masyday t1_ixp7c8s wrote on November 25, 2022 at 5:13 AM

Reply to comment by blaaake in Climbed a Hill in Eastern Oregon, OC Raw [3024X4032] by AWOLASAP

Deschutes is Central Oregon according to Rivers.gov and Deschutes County

blaaake t1_ixp8vm5 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 5:30 AM

I live 20 minutes from where this photo was taken, we call it eastern Oregon. OP is welcome to do so, also.

ph42236 t1_ixr60qb wrote on November 25, 2022 at 5:58 PM

I've lived in Central Oregon for 40 years and the only people that call Central Oregon "Eastern Oregon" are people that aren't from here. Valley folk seem to think that they are the center of everything, so naturally they feel like anything east of the Cascades is "Eastern Oregon". It's not.

blaaake t1_ixr9w2t wrote on November 25, 2022 at 6:27 PM

Well, you’re wrong because I’m not from the valley. I live near this river. Always have.

Imagine gatekeeping a river Lmao

ph42236 t1_ixrd9h7 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 6:51 PM

How am I limiting access to the Deschutes River? Since you live 20 minutes from this spot, next time you get gas ask the attendant how they like living in Eastern Oregon just to see their response.

blaaake t1_ixrdyb3 wrote on November 25, 2022 at 6:56 PM

You’re arguing semantics of a river bro, you said only people from the valley call it Eastern, like they aren’t worthy to know how to describe a location. I don’t need to ask a random local to describe where the deschutes is on a map, I have 31 years of experience knowing how it’s described. I fish on this river every summer.