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I'm sure sasquatch, cougars and bears ate the faeries. It's more of a wild magic than faeries and elves. Wild rivers, tides moving, big windstorms in November, volcanic peaks, mountains, large trees. But there are some quiet, mystical places here, too.
The PNW gives me a log cabin feeling, idk why. The scenery reminds me of whistling music.
I get that feeling in the Northeast, too. And the Rockies. Also the Appalachians, and Ohio where there are still a lot of log cabins from the 1800s. America is very log cabin-y. Except maybe the lowlands of the deep south and the deserts.
For some reason that made me laugh out loud. Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the UP of Michigan are also total log cabin country.
The Pacific Northwest doesn't really give me that vibe, though. There are lots of parts of the Pacific Northwest (east of the Cascades) that are just straight-up barren desert.
The PNW can still be magical. But, to offer a serious view here, the area is changing (or to rephrase) has always been changing. You can be in downtown Seattle is a maze of urbanity and drive literally for 30 minutes east and be in wilderness. Whether one considers that to be "magical" is in the eye of the beholder. On one hand, this is one of the great attractions of bigger cities like Seattle and Portland...they are still close to wilderness. On the other hand, the suburban sprawl, traffic, etc. continues to grow. Real Estate prices (though starting to stabilize), have been less than magical for newcomers. While the area continues to be mostly unaffordable for most, there are signs that prices are leveling off. That would be "magical" for newcomers, not so much for owners.
No just close to wilderness...you can be in a ravine or park a few miles from Downtown, well within the city limits, and momentarily feel like it's complete wilderness. You can also stand in your office Downtown and see an amazing mix of water, hills, city, and distant mountains.
Yeah but like most bigfoot sightings are there.
Seems to be a lot of Live Action Role Playing (LARP)
Also probably the highest concentration of hippies (maybe Austin is up there).
I don't mean that it is pretty...it just seems to have a mystical feel. Like the forests could have elves and fairies and stuff.
You just don't feel that in the LA of San Diego forests
Northern California has the highest concentration of hippies by far. I've found Seattle's counter-culture to have fewer hippies than a lot of other big Western cities, including SF/Berkeley, Denver, Austin, and Portland. It has its own brand of counter-culture as well as a lot of punks, hipsters, eco-conscious folks, etc. but not many hippies really. There are smaller cities in Washington like Bellingham and Olympia that do have a higher share of hippies.
Core SF has hippies because it's a city of rich and poor...hippies have rent control. Bad for the middle class and anyone new but good for the older folks.
Seattle is much cheaper, in part because rent control doesn't exist. But we're maybe 60% of SF prices and that's still high. Far more of our tech industry is in the middle of town, so cheap apartments are rare in the core. This includes secondary districts like Fremont. The University District is a bit of a holdover. Otherwise cheapish apartments and houses are mainly in older blue-collar satellite cities like Tacoma and Everett, or in the north and south suburbs. Or they're clear out of Seattle's orbit, though it can be hard to earn a living in some, and others are getting expensive too.
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