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At night, what you see is a city, because all you see is lights. by day, it doesn't look like a city at all. the trees out-number the houses. and that's completely typical of seattle. you can't quite tell: is it a city, is it a suburb, is the forest growing back?
-Jonathan Raban
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Jonathan Raban
At night, what you see is a city, because all you see is lights. by day, it doesn't look like a city at all. the trees out-number the houses. and that's completely typical of seattle. you can't quite tell: is it a city, is it a suburb, is the forest growing back?
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