Meanwhile, there are two record stores almost directly across the street from each other in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle (and two more in the U District,

Meanwhile, there are two record stores almost directly across the street from each other in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle (and two more in the U District, as I recall). After reading this article--actually, I finished reading this article on the bus towards Ballard--I went over to visit them both. Happily, both had quite a few people inside and almost everyone bought at least one record. According to The Stranger, one of those stores, Sonic Boom Records, recently sold to a longtime customer[0] and "is on solid ground having year over year record breaking sales figures at [their] Ballard location." Hopefully they continue. (Though I did take a quick glance at property records and neither store is in owned space.) 0 - http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/07/11/24331367/sonic-boom-records-changes-ownership-will-remain-open http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/07/11/24331367/sonic-bo...