[gatotom]

OK, I will toss in my 2 cents.....there is another side of soggy Wa state that is almost like a desert.

Just drive over that mountain range they call the cascades and wham............no more rain, hardly to speak of.

Bottom line, this state is hard to beat, it has it all, you name it, we got it.

Yes, Seattle is the armpit of the state but isn't every big city????

Myself and my wife both were born and raised in Wisconsin, I spent 2 yrs in Superior going to college along time ago and lived thru minus 80 degree weather, only place were you can spit and it will freeze before it hits the ground.

Thank you but no thank you, you can have the great midwest, a great place to grow up and speaking of precipitation levels, Seattle gets less rain per yr than the midwest.

In January, the skiers are skiing there brains out and I can go to Anacortes and sail my boat in some awesome winds......that my friend is a diverse state.