I left Seattle 13 years ago for rural Kentucky. I used to argue with people like that all the time. One day I suddenly felt incredibly stupid and trolled and haven’t done it since. I’ll say my piece (if anything), and move on.
I lived there for 46 years and mostly really liked the area, but it was getting politically intolerable. I still visit once a year because I have a couple of relatives there (most followed my lead and left, though). I’m shocked at the changes I see in my once a year snapshots. And none of them are good. Though I see they finished “big dig west”.
Good thing you left; Brandon Bragg says it’s going to drop off in the ocean (Yellowstone eruption followed by uuuuuugggge earthquake). We’ll see...