Culled from my own knowledge and experience of living in Washington. A few, namely the weather entries, can be applied to Oregon as well (the "Northwest"). Some characteristics may only apply to the Seattle area or Southern Washington.
- You sometimes go to Oregon to return your aluminum cans
- You go to Oregon to do major shopping as often as possible
- You sometimes fear the IRS will catch up to your tax-dodging ways.
- You've been to the original Starbucks.
- You remember when Starbucks actually made good coffee
- You know why everyone calls it "Spocompton", and in fact, you call it that too.
- Canada is a prime vacation spot.
- You have basically no accent.
- The mix of punk rock, indie rock, hicks, rednecks, liberals, and politicos in your state capital confounds you.
- Being able to visit forests, petrified forests, the desert, two different mountain ranges, rivers, volcanoes, and the coast all within your own state does not strike you as odd.
- You don't call it "the beach", you call it the "coast".
- You think someone carrying an umbrella is either odd or must be from California.
- At least one person you know has been hurt by the dot-com downfall.
- You know who Tim Eyman is.
- You hate/love Tim Eyman.
- Real Christmas trees are the norm in your household, and you go to a local tree farm or to the forest to cut yours down.
- You know how much Burgerville kicks McDonald's and any other fast-food burger joint's ass.
- You know where The Couve is.
- You know there is a Vancouver other than the one in British Columbia.
- You understand why this joke is funny -
DIY Washington Weather Report: If you can see Mount Ranier, it's going to rain. If you can't see Mount Ranier, it already is raining.
- You understand that the above joke is true.
- You go to Oregon for all your assisted suicide needs.
- You can stay home for all your medical marijuana needs.