Connelly: Is the 'Seattle way' turning into the Seattle scream?
Magazines used to celebrate Seattle as America's "most livable" city, with paens of envy to the laid-back Northwest lifestyle.
We are now getting a different reputation, as a town of acrimonious confrontations, soaring housing costs, congested traffic, people living on its streets, and a middle class that is being taxed and taxed by city government.