How our city got its name, the Big One and the Seattle Freeze are just a few of the things Seattleites think everyone should know about our city.
We were inspired by “What Every American Should Know,” a project by the Seattle-based Citizen University. So we asked our Evergrey community and Seattleites from across the city what 10 things all Seattleites need to know to be civically and culturally literate. In other words, “What do you think every Seattleite should know given this moment we’re at in our city’s history?”
Here’s what we heard.
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