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Since its launch in November 1996 Neighbors has profiled communities, large and small, all around the Puget Sound area.
Anacortes: More here than a ferry terminal
Anderson Island:Puget Sound's most southern island
Arlington: A country town with an old-time feeling
Auburn: Still small art heart
Bainbridge Island: A world away from the big city
Ballard: A big-city neighborhood with a small-town feel
Beaux Arts: A suburban village
Beacon Hill: One place, many cultures
Bellevue: Essential Eastside
Bitter Lake:Country-like urban oasis
Black Diamond: A rural past, an urban future
Blue Ridge: Tucked away in the corner
Bothell: Where the future meets the past
Bremerton: Fighting for a comeback
Brier: All play and no work
Buckley: A small town hangs onto its unique identity
Burien: Pride in the past, eye to the future
Bonney Lake: Seeking to build community and character
Broadview: A cozy North End enclave
Burlington: Balancing farm and future
Camano Island: A friendly island retreat
Canyon Park: A community in its own right
Capitol Hill: The strangest spot in town
Carnation: A small town with a big heart
Central Area: On the rebound
Clinton: A tiny island oasis
Clyde Hill: Wealth, power, neighborliness
Columbia City: Celebrating diversity
Coupeville: Where yesteryear endures
Crossroads: A mall-town renaissance
Crown Hill: Hidden treasures spring from humble beginnings
Darrington: A good life in the country
Denny Regrade: A community in transition
Des Moines: A world away from the big city
Downtown Seattle: A community at the core
DuPont: Small-town charm meets 'new urbanism'
Duvall: From small town to suburb
Eastlake: Keeping the Bohemian spirit alive
Eatonville: The 'pathway to paradise'
Edison: This quiet town seems to keep time at bay
Edmonds: Balancing nature, culture and business
Enumclaw: Bedroom community is no longer snoozing
Everett: An old mill town rises
Fauntleroy: Uniquely Seattle in spirit
Federal Way: A place of opportunity
Fife: A town split by changing times, and changing traffic
First Hill: Seattle's first neighborhood
Fort Lewis/Lakewood: Two different communities bound together
Fremont: Seattle's hippest neighborhood
Georgetown: Seattle's last untamed neighborhood
Gig Harbor: More than a village, less than a city
Granite Falls:
Fast-growing area but still ideal small town
Green Lake: A recreational mecca
Greenwood: 'Hidden treasure' in North Seattle
Haller Lake: Taking a stand for simplicity
Hunts Point: Wealth, power, neighborliness
Index: Off the beaten track
Indianola: Like being on vacation all the time
International District: Something old, something new
Issaquah: A charming village in the mountains
Juanita: More than just a popular beach destination
Judkins Park: From rejection to renewal
Kent: From farm town to boomtown
Key Peninsula: Community friendly, but rough around the edges
Kingston: Keeping it rural
Kirkland: From hamlet to urban village
La Conner: Artsy waterfront town by the tulip fields
Lacey: A community in search of itself
Lake City: A sense of balance
Lake Forest Park: A small, friendly, quietly maintained town
Lake Stevens: A fast-growing small town
Laurelhurst: Where roots run deep
Leschi: Quality living by the lake
Licton Springs: North Seattle's 'hidden jewel'
Lopez Island: An amiable, friendly hideaway
Lynnwood: Lots of shops and lots of soul
Madison Park: A true urban village
Madison Valley: A study in contrasts
Madrona: Pride in diversity
Magnolia: A changing scene with great views
Maltby: So near, yet so far
Maple Leaf: A Seattle secret
Maple Valley: Taking a stand against growth
Marysville: A place for all ages
Medina: Wealth, power, neighborliness
Mercer Island: So close and yet so far removed
Mill Creek: Suburban nirvana
Monroe: Small-town flavor is changing
Montlake: Protecting a piece of paradise
Mount Baker: A community reborn
Mountlake Terrace: More than just a bedroom community
Mukilteo: Something old, something new
Newport Hills & Newcastle: Eastside neighborhoods mine community spirit
Normandy Park: At peace with the world
North Bend: Inside the real-life "Twin Peaks"
Oak Harbor: A town with military, old-time values
Orcas Island: Individualists with a real sense of community
Phinney Ridge: A family favorite
Pike Place Market: The heart of the city
Pioneer Square: The crossroads between the past and future
Port Orchard: Seeking an identity
Port Townsend: Where nothing is quite what it seems
Poulsbo: 'Little Norway' grows up
Puyallup: Hanging on to that country flavor
Queen Anne: The 'hood on the hill
Lower Queen Anne: Gentrification or bust
Rainier Beach: Off the beaten track
Rainier Valley: On the mend
Ravenna: Quintessential Seattle
Redmond: More than Microsoft's backyard
Renton: Blue-collar and proud of it
Richmond Beach: An eclectic beach town with a history
Ruston and Point Defiance: A park, zoo and old smelter too
Sahalee: 'High heavenly ground' of golf
Sammamish Plateau: King County's rural getaway
San Juan Island: A days-gone-by community
SeaTac: Life beneath thundering skies
Sedro-Woolley: History and community
Sequim: Driest city is in growth mode, with mixed reviews
Seward Park: Seattle's best-kept secret
Shaw Island: Secluded, quiet and very private
Shelton: Close to nature and her bounty
Shilshole/Sunset Hill: Boats, food, views and so much more
Shoreline: Where schools and politics go hand in hand
Silverdale: Central Kitsap goes shopping for cityhood
Skykomish: Where the past still lives
Skyway/West Hill: People try to overcome their identity problem
Smokey Point: Where the past lives on
Snohomish: A town where people care
Snoqualmie: Between country and suburb
Snoqualmie Pass: Life in the snowy wastes
Southcenter: More than a mall
Sodo: Gritty and blue collar
South Lake Union: Promise amid growing pains
South Park: Obscure neighborhood on the rebound
Spanaway: The old clashes with the new
Stanwood: Old town with a modern tint
Sumner: From hop fields to tulips and antiques
Tukwila: Emerging from the shadows
Tulalip: A community where strangers are few
University District: For the young and young at heart
Vashon Island: United in isolation
View Ridge: The best of city and suburb
Wallingford: Primed with passion
Wedgwood: An island in the city
West Seattle Junction: Take a step back in time
White Center: Outgrowing its wilder days
Woodinville: A boom town abloom
Yarrow Point: Wealth, power, neighborliness
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