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Considering I moved from the South to the Pacific Northwest, and haven't missed it for one millisecond, not a single facet of it, I think my answer should be pretty obvious.
of course why am I not surprised that another City-Data thread has less to do with the discussion and more to do with how the original question is wrong and that we have to decide on regions. Use whatever definition you want, I was just reminded why I took a long hiatus from this board. I'm out.
of course why am I not surprised that another City-Data thread has less to do with the discussion and more to do with how the original question is wrong and that we have to decide on regions. Use whatever definition you want, I was just reminded why I took a long hiatus from this board. I'm out.
If this was high school, the Pacific Northwest would be the geeks and the Deep South would be the jocks.
Maybe.
But at the same time once you get outside of the main urban metros(Portland, Seattle) or a few other college towns(Eugene, Bellingham), much of the Pacific Northwest is rural country populated by gun-loving rednecks who love to hunt and fish and love their trucks(sort of like much of the rural South). Once you get east of the Cascades you're basically in cowboy country that resembles Nevada or Wyoming more than Western Oregon. Once you get to Idaho, you're either in the Old West or you're in Mormon country that's closer in feel to Utah.
Just as fairly liberal cities like Atlanta and New Orleans aren't representative of the whole Deep South region in some ways, Portland and Seattle don't represent the entirety of the Pacific Northwest--although they often do in the popular mindset.
But at the same time once you get outside of the main urban metros(Portland, Seattle) or a few other college towns(Eugene, Bellingham), much of the Pacific Northwest is rural country populated by gun-loving rednecks who love to hunt and fish and love their trucks(sort of like much of the rural South). Once you get east of the Cascades you're basically in cowboy country that resembles Nevada or Wyoming more than Western Oregon. Once you get to Idaho, you're either in the Old West or you're in Mormon country that's closer in feel to Utah.
Just as fairly liberal cities like Atlanta and New Orleans aren't representative of the whole Deep South region in some ways, Portland and Seattle don't represent the entirety of the Pacific Northwest--although they often do in the popular mindset.
This is definitely true. A couple of months ago I was up near Birch Bay on a bike ride, and I stopped for a break at a gas station during rush hour. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't back in Tennessee, what with all the lifted diesel trucks with no mufflers. Actually, I think there might have been more lifted trucks than back in the south!
This is definitely true. A couple of months ago I was up near Birch Bay on a bike ride, and I stopped for a break at a gas station during rush hour. I had to keep reminding myself that I wasn't back in Tennessee, what with all the lifted diesel trucks with no mufflers. Actually, I think there might have been more lifted trucks than back in the south!
Yup...
Hell, there's ads all over in the Portland suburbs over the last month for two huge rodeos on 4th of July weekend featuring , just 40 minutes to the south of downtown Portland in St. Paul and Mollala featuring bull riding and plenty of country music. Once you get out of a certain range of Seattle or Portland, the Northwest urban liberal stereotypes dissipate rather quickly.
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