There's nature all over. You can leave somewhere that's not Seattle but still in the PNW for substantially less money. My point here is that what matters to a

There's nature all over. You can leave somewhere that's not Seattle but still in the PNW for substantially less money. My point here is that what matters to a given person is pretty subjective, and, personally, I'd never live in Seattle again if I could help it -- and this is from someone who grew up just 90 miles north in Bellingham. (I'd live in Bellingham again.)