I just want to remind everyone: Washington, Idaho and Oregon are terrible places to live.

In 2 of these states, it just rains all the time. You never ever want to visit these waterfalls, because you're perennially living in a waterfall. The local population is always depressed/suicidal. The only Oregonian of note got in trouble for that whole Nancy Kerrigan fiasco. And Washington is under the grip of Bezos and Gates. If you think Windows is bad ...

And Idaho, is, well, Idaho. There's a reason people doubt its existence.[1] It's because there is absolutely nothing of note there.

Texas is great! Lots of land. Number 1 in green energy. Go there.

[1] https://www.facebook.com/groups/221739400799965/posts/302745...

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petcat an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Yes everyone should stay away from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho! Terrible places to live! California is a dream compared to those hell-holes.

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BeetleB an hour ago | parent [-]

Indeed! No one made a song with the title "Washington Dreamin". Same with Oregon and Idaho.

	▲	coding123 an hour ago \| parent [-]
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jmcqk6 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yep, this is sooo true. Washington and Oregon are especially terrible. I tell you what, you're going to be sitting in traffic in Seattle just as much as you do in LA. And it's all very expensive. Texas is a much better decision.

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seattle_spring 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> I tell you what ... Texas is a much better decision.

I tell you h'what*

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Aboutplants an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you seen Texas city traffic lately?

	▲	BeetleB an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Have you visited Seattle in rush hour? I kid you not when I say it took over 20 minutes for me to drive one block to get on to the freeway. There was no accident or other problem. I go to LA often. Seattle is way worse.

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noumenon1111 25 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Please move to Texas. Those of us who like waterfalls, are not suicidal, and who will accept beautiful nature in lieu of a functional state government appreciate you freeing the capacity for someone else.

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aliasxneo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I guess the OP has never experienced any part of eastern Oregon or Washington.

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mrnotcrazy 35 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Going around shitting on other states is a very Texan thing to do

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deaton 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As a Texan,

stop telling people to move here, I-35 just keeps getting worse

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wing-_-nuts an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That I don't get about the PNW is the property prices of places hours away from any economic center that pays well enough to justify them. Are that many people still working remote for FAANG that those prices can be justified?

	▲	noumenon1111 23 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, but rich assholes like getting away from it all too.
	▲	antonyt 35 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I have no doubts you're right, but got any examples? Just curious to see them.
	▲	coding123 40 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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yoyohello13 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is this a meme? I've never heard it before.

	▲	mrDmrTmrJ 19 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The meme is "<____> sucks, dont' go there." Traditionally spoken by a "local", in reference to stuff they love. It kinda/sorta makes sense in the broader culture of "locals define themselves by excluding others" left-coast parochialism. (I don't think HN is the correct place for it.) Another example of the meme style is this ski resort "tier" map: https://www.reddit.com/r/skiing/comments/1d96f93/my_tierlist... Which is actually funny. And the "joke" is that the person who made the tier list is trying to "hide" the resorts they want to ski (Mt Rose., Mammoth, Kirkwood, Sugar Bowl, Alpine) from whoever's reading the blog post. While falsely "praising" the famous places in an effort to divert the crowds there. (The Reddit post is great b/c the author clearly communicates that they're being ridiculous.)
	▲	ninglor 33 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Sort of. Phrasing varies, but at least for Idaho it's very common for people who live in Idaho to go on the internet and tell people how awful Idaho is and how you should absolutely not move there. On a related note, for people who do move to Idaho, one of the things they are advised to do as soon as possible is get new license plates so that they're not constantly advertising the fact that they came from out-of-state. Idaho has received a massive amount of immigration from other states and many people are unhappy about this.

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sidkdkdmdm an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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