well certainly come to Washington and Oregon...actually we have probably 2 to 3 seasons at least on the west side of the mountains...summer, a beautiful fall and wet wet wet..we are having summer or fall right now. I recommend living in Washington over Oregon because of taxes. Southwest Washington is doing a bit better economically than it has been...lots of good community colleges to work at if you want to say in your same profession..

But I would be inclined to return to your roots after a nice long visit. Virginia is just beautiful and there is no place like home.

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