“I wonder what Portlandians do when (if?) they drive out of their state and pull in to a gas station for gas? Just sit there at the pump waiting for service?”
would be an awesome bit for Portlandia: Peter and Nance driving to LA - pull up at the pump in California - no one comes out to pump their gas - they engage in neurotic fretting about what to do, including inability to pump their own gas - show cuts to and from their waiting and fretting multiple times during the half hour show - goes from sunny to sundown - they never do get any gas ...
No need to drive to California — Washington State is 1 mile away (from North Portland).