If you like small towns California is still nice in some places.
I like Northern California. Mount Shasta is a really nice little town.
I don’t like big cities and prefer not to visit them any more than necessary.
I had to visit Seattle last month and could not wait to get out. Seemed like there were homeless under every bridge.
Seattle is in a race to the bottom with Frisco and I wouldn’t be surprised if it got there first.