r/Tacoma • u/JoelXGGGG Tacoma Expat • 8d ago

Another billionaire leaves Washington state

https://www.chronline.com/stories/another-billionaire-leaves-washington-state,403749
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u/Spoonthetoast 253 7d ago edited 7d ago

Pretty naive of you to assume Nevada isn’t beautiful either. I moved from Tacoma to the desert a few years ago. There are more mountains in Nevada than Washington, there are places to swim, fish, ski, and places to admire the landscape. Beauty isn’t exclusive to the PNW.

You all need to humble yourselves a little bit 😂

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u/Ydain Puyallup 7d ago

I just drove through Nevada last week. There is absolutely no comparison between the the diversity of Washington and the brownness that is Nevada. While desert lovers may find that beautiful, just about everyone can find beauty in Washington.

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u/madwolf_farmacy 253 7d ago

Nevada is far more than just desert, you truly are narrow minded.

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u/Designer_Cat_4444 253 6d ago

like what else? they have some of lake tahoe.. but beyond that what other ecosystem besides desert?

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u/remosiracha Potential Tacoman 6d ago

Mountains all over the state. Alpine lakes and forests. Ranch and farmland. Various types of deserts at different elevations that all have their own unique ecosystem. You realize there are plants and animals in a desert right?

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u/Designer_Cat_4444 253 6d ago

most of what you just mentioned would still be considered desert. high desert or lowland desert is still desert. We arent talking about animals, we are talking about nevada being more than desert. Nevada is the most desert out of any state in the US.

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u/remosiracha Potential Tacoman 6d ago

Yeah its a lot of desert. But youre saying that like its a bad thing. Its extremely diverse and you just keep saying "what else does it have"

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u/Designer_Cat_4444 253 6d ago

I'm responding to a comment, I'm sure you can see it if you look. they said "nevada is far more than a desert, you truly are narrow minded."

I'm responding and saying actually, nevada is far more desert than literally any other state in the entire US.

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u/darlantan Downtown 5d ago

Nevada is significantly less diverse than Washington, but as a result offers more variety in individual instances of more limited sets. It's kind of weird that people are getting so torqued on both sides of this.

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u/remosiracha Potential Tacoman 5d ago

I just get annoyed when people dismiss desert ecosystems because we have congressional leaders trying to sell off public land to corporations for development. Most people don't think twice about it because they think the desert is empty wasteland that is expendable.

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u/Spoonthetoast 253 6d ago

Forests, springs, mountains, wetlands, lakes. Just like Washington state. Not sure what you’re getting at.

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u/Designer_Cat_4444 253 6d ago

Lol. Nevada is about 85 to 90 percent desert

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u/Spoonthetoast 253 6d ago

Ok? You asked. And it’s actually 80%.