written by Miss Wendy O Washington We said goodbye to the mountains, the altitude, the hot days and freezing nights and the scary hairy beasts, and headed West into Washington (the most North Westerly State). There was a sudden drop in temperature as we crossed the state line where the weather was wet and the skies stormy. Like the mountains, Washington escapes the whole convenience and mall epidemic infesting the mid West and East coast. It was refreshing to see bare highways and where downtown is where most shop, eat and drink. Seattle, home to Jimi Hendrix, Starbucks, Microsoft and Grunge, is a cool city bursting with character. But it doesn’t take long before you can’t help noticing the huge homeless and poverty problems they have. Maybe it’s just more concentrated, but it’s certainly the worst
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