Is there any place like this in the US?

[W_HAMILTON]

(1) A relatively big city,
(2) In a mountainous area,
(3) That has a body of water nearby large enough that it looks like an ocean (meaning that I can't see land on the other side).

Some other less important characteristics are:

(4) In a cold state.
(5) In a Blue state.

I'd like to live somewhere like this. Does such a place exist? :)

[taterguy]

1. Seattle

[W_HAMILTON]

2. Woohoo!

I actually thought about living there. I didn't know about they had mountains. I like it because it supposedly rains all the time, and I like the rain myself :)

The only part that will suck is having to do the pacific time computations after having lived on the east coast all my life :(

[Richardo]

3. A couple of possibilities: Seattle, Portland OR, Duluth/Superior

The case for Duluth:

(1) Population 250,000 (admittedly not that big)
(2) Iron Range relatively close by
(3) Lake Superior!

(4) Minnesota
(5) Minnesota


There's also Vancouver, BC. Not the states, but a beautiful city.

[graywarrior]

4. New Hampshire

Laconia area.