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| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
haha, i know it sounds all fun and awesome but the reality is that an independent northwest would have a negative impact (on the people of cali) in many different ways, and there will be huge repercussions in areas you would never have predicted. like, i dunno, war 
i also think you're greatly trivialising/dismissing the benefits of being part of the union in the year 2009, especially given the current economic climate. remember, there is nothing from preventing california from re-discovering the huge deficits of 09 again and again in the future. indeed, its probably guaranteed if you look ahead for long enough.
federalism isn't perfect but its a fuckload better than the state-based alternative. |
Washington isnt california though... for the most part we dont even like californians.
They fucking move up here looking for jobs then bitch and moan how its not like california! 
Washington has a very diverse economy as well as strong ties to asia and canada. The northwest as a whole is an agricultural powerhouse, producing a majority of the nations potatoes and hops as well as many other major crops.
I know a lot of these are far fetched dreams and I do not see them coming to fruition in my life time, but I love the Pacific Northwest with a huge passion and a lot of people here feel the same way about it. We often feel detached from the rest of the nations views and goals anyways. We are also often ignored in the media and thought of as savages or rednecks on the east coast.
My Washington State History teacher in 9th grade was from New York and when she said she was moving to Washington, at first no one even thought of the state, but DC, and when they found out it was the state they'd ask questions like "Do they even have electricity there?" or "I heard there arent any roads, its all forest!"
Its not that we hold much animosity towards our eastern masters, its just that we feel we could do it better on our own give the chance.
On the other hand, if it came to war we would defend our land with a zealous passion.  Western Washington and Oregon is very strategically situated with a long series of mountain ranges on its eastern and southern border and our northern border is that of Canada. To the east of the mountains is rugged desert terrain. We could hold our own if need be till international aide is allowed in.
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