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Seattle UniversityLocal Atmosphere Facts & Statistics

Location
Seattle, WA
Undergrads
4,062
Tuition
$29,340
Admission Difficulty
Easy
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Facts & Statistics

Fun Local Trivia
  1. Seattle has been consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the country. It tied with Minneapolis in 2008 in the Central Connecticut State University survey, and has long dueled with that city for first place.
  2. The Pike Place Market is the oldest continuously operating public farmers market in the country, having first opened its stalls in 1907.
  3. The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (now officially the 'Albert D. Rosellini Bridge - Evergreen Point', but everyone still uses the old name) is the world's longest floating bridge, at 7,578 feet (2,310 meters).
  4. The Seattle International Film Festival, which runs every year from mid-May to mid-June, is the single largest film festival in the United States.
  5. Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, originally got its start in Pike Place Market
Notable Natives
  • Carol Channing
  • Alex Haley
  • Frank Murkowski
  • William Nye - "Bill Nye the Science Guy"
  • Theodore Roethke
  • Dan Savage
  • Mia Zapata
Local Slang
  • "The Mountain is out": Referring to Mount Rainier and when it can actually be seen through the clouds. Every true Seattleite knows which way to turn to look for it, regardless of where they're standing.
  • Granola: Similar to the hippie mentality, it is a special strain, found only in the Northwest.
  • The ID: The International District. Originally just "Chinatown," it has acquired its new name to reflect the ethnic diversity of its inhabitants, which are made up of almost every ethnicity from Asia. It contains a number of excellent shops and restaurants, as we
  • Liquid sunshine: Rain, showers, downpour, sprinkle, drizzle
  • The People's Republic of Fremont (aka 'The Center of the Universe'): A Nickname of the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, located across the Lake Washington Ship Canal from Queen Anne. Still a center of the counter-culture despite recent gentrification, it includes such oddities as a statue of Vladimir Lenin originally from
  • Sunbreaks: Intermissions between cloud-cover
  • The Viaduct: The Alaska Way Viaduct, an elevated roadway that runs along Elliot Bay through the Industrial District and Downtown Seattle. Frequently called an "eyesore" and a "death-trap," experts have given it a 1 in 20 chance of being badly damaged by an earthquake
Points of Interest
  • and Hall of Fame
  • Experience Music Project
  • Pacific Science Center
  • Pike Place Market
  • Qwest Stadium
  • Safeco Field
  • Science Fiction Museum
  • Seattle Aquarium
  • Seattle Art Museum
  • Seattle Center
  • Space Needle
  • Woodland Park Zoo
Shopping Centers
  • Broadway Market
  • Pacific Place
  • Westlake Center
Movie Theaters
The Egyptian Theater
805 E Pine St.
(206) 323-4978
Movie Theaters
General Cinema Pacific Place
600 Pine St.
(206) 652-2404
Movie Theaters
Harvard Exit Theater
807 E Roy at Harvard
(206) 781-5755
Movie Theaters
Loews Cineplex Meridian 16
1501 7th Ave.
(206) 223-9600
Major Sports Teams
  • Seattle Mariners: baseball
  • Seattle Seahawks: football
  • Seattle Sonics: basketball
  • Seattle Sounders: soccer
  • Seattle Storm: WNBA basketball
  • Seattle Thunderbirds: hockey
Distances to Nearest Major Cities
  • Spokane: WA: 4 hours, 20 minutes
  • Tacoma: WA: 40 minutes

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