I lived in the Emerald People’s Republic for many years, mostly in the 1980s, and most of that time in the Willamette Valley, in Eugene and Dallas.
By far the most bigoted, nasty, and mean-spirited people I ever met were Oregon leftists. And that was 35 years ago. I can’t imagine how metastasized those attitudes have become.
On the other hand, I did gain an appreciation for Nancy’s Yogurt and Birkenstocks, so there’s that. My gardens were fabulous. Otherwise, my best experience was leaving.
I remember the uproar in was it Salem, Oregon? years ago when the city announced plans to rename a street in the tony section of the place “Martin Luther King Avenue”. The phony rich liberals howled in opposition that it would be wonderful if a street in some poorer section of the city received Dr. King’s name but NOT their street.