Why do so many people consider the Oregon coast to be not just special, but sacred?

Why do so many people consider the Oregon coast to be not just special, but sacred?
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
Progressives needed an organization like ALEC. Now we have one. It’s called the State Innovation Exchange.
Once again, the “State of Jefferson” wants to secede from California and Oregon. But the name Jefferson doesn’t necessarily refer to our third president. Many residents believe it refers to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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More than any other region in North America, Left Coast culture is influenced by Japan’s in ways both direct and indirect.