Seattle — you complicated, gorgeous, coffee-scented chimera — why do we stay with you?
As of the 2010 Census, 80 percent of U.S. citizens lived in urban areas. Human beings are drawn to cities for work, culture, camaraderie and hipster coffee shops (among other things).
Every city starts somewhere. Some plug along, while others take off with growth most inhabitants never imagined. Seattle has been both types of city, from the home of the last person leaving turning out the lights, to construction-crane magnet.
Like every place, our once sleepy, now burgeoning city has charms and issues. So what keeps us here specifically? A recent gathering of Seattleites addressed that question. The storytellers are Jasmine Allred, Greg LaVielle, Melissa Lee, Bridget Quigg, Jeffrey Robert and Michael Perera.
This “Why We Stayed Here” event took place at Theatre Off Jackson on January 17. KUOW’s Jeannie Yandel produced and hosted the event. Sonya Harris recorded the talks.
Listen to the full version below:
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John O'Brien
Senior Producer, All Things Considered
John O’Brien is KUOW's All Things Considered Senior Producer. He spends his days setting up interviews with newsmakers on subjects from politics and public health to arts and culture. John learned to make radio starting in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation with Ross Reynolds.
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