You made a good move, getting out of Seattle. Except for the occasional Sounders match, I rarely set foot inside the city limits.
I lived there 46 years. I bicycle commuted to my various contracts downtown and in Bellevue. I loved that town but the politics and traffic got to be too much. And I knew every nook and cranny. It was time for a change.
And now I own 32 acres with two streams with annual property taxes equal to one month’s Scion payment. :)