Snobby in Seattle?

Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson Jul 5, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Snobby in Seattle?</h1>
                <h2><p>Movoto Real Estate got bored of open houses and decided to dive into “journalism,” posting a list of the snobbiest small cities in America on their blog. Four Seattle-area cities made the cut. Kirkland came in 19th place, followed by Redmond in 31st, Olympia in 38th and Sammamish in 44th.</p></h2>
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            <p>Movoto Real Estate got bored of open houses and decided to dive into “journalism,” posting a list of the snobbiest small cities in America <a href="http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/snobbiest-small-cities-in-america/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">on their blog</a>. Four Seattle-area cities made the cut. Kirkland came in 19th place, followed by Redmond in 31st, Olympia in 38th and Sammamish in 44th. Movoto’s snobby scale was based on a wide range of criteria, including median household income, art galleries per capita and scarcity of fast food restaurants. (We think measuring designer handbags per capita and caviar consumption would have led to more accurate rankings). — E.W.</p><p><em>Posted July 31, 1:01 p.m.:</em></p>
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Movoto Real Estate got bored of open houses and decided to dive into “journalism,” posting a list of the snobbiest small cities in America on their blog. Four Seattle-area cities made the cut. Kirkland came in 19th place, followed by Redmond in 31st, Olympia in 38th and Sammamish in 44th. Movoto’s snobby scale was based on a wide range of criteria, including median household income, art galleries per capita and scarcity of fast food restaurants. (We think measuring designer handbags per capita and caviar consumption would have led to more accurate rankings). — E.W.

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By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’