I’m currently traveling with my wife and two small children in the Pacific Northwest.
We’re staying in a city called Kirkland, Washington — across the lake from Seattle and a few miles west of Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond. Costco was founded here, and Google has a growing campus.
The booming local economy can be seen in the housing market, which I described a couple weeks ago. It can also be seen at the local Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) across the street from my hotel.
A fun fact for coffee lovers: Kirkland has more Starbucks locations per capita than Seattle, with 13 locations serving this city of 50,000 people. (more)
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