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Where did the op specify it had to be bustling/active, the op wanted to know which downtown had all the entertainment/food/shopping etc. and there are places outside of downtown Seattle where you can do that, even in Seattle proper, remember the op specified downtown not urban core, even pike place market (the main tourist attraction) isn't in "downtown/central business district"
Not Downtown Seattle: Capital Hill, First Hill, Lake Union/Denny Triangle, Half of Belltown and Stadiums area as depicted by the old transit downtown free zone map back in the 1990's.
patently unfair, Dave!!!!!!! Awhile back, when the Pac 10 was considering expansion, there was talk of UT and A&M joining this west coast conference. Topper obviously had this in mind when he constructed his thread and his poll.
San Francisco has the largest downtown, with a good percentage of the region's office space, domination of local tourism, the most retail in the region, etc. But much of the region's "stuff" is diffused like pro sports and Amtrak, and the Silicon Valley is on a similar or greater level for offices.
Seattle's office inventory is more concentrated in the core in percentage terms. Tourism, while obviously smaller, is also heavily concentrated in the core. Pro sports, Amtrak, and so on are right there. It has the second best downtown retail of this group. I'd say it's the most downtown centric on the list.
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