state by state speak your mind about oregon
beautiful Oregon
beaches forests mountains and deserts
lakes in craters ....wow!
15000 years of people and its still habitable!
first the natives then the Spanish then the French
then the US ala lewis and clark
in 1811 the English sailed the entire Columbia river and claimed it as theirs all the way to the snake river
nice piece of land
they cemented the deal after the war of 1812 but by 1820 we had joint occupancy from the rockies to the pacific
the brits moved settlers in to advance their position and the Oregon trail was opened 2 years later leading to a huge US migration
war was narrowly avoided
Oregon was a "whites only " territory in its first constitution
geographical Oregon is stunning with as said above every type of landscape
Oregon's liberals are the most liberal and its conservatives the most conservative
hazelnuts are from there and wines as the land copies the Alsace and burgundy regions of france
cranberries wheat cattle sheep dairy eggs and poultry are big crops
forests give jobs to timber trades and the long coast and rivers gives work to fisherman
and of course a place with so many kinds of beauty has a lot of tourism
electronics is becoming a large factor coining the name "silicon forest" and many major corporations call Oregon home
Oregon is on my will go to list
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Just my opinion. 
TlalocW
Here in Michigan we have LAKES!
Other than that, Oregon has more liberals.
Okay, okay! Maybe we can trade. A bit?
But our lakes are a bit larger.
but I (along with many other men) enjoy yelling "Go Beavers" when Oregon State plays. 
I also have sympathy for the team when they play USC since inevitably someone will say, "Trojans pound the Beavers".
If I ever decide to travel extensively, I was hoping to go to the Pacific Coast so I'll refrain from any other remarks. 
The erosion was horrible (it was on a slope) the damage to the understory was complete and the leave trees were significantly harmed.
... but it looked pretty good from the road.
Better to log an area, replant it immediately, thin it in 15 years then decommission the road. Check on it 35 years after that.
In our area, immature trees are cut for money and public relations reasons. The biggest logs I see on trucks are 35 years old or so. Consequently, in a chicken and the egg quandary, there are no sawmills which can handle big logs. Forests outside riparian management zones never mature to become the kind of "majestic old growth" (i.e. "older than me" forests that passers-by so object to seeing harvested.
FWIW, the worst logging practices you'll ever see are on the Quinault Indian Nation. Take a drive up to Queets some day (you'll have to detour a bit off the highway) and you'll see what I mean.
I like that one...even though I don't believe in hell.
Yay for the rainy/cloudy/temperate PNW.
Only place I'd rather live is the southwest coast of B.C. (Climate change is making it too warm here, for my taste, and the population is getting too big.
Trees.
Rocks.
Water, water, water. Ocean, lakes, rivers.
Fish.
Wildlife.
MOUNTAINS.
desert
The physical beauty keeps me grounded. For the rest:
Politically divided by the Cascades, with most of the liberals on the West side and the conservatives on the east. Most, not all. Of course, the population is much larger on the West, so the governor and 2 senators are Democrats.
Speaking of Senators, Wyden and Merkley are 2 of the Senate's best. Some of the House members from the West are standouts, too. De Fazio, for example. Not my rep, but I love him.
No sales tax. Has it's pros and cons.
Costs a hell of a lot less to register a vehicle than it does to the south in CA.
PORTLAND: the best large city in the U.S., in my opinion.
Ducks and Beavers.
The Oregon Health Plan.
The just-signed student loan bill: Pay it forward, pay it back.
BEER.
The Oregon Working Families Party and fusion voting.
VOTING BY MAIL
The Oregon Country Fair. 
Hot springs and waterfalls
LONG summer days, short winter days.
Blackberries, MARION BERRIES, hazelnuts, cheese, salmon, christmas trees
Friendly people
Lighthouses
Whale watching from the shore
Covered bridges
I love Oregon.
Dreadful place, Oregon...I suggest staying away.
unless you like all the stuff you've listed.
My wife's mother and sister & BiL live in the Portland area.. my old bands did many, many gigs in Portland Salem, Eugene etc.. the coast is one of my "fantasy retirement" locales.. great fishing, shellfishing, foraging and "food culture"...and, last I heard, Portland has the most strip clubs per capita in the country
It certainly is the least religious of west coast states in the most recent Gallup survey, and according to this poll is the state with the largest population of residents with no religious identity...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/122075/religious-identity-states-differ-widely.aspx
Oregon tops the list, with 25% of its residents claiming no particular religious identity, followed closely by Vermont at 24%. Other states with at least 20% "no religion" are Washington, Alaska, New Hampshire, Hawaii, and Maine.
Heard that Portland actually has more strip clubs than churches per capita... So I guess Portland is more of a "sin city" than Vegas?
"The People's Republic of Portland"? All the more reason to love it!
since I was there.I thought driving I-84 along the Columbia River was beautiful,and I remember having some tasty onion rings at a place called Burgerville USA because of this sign.
