Boom was much bigger–and sketchier

Posted on November 20, 2015 by William P. BarrettNovember 20, 2015

Its origins were gold and vice

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Posted in Amazon, Costco, Seattle economy, Seattle government, Seattle history, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle politics, Starbucks | Tagged 500-room bordello, 500-room brothel, Burton J. Hendrick, Charles Wappenstein, Erastus Brainerd, Great Northern Railway, Great Seattle Boom, Hillside Improvement Co., Hiram Gill, James J. Hill, John F. Miller, Klondike Gold Rush, McClure's Magazine, Richard A. Ballinger, Seattle boom, Seattle red light district, Seattle vice, Skid Road Seattle, Washington State suffrage, William Hickman Moore, Yesler Way | Leave a reply

Richest people in Seattle get a lot richer

Posted on September 29, 2014 by William P. BarrettSeptember 29, 2014

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Net worth of nine local Forbes 400 members rises by $18.75 bllion

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Posted in Seattle celebrities, Seattle economy, Starbucks | Tagged Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Camas WA, Craig McCaw, Forbes 400, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Ken Fisher, Paul Allen, richest people in Seattle, richest people in Washington State, Starbucks, Steve Ballmer | 1 Reply

Seattle area ranks No. 2 on new Coolest Cities list

Posted on August 6, 2014 by William P. BarrettAugust 6, 2014

Forbes.com looked at pleasure options and youthful demographics.

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Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle image, Starbucks | Tagged coolest cities, Forbes, Forbes.com, seattle coolest city | Leave a reply

Usual suspects around Seattle unusually rich, as usual

Posted on March 3, 2014 by William P. BarrettJuly 5, 2014

Same 10 grace new Forbes list of the world’s richest.

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Posted in Seattle celebrities, Seattle economy, Starbucks | Tagged Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Craig McCaw, Forbes billionaires, Gabe Newell, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, richest people in Seattle, Steve Ballmer | Leave a reply

New ‘View of the World from 9th Avenue’ would include Seattle

Posted on February 6, 2014 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

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City wasn’t on famous 1976 New Yorker cover

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Posted in Amazon, Costco, Seattle celebrities, Seattle economy, Seattle history, Seattle image, Starbucks | Tagged Amazon.com, Bill Gates, Costco, egocentrically myoptic perspective, Gerard Schwarz, Kurt Cobain, Microsoft, Nirvana, Paul Allen, Saul Steinberg, Super Bowl 48, Super Bowl XLVIII, The New Yorker, View From 9th Avenue | 1 Reply

Fresh attention to a Seattle inferiority complex

Posted on January 16, 2014 by William P. BarrettMay 30, 2015

Seattle Times gives big play to collective personality quirk

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Posted in Seattle Freeze, Seattle image, Seattle sports, Seattle Times, Starbucks | Tagged Seattle Freeze, Seattle inferiority complex, Seattle Nice, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle-San Francisco rivalry | Leave a reply

World headline writers gun for Seattle’s Starbucks

Posted on September 19, 2013 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

New no-guns-please policy becomes media fodder

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Posted in Seattle image, Seattle politics, Starbucks | Tagged Howard Schlutz, Seattle progressive politics, Starbucks, Starbucks gun policy | Leave a reply

Forbes 400 list catches up with New To Seattle

Posted on September 16, 2013 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

Nordstrom family’s Anne Gittinger officially joins ritzy roster

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Posted in Amazon, Seattle charities, Seattle economy, Starbucks | Tagged Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Craig McCaw, Forbes 400 list, Forbes Rich List, Howard Schultz, James Jinnard, Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, Seattle Usual Suspects, Steve Ballmer | Leave a reply

In Seattle, the usual suspects again (plus two)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

Anne Gittinger and Gabe Newell join roster of the world’s richest.

