Pacific Northwest Region - "Cascadia"
Cascadia is another name for the Pacific Northwest, a region defined by the watersheds that flow into the Pacific Ocean through North America's temperate rainforest zone that includes British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and adjoining parts of Alaska, Montana, and California.
The Northwest is home to more than 15 million people, along with diminished but still impressive numbers of salmon, eagles, grizzly bears, killer whales, and wolves. It boasts an economy that generates more than $450 billion worth of goods and services each year.
Long united by similar indigenous cultures, Cascadia was once briefly a single political unit—the Oregon Territory—shared by several nations. The region has since been divided into different political jurisdictions, but this place has a dawning sense of itself: a place bound by salmon and rivers, snowcapped mountains and towering forests, and a people who share geography, history, and aspirations.
Cascadia has traditions of innovation in the public and private sectors, a well-educated populace, and a reputation for a commitment to the environment and quality of life that continues to draw migrants even when unemployment rises.
Fresh Air, a Healthy Lifestyle
The residents of Cascadia are generally healthier than the people who reside in other parts of Canada and the United States. Lifespans in the Northwest states exceed the US average by about 12 months. In life expectancy, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon place 10th, 14th, and 19th, respectively, among American states. But British Columbia is among the world’s elite: over most of the past two decades, British Columbia has had the highest life expectancy of Canadian provinces, 80.7 years, and Canada itself is among the healthiest nations in the world.
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