Archive Report
Archive Report
Concern about Popularity
Unofficial Motto: ’Come But Don't Stay’
There was a time not long ago when the Pacific Northwest might have qualified as one of the country's best kept secrets. Life in this far corner of the United States was an unpublicized pleasure that residents jealously guarded and people elsewhere usually associated with endless rain. But the weather may be one of the few things that has stayed the same. Change is coming to the coastal states of Washington, Oregon and neighboring Idaho, and it is not entirely welcome.
Attracted by its spreading reputation for “livability,” outsiders are migrating to the Northwest in growing numbers. The sharp influx of newcomers and the problems they inevitably bring with them have left many natives wondering if the region's ...