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I'm often accused of seeing patterns in things that other people think are insignificant. I'm a collector and an organizer, I guess my brain just groups things. So naturally, I'm a little timid in presenting another pattern, but I think this time you might agree that there is something going on here. Maybe this is a national trend, or maybe just local to Seattle... I'm seeing an awful lot of retro-ish crests out there - specifically hexagons even. I'm not criticizing - just observing - for whatever it's worth.

All of these businesses are in the greater Seattle Area, the farthest away being Custom Garage Interiors, which is just outside Issaquah. Two of them are within a block of each other in Ballard. Two are within a block of each other on Capitol Hill, two of them have "Garage" in the name, and two of them are just about gosh-dang nearly identical to each other. That's OK. I doubt any of these people are claiming to have invented the hexagon. And I actually like the aesthetic quite a bit. Please don't misunderstand. That old-fashioned made-in-America, brass-plate-bolted-to-a-cast-iron-stamping-machine-or-whatever look is pretty cool. Strong. Classic. Timeless. Great. But maybe could we just spread 'em out a little bit?