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I agree, if you not born or raised in the north west Portland can be very boring and lonely. I been in many public places looking g for conversation, only to be told there to busy texting or some other uncostructive event.
San Francisco also...must have something to do with being technology hubs (everyone too wrapped up with their I-Phones & BBs to socialize).
Most computer people are introverted thinkers and society as a whole is a lot more wrapped up in themselves.
As for OR and WA, specifically west of the Cascades, the first whites settlers were lumberjacks and miners. They are usually nice people, but not the most outgoing.
Los Angeles, where strangers never make eye contact with each other, or ever use pleasantries such as: "excuse me'" or "thank you". The tension is so thick in some communities that you can cut it with a knife.
Is the PNW really that aloof?? Ive never been there but from reading CD threads you would think no one there is nice.
In my opinion yes. I just visited California and I could tell the difference as soon as we stopped in Ashland. PNW people just aren't "people people" if that makes any sense.
There was a poll that came out a couple years ago and Seattle was one of the most social cities in America... How it is winning by a large margin baffles me. I bet most people who voted probably never been to Seattle.
In my opinion yes. I just visited California and I could tell the difference as soon as we stopped in Ashland. PNW people just aren't "people people" if that makes any sense.
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