As before, to each their own. I love the PNW. My aunt (a WA-AZ snowbird) always tries to convince me I would 'love' the SW desert because it is a 'dry heat' -- as it turns out I really don't care for it. At all. OK to visit, but man-o-shevits not my first choice of a place to live. 'Rain and gloom' hmmm. OK, keep that thought.
