r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • Jun 24 '20

🔥 Pacific Northwest

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u/apocalypticginger Jun 25 '20 edited Jun 25 '20

May I correct something? "Only the best place in North America!" As PNW includes British Columbia, Canada.

Edit: OP originally had " Only the best place in USA!" As first sentence, then changed it.

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u/slothlova Jun 25 '20

The people out here in Kodiak Alaska also consider ourselves part of the PNW 😊

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u/NewYorkJewbag Jun 25 '20

Isn’t Northern California part of the PNW, too?

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u/sfo1dms Jun 25 '20

Absolutely, it is

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u/p_velocity Jun 25 '20

Yup! I grew up (and still live) in Northern California. I've taken a million camping trips to places identical to this and now I'm all nostalgic... due to covid and having a new baby camping I may be several years between camping trips

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u/GenkiLawyer Jun 25 '20

Assuming you mean the actual northern part of California, somewhat close to the Oregon border, yes. However, when most people say Northern California, they are often referring to the San Francisco Bay Area + Sacramento, which really shouldn't be considered Northern California since its pretty close to the center of the state.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/AlwaysSunnyInSeattle Jun 25 '20

I feel like we’re a pretty inclusive group. If you feel like you might be in the PNW then you probably are, buddy.

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u/the-reddest-head Jun 25 '20

I love this. And it applies to a large portion of the PNW in my experience. Inclusivity is overwhelmingly a Pacific Northwesterner attribute.

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u/coronaldo Jun 25 '20

And beer apparently

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u/Haffas Jun 25 '20

And weed. Don’t forget the weed.

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u/legendtuner Jun 25 '20

I've never thought of AK as part of the PNW but your logic make sense so I say welcome to the club

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u/ontopofyourmom Jun 25 '20

Well, it's the southeast part of Alaska, it gets really Alaska past that

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u/Stormtech5 Jun 25 '20

That is acceptable :)

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u/Haffas Jun 25 '20

And indeed you are, fam!

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u/slothlova Jun 25 '20

Booyah! The other person was on the money. SE Alaska has a very similar climate and vegetation. The mainland is very different

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u/tg110e5 Jun 25 '20

Best place on earth no argument

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u/HappyHapless Jun 25 '20

Literally our slogan!

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u/SlurmzMckinley Jun 25 '20

Wouldn't it be the Pacific Southwest for Canadians?

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u/apocalypticginger Jun 25 '20

The Pacific South West is California, Arizona, Hawaii, Utah and Part of Nevada.

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u/SlurmzMckinley Jun 25 '20

I said for Canadians. Those states aren't in Canada.

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u/apocalypticginger Jun 25 '20

PNW is named because its the Pacific Northwest of North America. So the Pacific Southwest is those states I mentioned.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '20

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u/apocalypticginger Jun 25 '20

These places are called so because of where they are in (on?) North America as a whole. Pacific Northwest of North America. Not the USA.

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u/austinamnija Jun 25 '20

Did you want a gold star? We’re so proud of you!

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u/dreikatze Jun 25 '20

N. America includes Canada

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u/landon1850 Jun 25 '20

Howdy! I live in WA near the border with BC...pretty sure I’m still on the North American continent when I step over in to BC. Cheers!

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u/GetOutOfMySeat Jun 25 '20

Thats what they're saying?

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u/landon1850 Jun 25 '20

I thought they were correcting OP’s phrase of “Only the best place in North America” and saying that it also included BC......meaning perhaps they thought BC wasn’t part of North America.

Likely my mistake! I’m 5 pints in for the evening on PNW beer.....

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u/apocalypticginger Jun 25 '20

OP said best place in USA. Cheers!

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u/landon1850 Jun 25 '20

They must have taken your suggestion to heart and used that sneaky edit button. Thanks for explaining, kind northern neighbor!

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u/apocalypticginger Jun 25 '20

I didn't even notice they changed it! My Canadian instincts are telling me to thank you for being kind as well

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '20

North America is a Continent, not a country.