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brobinson206 t1_jb04v61 wrote

Reply to comment by allybra in I’m very fascinated by the geographic diversity of WA alone by Starfox_2020

Having grown up here, collectively we call anything east of the cascades “eastern Washington” because the cascades provide such a clear cultural and climatological divide. I see Central WA as a subregion of eastern WA, and I genuinely don’t know anybody who really uses the term central WA (unlike in Oregon where Central Oregon is used frequently). That said, where central WA ends and you just have the rest of eastern WA, I’m not sure. I see Highway 97 being the spine of central WA. Ritzville is a likely dividing line between central and eastern, but I could also see that at Moses lake too.

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lampstore t1_jb1l05r wrote

Yeah, I’ve lived in Western, Central, and Eastern WA. Only people from Central WA refer to it as Central, and even then often use “east of the mountains” since usually we’re talking about traveling back and forth to western WA. Everyone else uses Eastern and Western exclusively.

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impulsiveclick t1_jb1m7cz wrote

Ooo we should dignify central then. SW Washington feels itself different than everywhere and often feel more like we are in a weird relationship with Oregon… but then again I’m in Vancouver so… we’re pretty much just Portland suburbs. But you know even people in Skamania county work in Portland

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freckledtabby t1_jb29a7n wrote

I grew up in King County. I only know three zones, Eastern, Western, and the Olympic Peninsula AKA "the coast".

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Rocketgirl8097 t1_jb21twt wrote

Only time I hear it is Central Washington state fair, which is held in Yakima.

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Hfpros t1_jb3f2b5 wrote

Cle elum or ellensburg is more like the line. Ask anyone there and they'll say they live in Eastern WA. Don't ask my source :z

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