Washington and Oregon both of the
bordering states in these United States
like to talk a lot of trash about each
other
Seattle Jim mother Northwest how do they
get away with this when are we gonna be
on the cover of Portland monthly they're
making a mockery of us here I mean look
this they're still talking about the
Space Needle but they have a lot in
common both began as part of the Oregon
Territory established by the United
States in 1848 after originally being
inhabited by Native Americans the
Russians and even the British for a bit
both border the Pacific Ocean and are in
the infamous Ring of Fire an area where
lots of earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions tend to occur both are
geographically diverse and yet both have
similar climates west of the Cascades
the mountain range that runs north-south
through both of the states gets a lot of
rain and the temperature is more
moderate
whereas east of the Cascades is much
drier with varied temperatures that's
why you'll get a picture like this where
you're in the rain forest and then drive
east five hours and get a picture like
this where you're basically in the
freaking desert both are known for wine
some of the best wine in the world is
produced from the grapes grown in the
Willamette Valley in Oregon and the
Yakima Valley Walla Walla Valley and
tri-cities region of Washington speaking
of alcohol both states have a ton of
craft beer breweries although Oregon has
more per capita than Washington both
states have a similar poverty rate and
similar income levels although
Washington citizens definitely earn more
on average the cost of living is similar
in both States overall which is higher
than most of the rest of the country
both states biggest industries are
healthcare retail and manufacturing and
that order but you can't mention the two
states without the lumber production
they've got mad forests there I'm
telling you a lot of people in both
Oregon and Washington have lighter skin
only 4% in Washington and 2% in Oregon
consider themselves African American
around 1/5 of Oregon residents and
Washington residents can trace their
ancestry to Germany many of the earliest
residents of European ancestries of both
states came via the Oregon Trail from
the Midwest marijuana is legal in both
states although the laws that regulate
it are less strict in Oregon both states
lean to the left politically and
typically vote Democratic
although the Cascades split both states
politically as east of them people tend
to be more conservative both states are
not that religious less residents belong
to churches in Oregon and Washington
than nearly all other states both border
a foreign country
Washington borders Canada to the north
and Oregon borders California to the
south
wait a sec apparently California is also
part of the United States scratch that
I'm sorry so what about their
differences I mean there are a lot of
differences when you nitpick like the
fact that Washington produces much more
apples than any other states in Oregon
produces more hazelnuts than any other
state but in general terms there are a
few major differences Washington has a
lot bigger population despite being
two-thirds the size of Oregon Washington
has around 7.3 million people and
Oregon's 4 point 1 million so that's why
Washington gets 12 votes in the
electoral college and Oregon gets just
seven Washington's population is also
growing more quickly than Oregon's
Washington residents are smarter than
Oregon residents okay I joke here
obviously however more than 41% of
Washington residents have a college
degree whereas just under 38% of Oregon
residents have one Washington doesn't
have an income tax Oregon has one of the
highest income tax rates in the country
that's quite misleading though as
Washington residents pay some of the
highest sales tax rates in the country
while Oregon residents pay some of the
lowest now earlier I said the cost of
living was similar overall in both
states but looking at the two biggest
cities in both states Portland Oregon is
considerably cheaper to live in than
Seattle Washington according to
Sperling's best places Seattle is 26%
more expensive than Portland and they're
wondering if you are interested in
accepting Portland into your life it can
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Portland Washington wins in the mountain
category its highest peak Mount Rainier
is more than 3,000 feet higher than
organs highest peak Mount Hood
Washington is known for giant worldwide
corporations like Amazon Microsoft
Starbucks and Costco and is simply known
for more innovation and huge investment
deals Oregon has Nike but I bet you
can't name any other ones at the top of
your head here's a major difference that
explains why Washington has so much more
industry than Oregon Oregon has a lot
more public land than Washington in fact
all of its beaches are public whereas in
washing
a lot of times you are trespassing when
you are on the beach there around 53% of
land in Oregon is federally owned
compared to just 28.5% in Washington
in conclusion comparing Washington and
Oregon might make a great case about how
the two states should combine they both
at morgana than they have differences
and their differences complement each
other well perhaps one day the border
that exists between the two won't have
to exist where's all my Washington and
Oregon viewers at let me know in the
comments below what I got right at of
course what I got wrong a special shout
out to unnamed muffin who I believe is
from Washington State also a shout-out
to Hamish O'Reilly my newest patreon
supporter I am thinking about comparing
2cities next which two cities should I
compare let me know in the comments
below
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