Originally Posted by
davei1980
100% true.
I live in the NW and drive in California all the time and notice MAJOR behavior differences... (Californians drive VERY fast, all the time)
My parents moved from rural West Texas (I guess that was redundant) to the Pacific Northwest in 1966 and I was a wee lad, but I do distinctly recall both parents during my youth referring repeatedly to people blowing through stop signs as "California Stops." And that is what we have called them ever since in my circle. Funny, since the invasion of folks from our neighbor to the south had barely begun in the late 60s/early 70s. California gets blamed for everything here.
Today, almost 60% of my state was born elsewhere, more than 2/3 from the Golden State, the rest, from everywhere. Nobody here is actually from here. The great irony in all this is that some non-government agency recently crowned Portland with another best--this time, ,we are best at being the WORST drivers in the USA. Hooray!!
And people ask me why I have three headlights on my bike...