08-24-2007, 05:39 PM
Since I haven't been on this forum for a real long time, I was kind of curious where people are from. I definitely gather that most of the native mainlanders came from somewhere on the west coast. What I have been very surprised by is how many people here are from the Pacific Northwest (yours truly included) - given the relative population of the NW to the rest of the US. One theory I have is that in a strange way, it reminds many of us of Oregon or Washington somehow. The rural small-town feel, plenty of rain, very green surroundings, mountains, extremely down-to-earth people. Really the only things that different there are cold winters and an overwhelming caucasian percentage of population. Does anybody else share this observation?