Vancouver, WA is a city dammit!
Whatever you do, don’t make the mistake of angering Royce E. Pollard about his beloved city Vancouver, WA. That’s right, the Vancouver in Washington, not Canada. Hell, I live in Seattle and it wasn’t until recently that I began acknowledging the fact that I had Washington brethren in “Vancouver”. You can’t blame people, Vancouver is situated on the border of Washington, you could drive a golf ball across the Columbia and hit Portland (hypothetically speaking of course).
“Vancouver is the fourth-largest city in Washington” — after Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma — “and people better start showing a little respect,” he told The Columbian of Vancouver (Wash.).
Local Starbucks establishments were selling coffee mugs with ‘Portland’ emblazoned on the side. Mayor Pollard was not too happy and drove his smug self down to the coffee shop and personally smashed the mugs. He paid first of course… So the next time you’re passing through the city on your way to Seattle or Portland, try not to say “oh.. I didn’t know there was a Vancouver in Washington”.
