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To be fair the PNW still has pretty good weather, gorgeous nature, good infrastructure (natural and man-made) and a varied economy. It'd be weird if it _wasn't_ expensive.

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artificially more expensive because of outdated and backwards zoning laws keeping housing expensive

Also that, but bad zoning laws exist all over the place, and the PNW is still pretty expensive (on both sides of the border).

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