washington sounds like a great place to live. i've always wanted to live in seattle or tacoma or somewhere.
tacoma is fucking terrible and smells like shit
downtown is alright if you can get over the smell of the mills but once you venture far from there the place is basically a giant strip mall and halfassed sprawl.
seattle kicks ass and is probably one of the nicest cities to live in the US.......... until the inevitable wave of californians fleeing their sinking ship decide to migrate up here and ruin it.