I lived there for many years.
Washington state is beautiful.
The city of Seattle was amazing (before the Marxist city planners tore down all the cool old, historic buildings to build new ‘hip’ concrete and steel).
When I had the chance, I fled the city of Seassholes as fast as I could. I saw the writing on the wall, and it was the Seassholes (the leftists in the city) that ruined that city.
I felt the same as well about Washington State... my first Air Force assignment was near Spokane in the late 1970s, and I traveled from time to time through both Seattle and Portland... they were beautiful, friendly cities then... I wouldn’t send my worst enemies to those hellholes now. As for the portion of Washington outside Sea-Tac area, it’s a similar situation to the captive environment of the northern and eastern counties of California.
I lived there from 90-96, I loved how beautiful it was, and my best friend and I (met him while stationed on the USS Independence) would fish and hunt all over. He was born in Port Townsend, moved to Burien as a kid (went to high school with Alice in Chains bandmembers), and except for the six year hitch in the Navy, has lived in the SeaTac area or the peninsula. I just talked to him last week, and he is moving to Missouri; he is fed up with how the Marxists have taken over his state. And that’s a damn shame.