UM, whoever wrote the one about Washington State never experienced the "Seattle Freeze"... it like the Fraternity/sorority Slam in College - nice to your face but ignore you or lambaste you behind your back unless you went to the same high School. Oh and the traffic sucks and drivers are idiots for the most part. They do have some very good wineries, but they're brewers have followed the over hopping trend - to the point that some of the beer is undrinkably bitter and raw. the Seafood isn't bad, and hiking Mt. Rainier is excellent. The gun laws are ok at this time, but that seems about to change from the influence of the hippie liberal patchouli crowd and the California expats who are trying to turn WA into CA north.