My son-in-law has a company with just under 40 employees in Seattle. With the lockdown he is now going “full WFH”. He is now looking for a new place to live, outside of Washington state, and said he’ll keep his Seattle employees but will hire the rest in other tier two or three areas.
He’s done with Seattle.
My other two daughters left in the last two years. One to Louisville and the other to Phoenix. And my best friend is selling their house and moving out here to either Tennessee or Kentucky by us.
I just spent three weeks there (My father passed and I was there the last days and after the funeral). The traffic, even during the CV19 crap, is intolerable.
I lived in the Seattle area for 5 1/2 years. The only part I miss is the Metropolitan Grill on 2nd and Marion. Oh, what a feast. I can still taste the beef.
We are exploring places to retire that might entice our children to resettle too. This was the last straw.