This is where they shot twin peaks right?

Imagine a future where the major population areas are in favor of a populist Trump-style government and we had decided that senate positions should be population-based like the house. WA has remained pretty liberal, but because WA has a low population compared to Trumpist CA and NY (and the rest of the east coast), WA and other liberal states essentially have no say nationally. Do you think the population of WA would benefit from such an arrangement?

Things can change rapidly, it may seem far fetched to imagine a future where a populist rightwing government becomes wildly popular in the big cities - but I'm sure that many people living in the Weimar Republic also thought it'd be pretty far fetched.

While I do agree overall, there seems to be an abundance of them in that area. Personally, I've never encountered it driving in the rural parts of California. I once encountered it going through Albany, OR but that experience was pretty short lived. But it's so bad in that area specifically that I've learned to depend on it happening and have to mentally brace myself for it

Ugh same. I can feel my blood pressure go up when driving these days, which sucks because I really enjoy driving as long as people aren't being pricks.

I once was heading to Seattle from Portland. Driving through Olympia it dawned on me I hadn't dropped off the money order for rent, so I had to drive back to Portland, drop off my rent, then go back to Seattle. Drove 9 or 10 hours that day. I actually kind of enjoyed it, just listening to my music all loud without much of a care in the world. Really glad psycho drivers weren't out that day

While they could have been more tactful it's sort of disingenuous to argue a "both sides" thing here when one side is actually trying to make laws about banning books/forbidding genuine medical care/etc. and the other side is not actually trying to show toddlers how to use sex toys.

I think these folks who take driving to be a game, and play to win can be found on any multi-lane highway anywhere. But yes, I notice it too.

Oddly specific thing to be angry about, where's the evidence that it's a major problem? Furthermore, where's the evidence that permitting violations are more common per capita in rural areas than metro areas?

I always find that an interesting concept.

How does being against more taxation, government control and spending, equate to “voting against their own interests”?

Same! I've driven LA to Portland 6ish times, so I've put a lot of miles on I-5, but I've never had any experiences like this outside of that specific stretch of I-5. I'd definitely agree the pandemic made it worse, but it was still happening in that area before then

But...it's not a "city" that's voting, it's individual people. There are more people there. Most of the people in the state are voting a certain way, they just happen to live geographically near each other.

If anything the argument is that states are too geographically large, but if they were divided up then it's actually the rural areas that would suffer more from loss of tax dollars coming from the cities.

There's really no perfect solution to this issue.

You replied and my comments are upvoted. I don't see the issue here. You still haven't said if you've been to Idaho.

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They know that are and are trying to bait people into an irrelevant gun debate

Yes, that is why the system is the way it is, and it's dumb and bad

Are my personal feelings about specific laws relevant to determining whether open flaunting of non-enforcement demonstrates autonomy?

I’ve driven in most of the southeast, gone coast to coast 3 times, and have, in general, put a lot of miles on the road- this area has the most insane, terrible, and aggressive drivers I’ve encountered. Been here nearly a decade and I swear it got even worse after the pandemic shut things down.

He's referring to people getting wells drilled on their property without getting a permit/water rights.

Bingo. This clown is part of the problem. This tribal belief that your party is the second coming of Christ and can do no wrong, and the other party is the reincarnation of Statan himself. But in reality both sides are valid and have good points and both have their negatives. Nobody is 100% perfect and neither are political parties.

After all, The only true enemy is the government itself.

Can you be more specific?

I believe most recently they're referring to state gun laws.

Looks like Silverdale and Bremerton down to Port Orchard

Would be great if we could start with illegal wells.

If you can’t trust the percentages on the package than wouldn’t what someone considered “better” be totally up to the perception of the person smoking it? Cheap dabs to me hit the same as a 60 dollar gram it just tastes different. If you have to take over 100 mg of pot then I would highly recommend taking a few days or maybe a week off. Otherwise I would consider that an addiction my friend.

the big spike on the west of the puget sound - is that Bremerton and SIlverlake? or Bainbridge? it's a bit hard to read due to the angle the map is at

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edit: Silverdale.

This is a bit of a caricature, and about as accurate as people who think Seattle is full of Antifa Super Soldiers who want to mandate dildo education for 3 year olds