It is a nice area, but we've been cured of our west coast ways. MO is our home now. The weather is cold here, but the people are warm:). I saw lots of 50 year old men with long gray pony tails, earrings, and tie died shirts on last time we visited southern OR. I felt really bad for them.
Yes how unfortunate that is what is down there.
Eastern Oregon is men in Wrangler and Cowboy hats.
Where I am on the coast we have a mix of FReeper and DUmmie types.
We actually can co exist but funny not in the same neighborhoods.