South Carolina.

Also Boeing doesn’t have any factories in Seattle. They have factories in Renton and Everett. The 787 used to be made in Everett. Renton is kind of a suburb of Seattle but Everett isn’t even particularly close.

I think when people say "Seattle", they are generally referring to the Seattle metro area which frequently encompasses Seattle, Everett, Tacoma and the eastside (e.g. Bellevue), but for some conversations Tacoma is considered a separate metro area.

Seattle people get touchy about referring even to Seattle suburbs as Seattle but Everett isn’t even close. Calling Everett Seattle is like calling Santa Cruz San Francisco.

Or referring to Beaverton, Oregon City, or Gresham (and similar) as Portland. That makes sense, locals absolutely see the distinction, but if I told someone in another state (other than perhaps Washington) where I lived, I'd just say "Portland" even though I don't live anywhere near the city limits. But the actual Portland people are quick to jump on me if we're in a call and I say I'm from Portland :).

Yes. For I long time I thought Microsoft is based in Seattle, which is not correct (Redmond) but not completely wrong either

Redmond is at least a suburb of Seattle. It’s not an entirely different city an hour and a half away like Everett.

But I do find it weird that nobody claims that Apple, Google, and Facebook are all based in SF.

I think you may be overestimating the distances here. It is 35 mins from downtown Seattle to the Boeing facility in Everett and 25 mins to Redmond.

Everett isn’t in Seattle, but considering it part of the metro area isn’t a stretch. You never leave dense burbs between the two.

You do, but it’s for a minute or two, if you don’t hit a traffic jam.

It’s hard to think of a traffic jam as being in a rural area.

Everett itself is farther north, but the turn to the factory and Paine field is before you hit town (but after you hit Everett speed traps)

It's interesting, I kinda buy the 'Everett is part of the Seattle metro' but I'd have said Marysville is not. But clearly it is, and my perception is wrong.

Used to be that Silicon Valley - Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, etc. - was distinctly different from San Francisco.

Actually, it's weird to see headquarters in SF being called in SV ...

The Renton and Everett plants are almost equidistant from my actually-Seattle house. The trip to Everett is estimated to be a couple of minutes shorter, but both are currently less than 40 minutes.

The airport at the Everett facility, Paine field (PAE), was recently renamed "Seattle Paine Field International Airport"

There’s less than a mile of wooded area from where you leave “Seattle” and run into Everett highway patrol speed traps. They’ve practically merged at this point. One more boom cycle.