MAKE A MOVE The median Orcas Island home price in 2007 was $625,000. Tourism is the island's biggest

What you will find within Eastsound's five-block centre ville is a vibrantly eclectic, even eccentric, assortment of restaurants, boutiques, and, most of all, people ― from graying hippie homesteaders and youthful organic farmers to well-heeled southgate hotel new york urban refugees, Carhartt-clad contractors, retirees, school kids, and artists of all stripes.
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southgate hotel new york What binds these contrasting elements into a vital community is a shared love for this glorious blue-green landscape, where sea, mountains, forests, and sky come together. The place is a little inconvenient to get to, but its proudly independent residents wouldn't have it any other way. –Craig Canine
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MAKE A MOVE The median Orcas Island home price in 2007 was $625,000. Tourism is the island's biggest business. Many residents cobble together two or three jobs to stay on the island; some telecommute. Visit Islandcam for live webcams of Eastsound and other island locations. Best local news and ads: The Islands' Sounder . As for the weather, put away the rain slicker, at least some of the time: Eastsound gets about one-third less rain than Seattle.
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