I live in a fairly large city (a few million people) so we don’t consider Portland, Oregon too far out in the boonies, but this
story on Yahoo
tells of a tragic boating accident off the Oregon coast. But the byline is for Palo Alto, California
and, although the accident happened near Tillamook Oregon
(think
cheese
),
the article reports it as “near” Portland and then even has a picture
of Oregon in relation to Washington state
so readers can know this little piece of geography.

I guess Oregon is the boonies.