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[โ€“] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Washingtonian here, I've been saying this should happen for like 8 years now lmao

The marriage isn't working. Let it go.

[โ€“] wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

We have had a name for it for awhile, my fellow Washingtonians call the Washington/Oregon/California union 'Cascadia'. Wouldn't be such a bad idea.

[โ€“] Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 hours ago

Fuck yeah! Cascadia! Let us stop funding this awful government and actually put our taxes towards improving people's lives

[โ€“] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It would have a hell of a lot of economic power, and natural resources.

[โ€“] BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Sounds like the kind of place the US would invade

[โ€“] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago

Absolutely, and I'm about ready to start identifying as that over American ๐Ÿซ .

I usually think of BC being part of it, too, cause we're so similar culturally, and we hang out on each other's side of the made up invisible line all the time.

One can dream!