I've been all over the country and I wouldn't live anywhere else. I was born with webbed feet.
"Among U.S. cities, Portland ranks third with 164 rainy days annually. For this reason, the Portland area gets 280 growing days on average and sits in one of the more lush parts of the country."
And I love the rain. I don't suffer from any gloomy day syndrome. What I don't love is the drought and rising temperatures. Last summer's 116°F record breaking temperature and all the other record breaking days was a little much for me.
Yeah it's nice down there but the Portland area is where it's at. When I say Portland area I don't just mean Portland but all the surrounding suburbs like Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, etc... The rest of the state is lightly populated by a bunch of yokels though. And most of the small towns are overrun with meth users.