This discussion is endless tonight!
We love it out here. If we move it will be to downsize and maybe get a place in Kirkland or Issaquah near the water and another place in a warm winter climate. But we know we will miss this area. It's beauty for being so close to a metro area is second to none.
I turned a quarter century a couple months ago
In all seriousness though do you actually seriously consider living somewhere else? The cascade foothills can really be rain and gloom magnets as you well know.