Talk:Eastside (King County, Washington)
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[edit] Seahawks move
The Seattle Seahawks have moved their training location from Kirkland to Renton. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.73 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 23 October 2006
[edit] Definition of Eastside
I've never heard of anyone consider Renton being in the Eastside...ABA 10:40, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
- I have. I've also heard this contested. I don't think people are able to agree on that one. Also I think a lot of people consider anything outside of Seattle the Eastside. People just think if it's the suburbs, it's the Eastside. FireWeed 19:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
People here are very confused, if Paul Allen (who lives in Mercer Island) lives on the Eastside, that means Mercer Island is on the Eastside. That means that the Eastside does not mean "Eastside of the lake" sense Mercer Island is in the middle of the lake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.107.0.73 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 17 August 2007
"Eastside" means the east side of Lake Washington. But what that means exactly is unclear--where does the east side of the lake start, and how far east of the lake does it extend? I'm a Seattle native and long-time King County resident and I can't give a clear answer to either of those questions. Some people would include Renton and/or Bothell, some would include cities and towns in the Snoqualmie Valley (Duvall, Carnation, Fall City, Snoqualmie, and North Bend), and some would not include Woodinville. Many would not include Mercer Island in my experience. If there is a standard list of recognized "Eastside" cities that is being used for this article, we should link to it. If not, choosing any set of cities is original research and/or POV, and the article should stress that the exact definition is unclear. Also, how were the "major communities" of the Eastside decided? Is it arbitrarily fixed at 10000 residents, or is there some other criterion used? If it's wholly arbitrary the reference should be removed.
The Eastside Business Journal lists the following cities as Eastside: Bellevue, Bothell, Issaquah, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Redmond, Sammamish and Woodinville.
The Eastside Transportation Partnership, part of the Puget Sound Regional Council, lists [PDF] the following Eastside cities: Beaux Arts, Bellevue, Clyde Hill, Duvall, Hunts Point, Issaquah, Kirkland, Medina, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Redmond, Sammamish, and Yarrow Point. This is similar to the current list in this article but does not include Woodinville.
Sound Transit's "East King County subarea" lists the following cities: Beaux Arts, Bellevue, Bothell, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Issaquah, Kirkland, Medina, Mercer Island, Newcastle, Redmond, Renton, Woodinville, and Yarrow Point. It is similar to the ETP list but does not include Duvall or Sammamish, and does include Woodinville and Bothell.
These are all good prospective sources for a canonical list of Eastside cities. I may update soon with a definition that includes all of the cities found in all of these sources, and also lists the cities that are considered part of the Eastside by one or two credible sources. Llachglin (talk) 23:07, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
