Europeans are simply unprepared for the relative sizes and distances in the US.
@dbittman Oh yeah, there's that funky state inbetween CA, too... what's its name again? Orygun?

@rebeccawb @dbittman The Oregano State!

(TIL, tho I guess it's not too surprising, that PDX is just not big enough of an airport to merit getting its own regional ATC control office - Seattle's is responsible for most of OR airspace!)