As a "born and raised" Pacific Northwestener, welcome. What part you from? I lived in Seattle, Everett, Spokane, Goshen (Oregon), Cottage Grove (Oregon again), Wenatchee, Yakima (where I was born), Walla Walla, and a lot of other places. So where are you?
And welcome from my current, --what was, a long time ago, the US "Northwest" location in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
AJ