Apple has announced that it's expanding its presence in Seattle. I checked out the area where Apple is putting down roots on a recent visit to the city.
Already, Apple has pledged to have at least 2,000 workers in this office by the end of the year.
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It's also close to Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture, which was founded by the late Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. Seattle has deep ties to Big Tech.
Apple's new campus will be only an 11 minute walk from Amazon's headquarters, as marked by the now-iconic Amazon Spheres.
Amazon and Microsoft both make their homes in and around the city, and Google and Facebook have been expanding their Seattle presences, too. In fact, Google and Facebook have also started to move in on Amazon's turf.
Source: GeekWire
But it's across the street from a gym and an apartment complex.
Speaking of apartments: Housing in Seattle is still expensive, relative to the rest of the country — the average home price in the city is $784,925, as the Seattle Times recently reported. Still, that's cheaper than the $1.13 million median home price in Santa Clara county, where Apple's Cupertino mothership is located.