Editing Newcastle, Washington (section)

==Zip codes==
The city has not obtained its own [[ZIP code]] even though, based on the ZIP code designation, some [[sales tax]]es paid by Newcastle residents go to [[Renton, Washington|Renton]] instead of Newcastle as tax revenues (among other perceived detrimental impacts related to mail service, insurance rates, property values, and credit ratings).<ref>{{cite web |author=Tim Pfarr |date=September 3, 2009 |title=Postal Service denies city new ZIP code |url=http://www.newcastle-news.com/2009/09/03/postal-service-denies-city-new-zip-code |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140504025553/http://www.newcastle-news.com/2009/09/03/postal-service-denies-city-new-zip-code |archive-date=May 4, 2014 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |website=Newcastle News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 5, 2009 |title=City continues fight for new ZIP code |url=http://www.newcastle-news.com/2009/06/05/city-continues-fight-for-new-zip-code |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101222202022/http://www.newcastle-news.com/2009/06/05/city-continues-fight-for-new-zip-code |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |website=Newcastle News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jim Feehan |date=July 3, 2009 |title=ZIP code survey shows delivery, tax problems |url=http://www.newcastle-news.com/2009/07/03/zip-code-survey-shows-delivery-tax-problems |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140504023520/http://www.newcastle-news.com/2009/07/03/zip-code-survey-shows-delivery-tax-problems |archive-date=May 4, 2014 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |website=Newcastle News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Mike Lindblom |date=August 9, 2000 |title=ZIP-code blues tax Newcastle |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000809/4035894/zip-code-blues-tax-newcastle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20000809&slug=4035894 |archive-date=November 22, 2023 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref> This is all the more troubling{{why|date=May 2022}} considering the small size of Newcastle with a small commercial district which does not create as much property tax or sales tax revenue for the city compared to neighboring cities like Renton to the south, [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]] to the north, or [[Issaquah, Washington|Issaquah]] to the east.

{{wide image|Mercer Island from Golf Club.JPG|600px|View from the Golf Club of Newcastle. The skyscrapers of both Seattle and Bellevue are visible, as well as [[Lake Washington]] and Mercer Island.}}