Pacific Northwest vs. Deep South - which has better cities & scenery? (crime, versus)
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Just speaking as a Vancouverite here, British Columbians universally do consider ourselves to live in a region we call the Pacific Northwest, but we think of it as the Pacific Northwest of the North American continent, not of the USA, and really it's just taking the place of the old term, which was the Columbia District. I consider a place to be PNW if it was a part of the old Columbia District which shares a certain history as a big region originally established by the Hudson's Bay Company, which founded Vancouver, Washington and Boise as the two British hubs of the region which wasn't supposed to be heavily settled but was just supposed to be a place where the Indian's would be left alone and traded with. Then there was a long struggle for control between the US and Britain and the place was partitioned into BC and the American states, but being in such an integrated and isolated area there remained significant interaction and influencing of each other. BC is definitely a part of a foreign country in many ways to "American Columbia" but there are certain cultural traits held in common and the regions are deeply integrated economically and in the sharing of ideas. I would say PNW ideas and culture spreads within the PNW but greater American and Canadian influences and events only effect one side of the border or the other for the most part, leading to some interesting differences and divergent histories in some respects. In short, it definitely functions as one region despite being in two countries and locals certainly consider it to be so.
As for scenery, there is certainly diversity within the PNW, from the desert region of Osoyoos in the BC interior to the warm river valleys of Oregon to the untouched, primeval Great Bear Rainforest. PNW, and especially northern BC, has an untouched wildness to it like you just can't find in the South. I also think that many of the American posters here are not giving Victoria its due, as it is an amazing old, dense, classy British city full of a beautifully preserved stock of colonial architecture layered with beautiful modern mixed use urban strata housing with a solid university and I think it beats cities like Savannah and Charleston easily. Places like Kelowna are also not well known in the US but are pretty amazing resort areas filled with vineyards and outdoor adventures.
Actually the South has vast wilderness areas that are untoched.Such as Ofeekenokee Swamp in Southeast Georgia.Or Cumberland Island National Seashore or many other of Coastal Georgia's Islands like Sapelo or Ossabaw.
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Cumberland Island is one of the largest undeveloped barrier islands in along the Atlantic coast. The island has one of the largest maritime forests remaining in the United States and one of the largest wilderness areas in a National Seashore on the east coast.
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The Great Okefenokee Swamp is one of North America’s most unspoiled, fascinating and precious natural areas. It is the largest, intact, un-fragmented, freshwater and black water wilderness swamp in North America.
Georgia's Sea Island's ultra exclusive luxy resort "The Cloister" was the host of the G-8 Convention.
Just stop it dude.You are only showing how ignornat you are.Atlanta(not the suburbs) is a better shopping area because of it;s dept and variety.Store like Hermes and Neiman Marcus.Does Poland have either?Thelist goes on and on.
Atlanta host 37million people each year so obviously there must be a lot more for people to do.
Also if we are discussing a metro by size, you are really being ignorant if you are really suggesting that a metro of just under 6 million is not going to have more amenities than a metro of 2 million.Really?
You cant even fly in or out from as many places in a much smaller city.Potland does not even have MLB or NFL.Atlanta suburbs has at least minor league hockey and baseball teams.Not to mention Arena football,Soccerr and WNBA.
Now how is that not MORE?Shopping and Sports.Shall we get into tourist sites also?
Lol. Okay. Atlanta is so much greater, and has so much more to do because it has a store that 99.99% of the people will NEVER shop at, nor ever want to shop at.
When did this thread turn into a Portland vs. Atlanta thread?
Lol. Okay. Atlanta is so much greater, and has so much more to do because it has a store that 99.99% of the people will NEVER shop at, nor ever want to shop at.
When did this thread turn into a Portland vs. Atlanta thread?
If u are intent on swing "simple"then there is nothing I can say.
Where are the people in those [pics?I guess if I wanted to live in the wilderness,thats would be the place.
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Actually the South has vast wilderness areas that are untoched.Such as Ofeekenokee Swamp in Southeast Georgia.Or Cumberland Island National Seashore or many other of Coastal Georgia's Islands like Sapelo or Ossabaw.
Some people were claiming the south was more geographically diverse. Obviously not. Seeing as how the word scenery is used in the thread title, I don't understand what's wrong with the pictures.
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If u are intent on swing "simple"then there is nothing I can say.
People who don't shop at Neiman's or Hermes are simpletons? Really?
That has got to be one of the most all time preposterous and superficial intents behind a post I have ever seen here on C-D, not to mention degenerates the thread. Get real!
Where are the people in those [pics?I guess if I wanted to live in the wilderness,thats would be the place.
Where are all the people on an alpine glacier? Yes, I want a bigger crowd when I go hiking and visual proof of it...
Where are all the people in a landscape shot of the Blueridge Parkway or Southern Appalachians? Oh that's right, people don't usually try to capture people when taking photos of natural landscapes... What an amazing concept.
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