Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the crumbling seawall around the…
As someone near Seattle who’s lived on both coasts, this is highly unlikely. Native east coasters will continue to refer to the state as “Washington State” and the District of Columbia as “D.C.” while Washingtonians will continue refer to either as whatever they do, and both will continue to see the other as being weird af, with east coasters maintaining the point of view of “We got here first, you dorks.”, or some such.
As someone near Seattle who’s lived on both coasts, this is highly unlikely. Native east coasters will continue to refer to the state as “Washington State” and the District of Columbia as “D.C.” while Washingtonians will continue refer to either as whatever they do, and both will continue to see the other as being weird af, with east coasters maintaining the point of view of “We got here first, you dorks.”, or some such.
The complaint was that the article just says “Washington”, which doesn’t fit either of your examples. It’s misleading. (The story is about D.C.)
As an Oregonian, I fully support calling Washingtonians dorks…