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Seattle isn’t within “extreme proximity” to the ocean. The open ocean is a several hour drive away. And if you’re going to include Seattle you would have to also include Baltimore.
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Originally Posted by samuelphilip
Yes, I debated putting on the list, I misjudged its location, but being reminded of Baltimore makes me now want to remove it altogether.
Seattle proper, Puget Sound (own photo)
Seattle might not be on open ocean, but Puget Sound off Seattle feels a lot more like ocean than Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Baltimore Inner Harbor is about 30 ft deep. Puget Sound is 1000 ft deep.
As the crow flies, the closest downtown to actual ocean is SD at a hair over 2 miles from Coronado Beach.
Miami’s would be second at a shade under 4 miles to Miami Beach.
DT SF/Boston are both about ~5 miles before you hit open water (there are still a few islands about 3 miles west of Winthrop, Boston in the harbor mind you).
The tip of Manhattan is almost 12 miles from Breezy Point in Brooklyn.
DT LA is ~14 miles from the Pacific in Santa Monica.
If you consider the Great Lakes as a “coast” only Chicago & Milwaukee DT actually sit on the shore front.
Seattle might not be on open ocean, but Puget Sound off Seattle feels a lot more like ocean than Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Baltimore Inner Harbor is about 30 ft deep. Puget Sound is 1000 ft deep.
Baltimore’s downtown was built as far inland as possible for safety reasons for fear of British, hence why it’s not at the mouth of the Patapsco River near the Francis Scott Bridge. Seattle never had those pressures hence it’s DT’s location, hence their difference in immediate feel.
The being said the entire Chesapeake bay is only ~30’ deep apart from the dredged shipping channels…. It still doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s a ridiculously large body of water that outside of the of a few areas around the Bay Bridge you can’t really see the other side from the shore line. It’s wayyy wider than Puget on average.
The Chesapeake Bay feels every bit as large as the Puget Sound especially when the topography of Seattle area constantly reminds you that body of water is geographically “contained” and has limits.
As the crow flies, the closest downtown to actual ocean is SD at a hair over 2 miles from Coronado Beach.
Miami’s would be second at a shade under 4 miles to Miami Beach.
DT SF/Boston are both about ~5 miles before you hit open water (there are still a few islands about 3 miles west of Winthrop, Boston in the harbor mind you).
The tip of Manhattan is almost 12 miles from Breezy Point in Brooklyn.
DT LA is ~14 miles from the Pacific in Santa Monica.
If you consider the Great Lakes as a “coast” only Chicago & Milwaukee DT actually sit on the shore front.
Honolulu harbor isn't too far from the ocean, and there are skyscrapers on the ocean, a rarity, only found in Miami Beach on the ocean. However, Long Beach has a skyline not too far from the ocean. I wonder why Long Beach's skyline isn't mentioned.
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