Old Rocks
Diamond Member
B-b-but..
I live in the Pacific NW! Can we trade out Oregon for Massachusetts?
I understand eastern Oregon is very conservative.
As for western Oregon, I think if that half of the state was given an IQ test, it would score in the low 80s.
Not kidding.
LOL. Well, Oregon west of the Cascades has a far higher educational level than Eastern Oregon. However, that is rapidly changing as complanies like Google are locating East of the Cascades. Of course, that will in the end change the political makeup of Easten Oregon.
Both areas are the home of very independent minded people.
An example of that was the attempt by the neo-Nazis from Idaho to relocate to John Day, because the area had the reputation of being very conservative. Their reception was not at all what they imagined. Almost the whole county turned out to tell them not to even think about buying anything in Grant County. Liberal, Conservative, and Independent alike did not want those kind of trouble makers in their county.