Yeah, why would anyone want to live on the east or west coast???? Give me fly over country where I can go out in my back yard and shoot my guns and not have to worry. Or better yet, your neighbor comes down on his 4 wheeler, looks at what you’re shooting and say’s “come on down and let me show you how to reload that brass”....midwest living is priceless :)
It’s just like you say in rural parts of eastern Washington and Oregon, although people think of us as ‘left coast’.
I guess some people like high taxes and oppressive leftist governments. I have been up and down both coasts and to all points in between. Massachusetts would be the last coastal state I would want to end up in. Similarly, California is beautiful but it just isn’t worth it. I would take southwestern deserts over Massachusetts beaches every time.