Eastern Washington vs East Tennessee culture (Seattle, Walla Walla: houses, agricultural, suburbs)

[pnwguy2]

Yep. Can't tell you how many times I have googled Tri-Cities and come up with Tennessee results! (Though when I switched to an iphone, I noticed it seemed to direct me to my local area more often. How about that.)

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

I was in Eastern TN on vacation earlier this year. Pretty country. Much more densely populated than most of Eastern WA. Much more humid. But some similarities with regard to pretty rural areas. The more populated areas of Eastern TN that I saw (Johnson City/Asheville/Maggie City) seemed more prosperous than much of Eastern WA, especially Spokane. Lots of good people in both areas from what I saw.

The biggest problem for Eastern WA is-Western WA. You have policies and taxes coming out of Olympia, driven by the far-left nutters in King County, that are forced upon the entire state.

The terrain changes rapidly in the Eastern part of WA, from mountainous and timbered in the NE corner, to the rolling hills of the Palouse to the high desert of much of central-eastern WA. Drive for an hour and you're in dramatically different country.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

I was in Eastern TN on vacation earlier this year. Pretty country. Much more densely populated than most of Eastern WA. Much more humid. But some similarities with regard to pretty rural areas. The more populated areas of Eastern TN that I saw (Johnson City/Asheville/Maggie City) seemed more prosperous than much of Eastern WA, especially Spokane. Lots of good people in both areas from what I saw.

The biggest problem for Eastern WA is-Western WA. You have policies and taxes coming out of Olympia, driven by the far-left nutters in King County, that are forced upon the entire state.

The terrain changes rapidly in the Eastern part of WA, from mountainous and timbered in the NE corner, to the rolling hills of the Palouse to the high desert of much of central-eastern WA. Drive for an hour and you're in dramatically different country.

Asheville's in NC, unless there's another one in TN?

[claick]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

I was in Eastern TN on vacation earlier this year. Pretty country. Much more densely populated than most of Eastern WA. Much more humid. But some similarities with regard to pretty rural areas. The more populated areas of Eastern TN that I saw (Johnson City/Asheville/Maggie City) seemed more prosperous than much of Eastern WA, especially Spokane. Lots of good people in both areas from what I saw.

The biggest problem for Eastern WA is-Western WA. You have policies and taxes coming out of Olympia, driven by the far-left nutters in King County, that are forced upon the entire state.

The terrain changes rapidly in the Eastern part of WA, from mountainous and timbered in the NE corner, to the rolling hills of the Palouse to the high desert of much of central-eastern WA. Drive for an hour and you're in dramatically different country.

How bad are Weston WA policies?

[claick]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Yep. Can't tell you how many times I have googled Tri-Cities and come up with Tennessee results! (Though when I switched to an iphone, I noticed it seemed to direct me to my local area more often. How about that.)

Yeah I thought the same, but for me I was thinking why are you saying for me to look into Jonson Citi/Bristol/kingsport TN...

[izzy2017]

I've lived in Nashville and now in SW Washington. TN is much more religious. Politically Eastern WA is more libertarian conservative vs. religious conservative. Eastern TN has a lot more people, most of Eastern WA feels empty and very large. I think people from the west coast don't really realize sometimes how close everything is on the east coast. Up in the Smokies it feels isolated but you're not really that far from anything.

What else? People are more standoffish. Not in a mean way, they're great once you get to know them, I would argue they're more authentic in some ways because they aren't as tied to their manners. No one is going to call you Sir or Ma'am

Obviously, the weather is really different but you probably know that. No UT football games

[claick]

Originally Posted by texasdiver

Eastern WA most definitely has lots of empty rural land and small farm towns with not much more than some farms and a grain elevator. It is very rural and remote but it is not "country" in the same way that Eastern TN is with the music and culture and all. It's more Scandanavian and German immigrant farmers like say North Dakota. There are no Dolly Partons or Taylor Swifts or Rosanne Cashes from Eastern WA. But you will find the occasional rodeo.

So more Midwest type people then Southern? And is the land rolling or totally flat lets say Central-Eastern WA?

[claick]

Originally Posted by Count David

I've only been to Middle Tennessee, and Wenatchee is about as opposite from there as it gets.

How so?

[claick]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Asheville's in NC, unless there's another one in TN?

Yeah also Maggie City is NC but I was asking the differences in the region of Appalachia, NC,VA,TN,KY,GA.

[claick]

Originally Posted by izzy2017

I've lived in Nashville and now in SW Washington. TN is much more religious. Politically Eastern WA is more libertarian conservative vs. religious conservative. Eastern TN has a lot more people, most of Eastern WA feels empty and very large. I think people from the west coast don't really realize sometimes how close everything is on the east coast. Up in the Smokies it feels isolated but you're not really that far from anything.

What else? People are more standoffish. Not in a mean way, they're great once you get to know them, I would argue they're more authentic in some ways because they aren't as tied to their manners. No one is going to call you Sir or Ma'am

Obviously, the weather is really different but you probably know that. No UT football games

Thank you for your response. I guess I will need to look up and understand what a libertarian conservative is. I do get what a religious conservative is. Yes I do like how close everything is one the East Coast. No Sir's and Ma'am... I've gotten used to that. And yes I do understand the weather differences.