spokane

Also, WA doesn't just mean Seattle, but I'm sure the startup scene in Spokane is kind of moribund.

As for the rest of the state, most of my family lives in the Spokane area and were originally from Walla Walla...

I sometimes imagine Spokane being inundated with refugees from the Big One, whether earthquake or Rainier blowing (or both).

Even some boondocks place like Spokane where houses still go for $150k compares well to Texas (though the tech jobs are all in Seattle).

Right now to buy marijuana legally in Spokane it's about $700/oz.

But restaurants are much more expensive in Spokane than Seattle.

Speaking of that, Spokane weather is remarkably like New England - four seasons, fall foliage, cold+snowy winters and hot (but not humid -- very dry) summers.

My older sister was in Spokane at the time.

The majority of the US population does not live in large urban areas, who while New York for example might have lots of choices, Spokane probably doesn't.

Heck, I have family who just live an hour north of Spokane WA, and there best option up until a few years ago was satellite.

These days, I visit Seattle and Spokane a lot.

If you're looking for more dark, but more travel time, just about anything between Snoqualmie Pass and Spokane and off I-90 a ways should offer a good bit of darkness.

Key things to note: Mary lives in Spokane, which has a relatively low cost of living and falls into our "C" bracket in the salary formula.

It is even worse in Europe and Japan; I think our American ideas of "broken" is a bit warped, but I actually like going 90 mph to get from Seattle to Spokane; once you get across the mountains it is a boring trip.

My hometown of Spokane, WA just opened the first legal marijuana store all of two days ago.

Seattle is of course, a lot more expensive than Spokane, or it is supposed to be.

Heck, across the border in Idaho where minimum wage is a lot less than WA, they are even more expensive than Spokane.