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I am "white". I was born and raised in New Jersey. Oregon seems very white to me but not just along the lines of black and white. There is a big lack of the influence of the europeon immigrant experience in this part of the country compared to the part of the NE I grew up in. I received both Christin and Jewish holidays off. The people I grew up with on my block could trace their family roots to many parts of Europe. I definitely miss the old world influence I grew up with. I recently was sick a wanted a comfort food from my childhood. It is a type of pasta all the grocery stores where I grew up would carry. I could not find it anywhere in the city.

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