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Linuxfest Northwest 2004
An Yong Zheng writes "Linuxfest Northwest is back, and it's better than ever! LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with Linux and open source software. It's a place for Linux enthusiasts to get together to share their passion for what good software can do. It also happens to be the biggest grass roots Linux event in the Pacific
Northwest and British Columbia. It's sponsored by a consortium
of regional linux users groups from Oregon, Idaho, Washington,
British Columbia, Canada and hosted by the Bellingham Tech. college."
British Columbia is part of the Pacific Northwest.
WTF? British Columbia is not part of the Pacific Northwest. What is northwest about BC unless you live in the USA? If you look a map that puts the USA into perspective, you'll see that the only thing "northwest" about Washington, Oregon, etc. is that they're the northwestern most states. They're farther south than nearly anything in Canada, and since BC is in Canada, I have to say that there's nothing Northwest about it.
For example, Vancouver is unarguably part of the "South Coast". If you live in BC, that phrase is used everywhere in news and media. Would you agree then that Bellingham is part of the "South Coast" because it's only a few miles away? See, probably not.
Likewise, would you consider Spokane to be part of the Southern Interior? Because that's what their close neighbours in BC are part of.
The true Pacific Northwest of Canada would be, hmmm, I suppose the northern parts of Vancouver Island.
Taking the Lower-50-centricity out of it, the -real- absolute Pacific Northwest would refer to parts of Alaska.