Recent comments in /f/Washington

PuzzleheadedEssay198 t1_j9v9e8g wrote

Reply to A suggested redesign of Washington's flag by AnOwlishSham

There is ONE connection between George and the state:

Apples.

WA is known for it’s apples, but they were introduced to the area by the wife of Ft. Vancouver’s commander (iirc it was COL Barnes before he was sent back east). She lamented that the soldiers didn’t have enough fruit to eat, and sent letters to her friends asking for seeds. Among them were apple seeds from George Washington’s orchard- but by that point The Oregon Country had already been split into the Oregon and Washington territories.

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206207 t1_j9v8d68 wrote

Reply to Washington vs New England by Emcharms

I love both places, lots of people have made great points here. I would add that the bugs in Washington are almost nonexistent compared to NE. No ticks and way less mosquitoes. I have 2 long haired dogs so not having ticks is a huge difference maker personally.

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Rocketgirl8097 t1_j9uyruf wrote

Reply to A suggested redesign of Washington's flag by AnOwlishSham

The current flag is at least unique because it's green. But I would vote for leaving it alone since things like that cost a bunch of money to implement, e.g. buying new flags for every school and governmental agency in the state, plus all the bureaucracy to create it. We could use that money elsewhere.

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Emcharms OP t1_j9us2em wrote

Reply to comment by followyourvalues in Washington vs New England by Emcharms

Take this with a grain of salt because I’ve lived in New England for 30 years, but I love it here. Maybe around bigger city areas (really just Boston) it’s more “go, go, go” but I live in a rural area and it’s not like that and I rarely run into anyone rude. Most of us are friendly.

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