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Car Hire Seattle is the largest
city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the
U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake washington, about 96 miles
south of the United States?Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county
seat.
Car Hire Seattle is the hub for the Greater Puget Sound region.
Its official nickname is the Emerald City, the result of a contest by a civic-minded
association in the early 1980s to designate a pleasant nickname for the city; the
name alludes to the lush evergreen trees in the surrounding area. It is also referred
to informally as the Gateway to Alaska, Queen City, and Jet City, due to the local
influence of Boeing. Residents of Seattle are known as Seattleites.
Seattle is often regarded as the birthplace of grunge music, and has a reputation
for heavy coffee consumption; coffee companies founded in Seattle include Starbucks,
Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's.
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