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Bainbridge Island is an island in Puget Sound, and is an incorporated city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 20,308 at the 2000 census.
In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine named Bainbridge Island the second-best place to live in the United States. It is locally known for its affluence, natural beauty, political progressivism, and high proportion of architects and lawyers with jobs in downtown Seattle. The local newspapers are the Bainbridge Island Review (twice-weekly) and the Kitsap Sun (a daily that also produces a weekly tabloid, the Bainbridge Islander).
Island located across the water from downtown Seattle. It was once famed for its strawberry fields, Bainbridge is now mostly wealthy retirees or commuters. Farming is almost completely gone with land prices becoming out of reach for most young people. Bainbridge High School is well known for producing athletes and artists...most everyone goes on to higher education. Many young people find it disconcerting that they will never be able to afford to live on the island themselves. Recent flood of Californians moving to the island is a negative development to many, as are the new hotels and condos popping up everywhere. Famous for being the first place Japanese were relocated to internment camps.
In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine named Bainbridge Island the second-best place to live in the United States. It is locally known for its affluence, natural beauty, political progressivism, and high proportion of architects and lawyers with jobs in downtown Seattle. The local newspapers are the Bainbridge Island Review (twice-weekly) and the Kitsap Sun (a daily that also produces a weekly tabloid, the Bainbridge Islander).
Island located across the water from downtown Seattle. It was once famed for its strawberry fields, Bainbridge is now mostly wealthy retirees or commuters. Farming is almost completely gone with land prices becoming out of reach for most young people. Bainbridge High School is well known for producing athletes and artists...most everyone goes on to higher education. Many young people find it disconcerting that they will never be able to afford to live on the island themselves. Recent flood of Californians moving to the island is a negative development to many, as are the new hotels and condos popping up everywhere. Famous for being the first place Japanese were relocated to internment camps.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington
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Coordinates: 47°38'51"N 122°32'9"W
- Vashon Island 15 km
- Harstine Island 48 km
- Camano Island 69 km
- Fidalgo Island 98 km
- Lopez Island 107 km
- San Juan Island 119 km
- Lummi Island 123 km
- Orcas Island 124 km
- Saltspring Island 165 km
- Sauvie Island 201 km
- Seabold 6.2 km
- Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, WA 8.5 km
- Port Madison Indian Reservation 8.9 km
- Liberty Bay 10 km
- Dyes Inlet 10 km
- Miller Bay 12 km
- Silverdale, Washington 12 km
- Indianola, Washington 12 km
- Naval Submarine Base Bangor 16 km
- Hood Canal 25 km
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