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Old Posted Aug 31, 2011, 7:21 PM
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Downtown Tacoma is entirely a big steep hill, while Seattle had easier slopes and large areas of relative flat. Then Seattle removed hills and filled tideflats a century ago. All of that allowed Downtown Seattle to expand far more easily. Tacoma filled tideflats but mostly for seaport and industrial uses.

Looking at a map, it is pretty remarkable about how similar Commencement Bay and Elliott Bay are.
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