My last visit to Oregon was in 1986 and I recall the "Don't Californicate Oregon!" billboard.
I need to revisit the NW.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov