Seaside

Located about a half-hour drive outside of Astoria, Seaside remains a thriving hub of tourism. The name Seaside is derived from Seaside House, a historic summer resort built in the 1870s by railroad magnate Ben Holladay. Once significantly smaller than Astoria, Seaside’s fortunes changed in 2032 when Seamus Carnegie chose to build an amusement park there, named Dreamland Park. It is similar in many ways to Coney Island in New York, incorporating beach activities, resorts, a theme park, and residential areas all in the same area. The city's current population is 37,521.Seaside lies on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Clatsop Plains, about 29 km (18 mi) south of where the Columbia River empties into the Pacific. The city is developed on both sides of the Necanicum River, which flows to the ocean at the city's northern edge. Tillamook Head towers over the southern edge of the city.

The geography associated with the gradual slope of the broad sandy beaches of Clatsop Spit provide excellent conditions for the formation of beds of millions of Pacific razor clams annually. The razor clams attract thousands of visitors to Seaside Beach each year. Part of Seaside is located in a tsunami inundation zone. Among other preparation, the City of Seaside has embarked on a program in which residents above the zone are asked to volunteer to store within their homes barrels of medical supplies, water purification systems, emergency rations, tarps, and radios, with each barrel having enough supplies to last 20 individuals for at least 3 days.

Seismologists estimate that there is a one in three chance that Seaside will be hit by an earthquake and tsunami within the next decade.

Recently, Seaside has obtained additional notoriety among Oregonians as the site of the unsolved murder of Isaac Dawson, believed to be the first Oregonian victim of the Midnight Killer.