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Nike didn't invent a new type of shoe, they distributed Japanese running shoes to the US market.
pre nike, Addidas and puma seemed to be selling a lot of shoes
Nike was another marketing success story more than anything, again not to diminish the great companies to come out of Seattle but these explanations of inventing things are a bit silly
I do love me some Kirkland brand though ha and the 1.50 hot dogs
reading some of this I am pretty convinced there are many people who may have never left the PNW or West Coast
That's how I feel about people East of the Mississippi. I grew up in California and had no connection to Seattle until I moved there in 2005. From a California perspective, Seattle was HUGE culturally in the 1990s. It was the cool city among young White people. Even Seinfeld had a joke "Everyone's moving to Seattle. It's the Pesto of cities" referring to its trendiness.
pre nike, Addidas and puma seemed to be selling a lot of shoes
Nike was another marketing success story more than anything, again not to diminish the great companies to come out of Seattle but these explanations of inventing things are a bit silly
I do love me some Kirkland brand though ha and the 1.50 hot dogs
Some companies have more of a cultural impact than others - I think it's difficult to deny that Amazon and Starbucks have had a significant cultural impact.
Don't you remember where Dr. Evil's headquarters were?
Some companies have more of a cultural impact than others - I think it's difficult to deny that Amazon and Starbucks have had a significant cultural impact.
Don't you remember where Dr. Evil's headquarters were?
That's about right. Coffee shops existed but they weren't mass produced. There were mostly two types:
1. Artisan shops full of bohemians. Possibly with poetry readings.
2. Crappy coffee at doughnut shops.
Also, the cuisine (I'll use that word) was very different. People ordered cappuccinos, and there was chocolate, but nothing like today.
Also coffee at sit-down restaurants was mostly the same crap you got at the doughnut shops. Today the standard for any type of coffee outlet is higher.
I also STR that Starbucks burst onto the scene around the time American households were switching from percolators to drip coffeemakers with filters to brew coffee at home. That's when they discovered the Maxwell House they had been drinking really wasn't "good to the last drop."
I believe the big coffee roasters began to reduce the percentage of Robusta beans in their coffee around that time as well, and for this reason.
nawww, they definitely hang out in parking lots/Dunks in urban areas of MA. I've seen them here in the Howard street Dunks in Baltimore too.
I'm pretty sure if the cops just camped out around every Dunkin in Massachusetts, they would catch the majority of drug deals in the state. Doesn't even have to be that urban either. There's a ton of shady activity going on in the Dunkins on the Cape and South Shore too.
it seems odd to include corporations as an example of a city's *cultural* influence.
in that case, Atlanta and Bentonville, AR are some of the most influential cities in the world because of Coca Cola and Walmart respectively.
It depends on if the corporation is exporting an aspect of that city's culture and grew organically as part of that culture. In the case of Starbuck's, it's absolutely the case. Seattle has long been on the forefront of coffee culture in the US, largely due to the rainy weather for 6 months of the year. It's the reason that Tully's and Seattle's Best were also huge international coffee chains that came from Seattle. Like most mega-chains, these places severely dropped in quality once they expanded so dramatically, but Seattle still has hundreds of local roasters and mini-coffee chains that are top notch and the culture remains strong and cutting-edge.
Overall though, it's Seattle's rich musical legacy (which I've covered in painful detail in previous posts) that has had the strongest cultural impact.
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