The Everett Public Library has a big coffee shop and a fast free wireless connection. Their coffee prices are good too.
Here's a little piece about Everett from the Library website -
"Everett supports a healthy economy, utilizing the pluses of aerospace, telecommunications, computer technology, electronics, health care, tourism, education and government business, the paper products industry of Kimberly-Clark Corporation and numerous small businesses. In the 1990s, government plans for a Navy homeport came to fruition. Though scaled back in size from original plans, the Everett homeport is modern in size and design and commands a prominent place on the city’s waterfront."I have to add that since the time that piece was written plans for developing the waterfront have grown dramatically.
In the early 1900's the waterfront was the home of many lumber and shingle mills and Everett was known as the City of Smokestacks. Working conditions were poor and eventually workers, organized by the IWW (wobblies), rebelled - culminating in the Everett Massacre in 1916.
The mills gradually closed down and the waterfront was fairly barren in the 1980's after Western Gear closed (although the Everett Marina was, and continues to be, one of the largest and nicest marinas on the West Coast). One of the things I like about Everett is that it has a history as a town. There are many places called towns north of Seattle that are basically extensions of urban sprawl, or as we like to call them "unplanned" communities.
Their are plans in work to build condos, trails, and shops at the Everett waterfront in the near future. The Providence Everett Medical Center is expanding rapidly and will soon be one of the larger and most modern facilities in this area. It is already one of the top-rated hospitals in the Pacific Northwest.
All in all Everett Washington is a fine place to live and work.
If you move here I'd recommend settling in the city, or at least near where you will work, you don't wan't to drive on the freeways or major surface streets during rush hour.
