Standards

Figures come from what governments publish: assessor files, permits, parcels, budgets, council and commission records, the Census. Every figure names its source. A figure from a public records request names the request, so anyone can ask for the same file.

A correction means a published figure was wrong by its own stated method. The page says so and the corrections log keeps the original beside the fix. An update means the figure was right and newer data refined it; the page carries a dated note.

The research runs on software and AI agents built for this site. Pages are drafted and edited with Claude and OpenAI’s Codex, and reviewed by a person before they go up; that person stands behind every figure. The line drawings are made with an AI image model and illustrate; they never stand in for a real place.

Photographs show real places. Each is the author’s own or openly licensed and credited on its page. In the author’s own photographs, faces and licence plates are blurred.

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Stories describe places, records and public decisions. Nothing here is legal, financial or real-estate advice.

Map data and the logo’s outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Openly licensed photographs are credited by name on the page each appears on. Records requests: thanks to the public records staff of the City of Bellevue and the City of Redmond, whose replies are cited by request number on the pages that use them. Type: Libre Caslon Text and Libre Franklin by Impallari Type, IBM Plex Mono by IBM, all under the SIL Open Font License.