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The Pacific Northwest has a very strong import and export market, which has established them as a mining, logging and industrial center of the United States. From the large dams located on rivers such as the Columbia, Washington exports large amounts of hydro-electricity that is conserved at one of the world largest dams, [|Grand Coulee] and five other dams. . But above everything, the biggest income for the region is by far the tourism that is brought to the area every season and year. Nowhere else can you snowboard, hike a volcano and take a boat trip along the coast. The state of Washington is a leader in agriculture exports such as apples, pears, cherries, dairy products and beef. Washington supplies the United States with 64% of its apples, making it the number one state in apples, and also in cherries and pears. Other items such as potatoes and wheat rank second and fifth respectively in the nation. Washington is also has exports from the company headquarters that are based there, such as EA and Microsoft.

===Transportation=== Seattle's mode of movement started with street cars and railroads in 1889. Today, the extensive bus routes are the largest form a transportation around Seattle and the greater metropolitan area. The car remains today as the largest mode of transportation for the people of Seattle, which has ranked them as one the the most congested cities in the United States. The state is beginning to create a large light rail commuter system, that will connect Seattle with Tacoma, another large metro area, and the states universities. The government is pushing for a move from individual automobile transportation to mass public transportation by bus and light rail systems. The location on the ocean makes for many port cities that can send things in and out of the country, and it has developed itself as a top trading locations for exports and imports to come and go.

Technology
Seattle, Washington is an area that has a lot of technology that it used by its people to communicate. In 2009, Seattle was voted as Forbes Magazine's "Most Wired City" because of its numerous broadband internet users from access points and Wi- Fi connections (It must be all those coffee shops). Seattle has over six major television stations and fourteen radio stations in the city. Seattle has many known print magazines and newspapers. There are seven major newspapers like the [|Seattle Times] and the [|Washington Free Press]. They also have ten big time magazines such as the [|Seattle Lifestyle]. The area also includes many film studios and technology headquarters including Lions gate studios and Vancouver Film Studios and the headquarters for Microsoft, Intel, Nintendo, Amazon and Expedia travel. The state also ranks as a top state in literacy (behind Minnesota).

Comparative Study
===Imports/Exports=== Scotland as a country accounts for one-eighth of the UK’s export revenue with a booming $282 billion dollars annually. In the hilly lands of the highlands there are many sheep, dairy and livestock farming that has thrived and provided steady employment since after World War II. There are also a lot of areas that are good for wheat and barley growing, as well as oats and rapeseed. Along the coast lines around the Atlantic, fishing is a large industry that ships out haddock, cod and herring. Commercial salmon fishing and trot fishing in the high land lochs is also important. Oil drilling of the coast of the North Sea has been important since they first struck oil in 1966. To add to the list of Scottish exports, the rural areas of the country lead the UK in total timber production from their abundant forests. The country imports over $324 Billion dollars worth of items like cars, and manufactured goods. [|Click here to view which countries receive the most Scottish exports.]

Transportation
The transportation in Scotland has changed over the years in the urban areas while the rural areas are still catching up. Some rural roads of the highlands are still single lane and are in need of maintenance and proper designs and markings. Overall, the country has over 371,603km of highways for travel by car. The country just passed its largest road project ever with the expansion of the M74 roadway in south-side Glasgow that will start in 2011 costing Scotland over 575 million pounds. It will be the first urban motorway created in Scotland in decades. The county currently has no tram systems but a plan for a light rail system in some urban cities- one being Glasgow- is in the works. The country’s largest ports in Shetland, Orkney and Greenock are important to getting the export good out, and their imports in, and it does not hurt to have over 3,200km of waterways to use for travel. The main form of travel for most Scots is by car, or by the 16,878km of railways operated by NetworkRail which is overseen by the government agency, Transport Scotland.

===Technology=== Do not let the rustic highlands of Scotland and the overall heritage of Scotland fool you into thinking that this country is behind in technology and lacks all modern advancements. Scotland, part of the United Kingdom, has almost fifty million internet users, which is about eighty percent of the UK's population. They also rank in the top ten in telephone land line usage (ninth) and cellular telephone use (seventh). It also has over nine hundred radio broadcast channels in all frequencies. The country's main claim to fame is the BBC, which stands for the [|British Broadcasting Corporation]. It is one of the largest and oldest broadcaster in the world which started broadcasting in 1932. The company operates under the British Crown, and is paid by UK households that pay a license fee to watch television in color or black and white. While the BBC is known for their television and radio stations, they also have a large role in gathering and relaying the breaking world news both on television and online at BBC Online. They are the most trusted new source in the UK. When large events such as the [|London Tube bombing of 2005] or a [|royal funeral], Brits and Scots alike tune into the BBC.