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Nobody who lives out here considers San Francisco part of the Northwest. It's just confusing when I read it in Apt. Therapy. I wish you'd stop.

I would agree, the Northwest would conote the Pacific NW, or NW region in general, which would include Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Pacific NW is Puget Sound, generally.

What are you guys talking about?

When the PNW finally starts it's cout, our southern capitol is going to be SF!

VIVA LA PACIFICA!


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while northern california is in many ways closer to the pacific northwest than it is to southern california, I'm not sure SF would be the best choice of a capital. Vancouver rules.

As for the quest for a blogger, you'll just have to wait until I finally move to Seattle.

Thanks for fixing the text. I can rest now.

Mat - sorry but you're clueless. SF is *nothing* like the PNW.

MGB - I couldn't agree more.

Jonathan - Yeah, I like Vancouver too. Gotta like no income tax, strict rules about tree canopy, and politicians who actually say *NO* to HOV lanes. Now if we could get the growth bounday nonsense overturned.

Mat, I think you might be able to make a case for SF being part of the State of Jefferson, but I doubt even they would have issues with that.

Saying that SF is in the Pacific Northwest is like saying that DC is in New England.

The big three Pacific NW cities are Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. San Francisco is its own entity.

According to Portland, Vancouver doesn't exist. Even though is's just across the river, almost no Vancvouver events make the news, and traffic reports stop at the border. Oh wait, I forgot. Washington has *good* roads. It's so frustrating going across the I-5 bridge every day, crawling bumper to bumper then instantly doing 70 the minute you hit the other (Washington) side.

Those are the wet cities...Spokane, Walla Walla, Bend are becoming players too.

BTW, speaking of Bend, if you haven't been to Smith Rock State Park, check it out. It's been in at least one movie.

JR -- what happened to Victoria? You can hop the ferry in Seattle and be there in plenty of time for tea.

Boomer -- there's a dry spot in "Pacifica"?

Speaking of DC, and not to flame any controversies, but if any area was to get it's own new AT site, I'd love to see a DC/N.VA one, having lived nearby (the Frederick and Kensington areas). The area is so rich in unique things, and has what I think is very cool architecture. but that's another topic for another day. Sorry editors...just saying... ;->

Victoria is Canada. But good point.

What's "Pacifica" though?

If it's in CA, it's not part of the PNW. That's fact, not opinion.

OW/WA/ID are the PNW states. CA is not. There's nothing in CA that's "PNW" by any stretch of the imagination. If you think so it's because you've never lived in both places (I have).

for me, PNW includes British Columbia.

as for La Pacifica -- the geographic location is as slipperly as the name.

and, boomer, in case you haven't gathered from some of the references in my posts, I'm not unfamiliar with the West Coast.

Hi Jonathan - no I didn't realize that.

About Pacifica, I thought you meant a specific town in CA. Sorry...I should have realized you were joking.

ooooh--I meant Vancouver, BC. I also must admit that, as a native Puget Sounder, I've never considered eastern Washington or eastern Oregon cities to be very "northwest-y." Sorry, Spokane!

This is, of course, my personal bias.

and JonathanB, I love Victoria; I just don't see it in the same city-league as Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver (it certainly has fewer people and apartments).

But as long as we're talking about cities, why not AT Bellingham?! Or Olympia! Man, I miss western Washington.

Or Tacoma...? ;->

I could be wrong, but isn't Victoria the capital of British Columbia?

On a more serious note, the whole area is beautiful -- even Tacoma -- and the ferry system is a wonderful way to see large sections of the coastline as well as get from point to point.

JonathanB - ABC news even did a report on the Seattle ferry. But more on how NW drivers tend to be polite and that recently with the wave of "immigrants" from other parts of the country, line cutting at the ferry has started to be a real problem. The anchor seemed to be making fun of the polite drivers but then to a New Yorker I guess it would seem odd. I remember how tame Portland traffic felt after moving here from the DC area.

It's hilarious that anyone could confuse Vancouver WA and Vancouver BC.

The whole Pacific Northwest needs a separate AT in my opinion. SF has more in common with LA than Seattle/Portland.

Well, as someone who *lives* in Vancouver WA, any time I hear Vancouver and Portland in the same sentence, it's a reasonable assumption.

that's a bit like my saying because I spent so much time in Boston, when someone says Portland, I think Maine.

considering all the chatter this has generated, does anyone know if anyone actually applied for the job?

That's the stupidest thing I ever heard.

Portland and Vancouver are NEXT DOOR to each other.

If Portland and Vancouver are mentioned in the same sentence it's only natural to assume that one is talking about the same area.

Get a freaking clue.

It's only hilarious to me because I grew up in Vancouver BC, and my brother now lives in Camas WA. He's always hungry for chinese food ;-)

Oops - looks like I'd better retract a recent email statement... and no, I'm not getting in on this arguement.