Yeah Portland's government, especially in the relatively recent past, is far from inspiring. I'm at the outskirts of the metro area, so I don't have to live wi

Yeah Portland's government, especially in the relatively recent past, is far from inspiring. I'm at the outskirts of the metro area, so I don't have to live with their policy choices or pay their extra taxes, and I'm glad for it. I don't drive into downtown anymore now that we permanently closed the office there, and when I do drive down for some reason I'm shocked by how rough it has gotten in many places. Washington isn't out of the question, but I'll probably end up going farther. Like Colorado, perhaps. Staying in this area until my mom passes (sadly that will be within the next year or so), and then we're bailing. Since you mention regressive taxation -- I remember that a few years ago, I recall that Oregon was the least regressive state while Washington was the most (all states being regressive overall). I think the ranking changes a bit year-by-year so that may no longer be true. For a software developer, it's better to be in Washington. I'm pretty sure it was Tax Foundation that had that info. Right now they put the overall rate almost identical between Oregon and Washington, though that doesn't account for how it changes based on income.