Macklemore went platinum. The Decemberists went to Portland.

We're 144 miles north, 744 feet above sea level at the summit, and roughly one Amazon campus ahead in every metric that matters. Seattle winters are gray, yes — but we spend them inside finishing billion-dollar product launches and arguing about the best banh mi on 12th. The mountain is out. Portland can see it from their side too, which is the nicest thing we'll say.