Isn't Katie in the general Spokane area?
I'm in central Washington, Spokane's all the way on the eastern border. But we're both in Eastern Washington, so there are similarities. I've only been there a few times, so I can't really say what it's like to live there, other than that it's a fairly culturally conservative area. Pretty country, though, and a nice (if not terribly big) downtown. Four seasons (hot and dry in the summer--expect 90s).
Stephanie's right--it's the West, not the Northwest, in a lot of ways. It's probably got more in common with, say, Denver, than it does with Seattle.
Wait, didn't NoiseDesign live in Spokane for a while? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Wait, didn't NoiseDesign live in Spokane for a while? Or am I thinking of someone else?
I think he did his undergraduate work there.
Huh. I seem to be watching Macho Men on Ice.
I'm in central Washington, Spokane's all the way on the eastern border.
Oops, sorry. If it's any consolation, I do the same thing with MA, and I'm
from
there. "What, not on the coast? Must be all the way on the other side!"
Well, until someone else steps up to claim Spokane (not it!), you have to represent.
Spokane is also in the Very Very Red half of the state.
it's a fairly culturally conservative area.
Oh dear. That's something I'm hoping to get further away from, not closer to. Oh, well. It's very good to know. Thanks!
I'm trying to decide if former-star-wars who also was an engineer is worse than a dude with a heavy beancounter rep. I know nothing about this guy, so the fact that radio mentioned him primarily as engineer before manager made me a wee bit hopeful. Gonna have to talk to my dad. He's still really really bitter that they are calling the next big space telescope Webb after an
administrator
(insert his ickptooi here) rather than oh, I dunno, an astronomer (which is the general accepted thing. When it isn't a geographic name.) He's kinda opinionated on the subject, what with spending nearly a year coming up with an acceptable name for the 3.5 meter on his site.
Oops, sorry. If it's any consolation, I do the same thing with MA, and I'm from there. "What, not on the coast? Must be all the way on the other side!"
Heh. No no, that's fine--I don't expect you to remember the fine points of northwestern geography. (I was in my twenties before I realized that yes, SF and LA really were quite a ways apart...)
Oh dear. That's something I'm hoping to get further away from, not closer to. Oh, well. It's very good to know. Thanks!
Yeah, then Spokane isn't gonna be your thing--you want to be on the west side of the Cascades.
