re: Why are university Oregon and Oregon State so close?

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Zoom out and put it on satellite view. You'll notice that is the only small cleared area in a state that is entirely forest

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Actually half the state is high desert so we have a lot less forest than you might think. But yeah, the Willamette Valley is small relative to the state as a whole. But big enough to entice waves of pioneers and a classic video game.