The Changing South - Correlations with The PNW?

The only thing I fount that the state of Oregon and any state in the south have in common is: Timber. There's timber production in Virginia & North Carolina, and Oregon state happens to be active in timber production as well.

While Oregon is amongst one of the number-one producers of timber in the nation, the southern states Virginia and North Carolina's production of pulp, paper, and furniture is very important in the south. The 1880's-1890's provided the beginning of a new transportation system (railroad) and its expansion, which also meant the beginning in exploitation of timber resources. After 1936 it was when pulp and paper manufacturing really broke through. Timber for furniture was important too.

A more recent map on timber production in the states. Notice that concentration on both the PNW and the south. TIMBERRRRRR!!!

In Oregon, timber is manufactured for plywood and furniture as well. The state's timber industry is actually global, whereas the timber industry in the south is more regional. This is in due to the type of wood and pulp other parts of the nation and world demand: Oregon seems to have a larger variety.

(source by textbook and OSU. Map found in