- Kenmore — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Located along the northernmost shore of Lake Washington, Kenmore began as a mill town, and grew to become home to a variety of businesses and industries. Like many Seattle suburbs, the community saw tremendous growth and development following World War II and gained a reputation as a family-friendly town with safe neighborhoods and many amenities. Kenmore incorporated in 1998, and in 2015 its population was 21,500.
- Potsdam (Wikipedia)
Potsdam (German pronunciation: [ˈpɔtsdam]) is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam’s city limits. It lies some 25 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of Berlin’s city centre. The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin.