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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by poulsbohemian on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:43PM (#18242980)
> (near Josephine county. OP says that it's in central Oregon, which isn't even remotely true),

References to geography in Oregon are funny. Portlanders always refer to Bend (for example) as "Eastern Oregon" even though it is the center of the state. Actually, it's to the west-center if anything. Wallowa, Union, Baker counties might as well be the other side of the planet. ;-D

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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by ip26 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:25PM (#18243425)
Nothing new there. Colombus, OH is in the "Midwest", despite being nearly in line with the Jacksonville Atlantic coastline.
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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by dgzl on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:29PM (#18243471)
After living in Michigan for a while, I've learned that just because you use EST does not mean you're I'm the East coast.
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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by dgzl on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:51PM (#18243060)
I don't think I've ever heard someone call Bend Eastern Oregon. That's just ignorance
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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by krupan on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @06:44PM (#18244469)
The dividing line is the Cascade Mountains. If you've ever seen both sides of those mountains in Oregon or Washington, you know why: very different climates.
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