Briarcliff, Seattle

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Aerial view from the north of Seattle's Briarcliff neighborhood, with Elliott Bay and downtown Seattle in the background

Briarcliff is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. The city's Department of Neighborhoods places Briarcliff on the west side of Magnolia, south of Discovery Park. [1]

In 2015 the neighborhood was listed as having one of the five highest median residential real estate prices in Seattle according to a survey taken by Redfin. In 2014 Crosscut named Briarcliff "Seattle's least liberal neighborhood". [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Seattle City Clerk's Geographic Indexing Atlas". seattle.gov. City of Seattle . Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  2. Anderstone, Ben (February 12, 2014). "Neighborhoods: Uncovering Seattle's hidden conservatives and true-blue liberals". Crosscut . Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  3. O'Brien, Kirsten (February 3, 2016). "Seattle's millionaire neighborhoods". Seattle PI . Retrieved December 22, 2016.

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