↑ Upside

• If we stay really quiet, Trump will probably continue to ignore us
• Exactly the partisan nightmare the founding fathers intended
• Basically if a face-melting guitar solo became a country
• Still world’s primary exporter of YouTube unboxing videos
• Cascadia’s Got Talent just doesn’t sound right
• Amber waves of grain and whatnot
• Constitution drafted on sturdy three-ply

↓ Downside 

• The Rock’s possible White House run isn’t even funny
• Invented footbag, but not going to this year’s World Cup
• Whose idea was it to supersize England?
• Too many other Portlands
• Mountains not actually purple
• Not walkable