What I want to know are which cities are great seasonal cities in which I could potentially buy a condo for the high seasons, and then leave in the non-high seasons for a potential rental at a still competitive price.
For example: SF sucks in the summer, but maybe the tourists don't know that.
Plus it’s always an impressive sight to see the fog come over the hills every day.
I wonder what the internet provider is in Forks,WA...
Actual SF, or surrounding areas? I would think SF is fairly nice in the summer with the ocean breeze. Sonoma county gets pretty warm in the summer as well, but SF proper always felt cooler to me. I can imagine San Jose being just as bad or worse though.
ADDED: And I wouldn't think most people would think anything in NoCal generally (or most of CA even more generally) "sucked" in the summer
Eh, week or longer periods of temperatures in the high 90's and low 100's when you're not at the coast isn't always pleasant, I could see how some people think it sucks, depending on how much you're required to be outside. It gets hotter the farther north and more inland you go for a while (even if you don't have to go inland much).
In the end a lot is just what you're used to, I think.
Actually IMO the PNW would have a pretty sweet overall weather if only it would rain just a little more in the summer (say once a week / every two weeks).