The GOOD

[ranking]
We’re Number 1 Through 10
Washington and its cities did well in several nationwide surveys this year. In fact, we easily constituted our own top 10. By Sarah Dewey

1st- Washington highest state minimum wage in the nation, $8.67/hour (U.S. Department of Labor)

2nd- Olympia 10 happiest small cities in America (Gallup)

3rd- Seattle top locations for IT startups (PayScale)

4th- Seattle best U.S. office markets (Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment)

5th- Tri-Cities top 10 real estate markets to watch (Inman News)

6th- Washington state technology and science index (Milken Institute)

7th- Jefferson Park, Seattle top public golf courses for the business consumer (FindTheBest.com)

8th- Washington access to capital (in America’s top states for doing business) (CNBC)

9th- Mukilteo best places to live, small towns (CNN Money)

10th- Washington top states for entrepreneurship and innovation (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

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Ed Turner/Boeing

[manufacturing]
Better Late Than Never
There’s every reason to poke fun at Boeing’s September delivery of the 787 Dreamliner to All Nippon Airways. The plastic plane was more than three years late and a bazillion dollars over budget. (Imagine ordering a new car in 2008 and getting a call from the dealer in 2011: “Your new car’s here!”) Still, we choose to view this as a positive development, kind of in the same vein as those letters from World War II that surface mysteriously at the post office and get delivered 70 years late. Neither snow nor rain nor bad parts from Italy will stay Boeing from the swift completion of its appointed rounds. And here’s to to ANA for staying the course as the Dreamliner’s launch customer. You have to believe that kind of patience will be rewarded. Maybe extra floor mats and a free undercoating? — John Levesque

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Top 10 Stocks (click to enlarge)

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[transportation]
Street Sense
The replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel that will open up Seattle’s urban waterfront cleared a final hurdle in August when a healthy majority of voters essentially said, “Let’s start digging already!” After more than 10 years of dithering and wrangling and foot dragging, the city is now moving forward on a transportation project that will dramatically alter Seattle’s streetscape. Huzzah! — J.L.

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George White/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

[architecture] 
Good On Ya
We see boomerangs when we look at the main buildings

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