Seattle
Is the next Silicon Valley on Puget Sound? Washington has the U.S.'s highest proportion of engineers, and Seattle is seeing $1 billion in VC funds a year. The Fremont District, home to Google's new research lab, has become a magnet for tech startups. Raising Seattle's cultural cred: the art museum's recent expansion and the opening of the $85 million Olympic Sculpture Park.
Image: The backdrop of downtown Seattle, WA. | Photograph: Dan Callister/Newsmakers
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