northwesterners

Seattle area residents

Northwesterners are people from a northwestern region—typically the Pacific Northwest of the United States (Washington, Oregon, and sometimes neighboring states) or the Northwest of England.

Context usually clarifies which northwest: Northwesterners are used to gray skies and rain.

geographic

Seattle

Pacific Northwest metropolis

Cascadia · Puget Sound · Columbia River · British Columbia · Vancouver · Spokane · Tacoma · Olympia · Eugene · Boise

cultural

flannel

Soft napped cloth

outdoorsy · hiking · environmentalism · progressive · tech industry · grunge · indie · farmers markets · sustainability · Subaru

climatic

rainy

Marked by precipitation

mild winters · temperate · damp · fog · evergreen · lush · green · moss · ferns · clouds

indigenous

Nez Perce

Pacific Northwest indigenous nation

ancestral · potlatch · totem · longhouse · reservations · treaty rights · elders · heritage

university

Evanston

Chicago suburb with university

  • ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
  • Big TenMajor collegiate athletic conference
  • academicsProfessional researchers and teachers

students · alumni · faculty · campus · graduates · undergraduates · Kellogg · purple · lakefront · collegiate

Opposites
cardinal direction

northwesternerssoutheasterners

People from below Virginia

southerners · easterners · southwesterners · northeasterners · westerners

REGIONAL IDENTITY (US context)

northwesternerssoutheasterners

People from below Virginia

southerners · easterners · Floridians · Texans · Arizonans

Family

northwesterner

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G