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So. >> anthony: in a lot of ways, this was always a company town. you know, boeing, before boeing it was a logging town. the new company is tech and it is flooding money into the place. i look out my hotel room window and i mean there are cranes as far as the eye can see. >> dustin: you realize, like, okay, all those cranes out there are for high-rise condos, they're for a certain type of person. they're envisioning a certain type of future for the city and it's tech people. >> anthony: or, you know, somebody who likes to drive around and pick up hitchhikers and dismember them. [ laughter ] >>...

I mean you got the ocean there, you've got cattle country and orchard country just over the mountains. >> anthony: yeah. >> knute: to say why the things is changed in seattle is there's not just the pike place market but every neighborhood has a market that -- >> anthony: has a green market. >> knute: yeah, and so those entrepreneurs have a place to sell, they can go to all the markets or just some of them. but it's really fantastic. >> anthony: so, everybody born and bred in seattle? >> knute: i was. yeah. >> anthony: born here? >> jack: yes. >> fred: bellingham, which is -- >> anthony: oh su...

And yet, you've created this sort of iconic hate anthem. can you tell the tech people from the non-tech people? >> dustin: yeah, they have the badges. >> astra: neutral-colored clothing. they're kind of easy to spot. they have a walk. >> anthony: they have a walk? >> astra: yeah. they're just all the same. there's nothing that really stands out about them. they're so dull. ♪ you've got to feel that rhythm ♪ ♪ that algorithim >> astra: you know, dating apps are really big here. i have a few girlfriends who have dated a couple of tech boys. >> is their personal hygiene an issue? >> astra: ...

Good ingredients. >> yeah. you have the ocean there. you have cattle country and orchard country over the mountains. there's not just the market but every neighborhood. those entrepreneurs have place to sell. they can go to the markets or some of them. it's really fantastic. >> everybody born and bred in seattle? >> i was. >> born here? >> yes. >> bellingham. >> sure. serial killer capital of the world. ted bundy and the green river killer were patrons in that bar. >> the hillside strangler. >> the sniper. >> worse one was the green river killer. >> why is seattle and the pacific northwest suc...

Jack whisner is a transit planner for king county metro. and knute berger is a journalist and columnist for "seattle weekly." old school seattle, all. taylor shellfish oyster bar in pioneer square is old school too. the taylor family has been farming more than 12,000 acres of tidelands in the puget sound, willapa bay and the hood canal for over five generations, since 1890. with three restaurants in town, they know what they're doing. >> anthony: are you eating this whole? head, tail, bones and all? >> knute: yes. ♪ >> anthony: whole local smelt, flash-fried and served with pepperoncini samb...