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That's why we're merging with BC. And we have a lot of tech so we're going to command satellite weaponry to overcome the lack of guns. We drink a lot of water and eat a lot of apples so the rain and agriculture are going to have to stay with us.
We also have Bigfoot, and no one ever sees that coming!
What I mean by the environment defining PNW culture isn't that PNW culture is generic American aside from the environment. What I mean is Pacific Northwest culture is a PRODUCT of its environment.
Pacific Northwest culture is eating salmon, Bigfoot, environmentalism, folky music about the forest, Smokey the Bear, Paul Bunyan. It has a different genesis than southern culture, which is largely a product of the Civil War. Though then again, I think all cultures are ultimately a product of the land they came from. The south wouldn't be the south if it didn't have a humid subtropical climate, and southern culture ends where the climate is too cold for things like sweet tea to be very popular and where malaria wasn't as historically widespread so you didn't have plantations on the hills.
Aside from a fairly similar accent, fast food chains and pop culture, the outlook and society of the PNW is totally different from the rest of the United States, aside from a few places like northern California, Colorado and maybe Minnesota or Iowa to an extent. I would say we are overall much more like Canada but also distinct. British Columbia is easily the most Oregon/Washington like place.
It's difficult to argue that we're a highly distinct region when we're heavily influenced by California and a significant part of our population comes from there. If anything, I think the PNW is becoming less distinct, while the entire west coast is becoming more regionally homogenous.
It's difficult to argue that we're a highly distinct region when we're heavily influenced by California and a significant part of our population comes from there. If anything, I think the PNW is becoming less distinct, while the entire west coast is becoming more regionally homogenous.
I disagree. Los Angeles is a different world. Besides, when people from California move here they adopt the culture.
Just out of curiosity, we're having to hear about the "Seattle Freeze" all the time... Does Portland have its own equivalent?
People are nice but yeah, it is very difficult to meet new friends. People keep to themselves and generally speaking saying hi to a stranger is a non-no.
The upside is, people are polite and respectful.
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