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Oh, and another plus: Sarcasm is the humor type of choice in the NW, so people will actually appreciate your dry sarcastic sense of humor, vs down here everyone think's I'm really a complete *******, because they don't get sarcasm in the slightest.
That is one thing about people down here that just drives me nuts! If someone doesn't laugh obnoxiously at their own joke, they must be serious, right?
FWIW I live about 10-15 minutes northeast of Vancouver and I like it here. Weather is probably a little less rainy down here than Seattle. Portland is a cool city but I loathe most of the people, good luck going anywhere without a bum asking you for a buck. It's nice working in WA and not having a state income tax, then going to Oregon to buy expensive things tax free