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I'm sure a lot of people would look at Seattle and compare it to Vancouver and assume that because of those similarities it's closer to Canada. But if you go throughout much of the rural or non-urban parts of the Northwest--or even places like Salem, Oregon or Spokane, Washington--you're going to find more similarities to the South in some ways. I mean I was at the Oregon State Fair last night and there was basically a couple country bands singing about honky-tonks and a crowd that could be straight out of Oklahoma or even Tennesse. Though, I mean Canada has it's own rural culture(I can't remember if country music is popular in the hinterlands, I know in Alberta it was though). But you'll find football and NASCAR popular in the much of the Northwest--yet hockey is still a niche sport unlike Canada.
I'm sure a lot of people would look at Seattle and compare it to Vancouver and assume that because of those similarities it's closer to Canada. But if you go throughout much of the rural or non-urban parts of the Northwest--or even places like Salem, Oregon or Spokane, Washington--you're going to find more similarities to the South in some ways. I mean I was at the Oregon State Fair last night and there was basically a couple country bands singing about honky-tonks and a crowd that could be straight out of Oklahoma or even Tennesse. Though, I mean Canada has it's own rural culture(I can't remember if country music is popular in the hinterlands, I know in Alberta it was though). But you'll find football and NASCAR popular in the much of the Northwest--yet hockey is still a niche sport unlike Canada.
Yeah, I'd basically agree that urban PNWers, including residents of smaller liberal cities like Corvallis, have much more in common with Canadians, but rural PNWers and even some suburbanites (Vancouver WA) come to mind indeed seem closer to Southerners; some even have roots in the South.
Rural Canada is kind of 'redneck' in a way but it's a different kind of redneck. I have heard that the rural people in BC share quite a bit of similarities to rural Americans though, for example their country music is said to have more in common with American country music than with Maritime country music.
One thing that the NW US, Southern US and Canada all share BTW is that they are all largely woodland societies.
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Canada easily. The Pacific NW has virtually nothing in common with the rest of the south except for being in the same country. Seattle and Portland are very much like Vancouver. British Columbia apart from being in another country could essentially be considered a continuation of the Pacific NW.
I've only been to Seattle (not Portland or either Vancouver), but it comes across to me as a LOT different than the southeast. Almost like a different country. And my town is a pretty stark contrast to similar sized towns in the southeast, though I wouldn't say the difference is quite as drastic. However, I've been in more rural areas around here and the differences seem far, far less. In some cases I could have easily mistaken my location for TN, except for the lack of southern accents (and the fact I was on a bicycle and no one seemed to care).
I've only been to Seattle (not Portland or either Vancouver), but it comes across to me as a LOT different than the southeast. Almost like a different country. And my town is a pretty stark contrast to similar sized towns in the southeast, though I wouldn't say the difference is quite as drastic. However, I've been in more rural areas around here and the differences seem far, far less. In some cases I could have easily mistaken my location for TN, except for the lack of southern accents (and the fact I was on a bicycle and no one seemed to care).
I would say more like Western Canadians than Southerners for sure, which is why I think if the proposed country of Cascadia ever becomes a reality, the peoples (well, most of them anyway) of the affected areas would have no problem getting along.
(Note: I am not necessarily either for or against Cascadia, but it is an interesting concept none the less).
Canada all the way. But I don't really get why the choice would include the American south...since those states are in the Northwest lol.
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