I've lived in Arizona till I was 13, been living in Portland since - I'm 25 now.

To me, I'll take scorching heat over rain every day. But one major difference I've noticed is the demographic. Yes, it depends where you go, but overall AZ is much more diverse. I also noticed (though it may be adult-me talking) that Oregonians are a whole lot nicer to strangers. Roads in AZ are straight, and very much parallel (you can take take 4 rights to get back to where you were). OR roads are not...

Go Blazers

This is actually pretty important to me. Obviously living in California, you get a mixed vibe from people, it can be really nice or really rude, mostly rude and impatient though.

That is good to know about OR. I assume WA is similar as well and has a majority of nicer people. That is also one of the things I like a lot about Texas. People are very courteous and aware of others.

Seattle - Home of rain, passive aggressive people, and bad drivers.

Summers are nice tho...

It takes rain to have an evergreen state! :p

IMO there are worse places to live other than Washington and Oregon, unless you want to base that solely on weather it's not fair to say they're the worst places to live. Every state has their good areas and bad areas. Weather is based on individuals preferences, some people enjoy being able to have a warm fire and whenever and actually like the smell and sound of rain. Plus there's always something to do if you're creative enough.

Also fyi, there are bad drivers EVERYWHERE it's kind of difficult avoiding those.

She sure did ..... but, we should cut Missy some slack .... she is having withdrawls .... :(

humfrz

Jesus I'm supposed to creep and see where these people live???
I quit -_-

Thanks humfrz, you commenting was the only way I figured tha out. Most people are just assholes when it comes to wa/or

Unless you like cold and rain and no sun, WA is for you.

New York rains and snows like no other, but people love it. Seems like people have an issue with pacific rain.

Lesser Seattle Society and the KBO

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@Monogram
First, what do you mean by transplants - like the rejects of CA/East coast? LOL
Second, are you just being ironic since the state you live in is WA? So in fact WA kicks ass - or does it really just plain suck?
Lastly, by nothing to do...does that = no movie theaters, bowling alley, night-life, clubs/bars, pool, windey and drifty roads, malls, snowboarding/skiing, hunting, camping, fishing, boating, tubing, jet ski, wakeboarding?

@Missy

Serious...bad drivers are inescapable! So you really do like WA or now it sucks...? all these mixed messages from yall loll is confusing

Soooooo what are you exactly trying to say?

How many states have u lived in or visited? I'm only 23 but I've lived in 2 and visited north of 30 states, Mexico, Bahamas and various parts of Europe.

Oregon has some of the nicest people I've ever encounters besides Norway.

As for the bad driving thing, try living in Florida. Been hit 3 times sitting at standing red lights in 2 years...

Not trying to attack you by any means. Just curious.

As for mono, guys just being a tool.