The people did their own thing for so long they thought that's the way it was and would always be. And... stopped paying attention to what was going on in Augusta. Then there's the whole Lewiston Somali debacle.
That describes the PNW as well. Most of us are independent and just want to be left alone (think Oregon Trail pioneers), but we figured we would always have our secret slice of paradise out here and didn't pay enough attention to the political subterfuge.
The people did their own thing for so long they thought that's the way it was and would always be. And... stopped paying attention to what was going on in Augusta. Then there's the whole Lewiston Somali debacle.
That describes the PNW as well. Most of us are independent and just want to be left alone (think Oregon Trail pioneers), but we figured we would always have our secret slice of paradise out here and didn't pay enough attention to the political subterfuge.