Settlements similar to or like Seattle

Main article of a series that covers the history of Seattle, Washington, a city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Major port city that has a history of boom and bust. Wikipedia

Geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Though no official boundary exists, the most common conception includes the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) and the U.S. states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Wikipedia

County seat of and the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. 25 mi north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Wikipedia

State in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in 1846, in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. Wikipedia

City in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. Third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and has variously been characterized as an edge city, a suburb, boomburb, or satellite city. Wikipedia

City in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. In eastern Washington along the Spokane River adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 mi south of the Canada–U.S. border, 18 mi west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 mi east of Seattle along Interstate 90. Wikipedia