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Posted in Seattle economy, Starbucks | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Christian Grey, Craig McCaw, Fifty Shades of Grey, Gabe Newell, Harvard, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Oakley sunglasses, Paul Allen, richest man in seattle, richest people in Seattle, richest woman in Seattle, Starbucks, Steve Ballmer | Leave a reply

Seattle influence in, of all places, Antarctica

Posted on January 7, 2013 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

More than a dozen features are named for local persons

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Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle economy, Seattle history, Seattle media, Seattle Times, Starbucks | Tagged Admiral Byrd, Antarctica, Arthur H. Sulzberger, Bernard Hallet, Block Bay, Block Peak, Board on Geographic Names, Charles F. Raymond, Conway Ice Ridge, Edwin D. Waddington, G.C. Hamilton, Gonzalo J. Hernandez, Grootes Peak, Hallet Valley, Hearst Island, Hernandez Valley, Howard B. Conway, Howard Heights, Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, J. Hoover Mackin, Joseph L. Pulitzer, Mackin Table, McClatchy Co., Minze Stuiver, Misch Crag, Mount Hamilton, Mount Iphigene, Mount Pulitzer, Nadine A. Nereson, Nereson Glacier, Paul Block, Peter Misch, Pieter Meiert Grootes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Raymond Ice Ridge, Redman Pond, Regina Redman, Richard E. Byrd, Rodriquez Pond, Row W. Howard, Russell Rodriquez, Stephen G. Warren, Stuiver Valley, Sulzberger Bay, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Washington, Volunteer Park, Waddington Glacier, Warren Ridge, Washington Escarpment, William Block, William H. Seward, William randolph hearst | Leave a reply

Marijuana legalization is giving Seattle a goofy reputation

Posted on December 14, 2012 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

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City’s image is, uh, rapidly changing

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Posted in Amazon, Costco, Seattle culture, Seattle image, Starbucks | Tagged Amazon.com, Costco, dissolving condom, Hempfest, Jay Leno, Microsoft, NASA earth photos, Seattle Freeze, Seattle image, Seattle jaywalking, Seattle marijuana, Starbucks, The Matrix, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, University of Washington, Washington State marijuana | 2 Replies

The usual suspects of Seattle (plus others)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

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Bruce Nordstrom climbs onto the Forbes 400 list, but what about his sister?

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Posted in Amazon, Seattle economy, Seattle history, Starbucks | Tagged Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Craig McCaw, Forbes 400, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, New-York Tribune, Nordstrom, Oakley, Paul Allen, Starbucks, Steve Ballmer | 2 Replies

New-arena debate in Seattle involves city’s self-image

Posted on August 18, 2012 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

Do residents want a big-time city, or not?

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Posted in Amazon, Seattle culture, Seattle history, Seattle image, Seattle infrastructure, Seattle sports, Starbucks | Tagged CenturyLink Field, Chris Hansen, Howard Schultz, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, porposed Seattle arena, Safeco Field, SuperSonics | Leave a reply

Latest novel about Seattle lampoons city’s persona

Posted on August 12, 2012 by William P. BarrettMay 30, 2015

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‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’, by Maria Semple, finds much fodder in local doings

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Posted in Seattle crime, Seattle culture, Seattle drivers, Seattle Freeze, Seattle image, Seattle politics, Seattle weather, Starbucks | Tagged Bernadette, Bill Gates, Choate Rosemary Hall, E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey, Galer Street School, Jim Lynch, Lakeside School, Maria Semple, Microsoft, Mike McGinn, Nordstrom, Paul Allen, Pike Place Market, Queen Anne Hill, Seattle weather, Space Needle, Starbucks, Steve Balmer, Truth Like the Sun, Where'd You Go | 1 Reply

Starbucks bug story is big news outside Seattle

Posted on April 20, 2012 by William P. BarrettApril 20, 2012

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Headline writers have a field day

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Posted in Seattle economy, Starbucks | Tagged beetles, bugs, Frappuccino, Starbucks | 4 Replies

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