I live in seattle. It's a great place. It's a beautiful place. Unfortunately, about 75% of the population are communists. It's not the city or the geography, it's the people. Most of them, anyways.
No better place to be this time of year. (At least when the highs remain below 80F.) But out here in the woods the dark winters get to people. Four winters were all the next-door neighbors could take before moving back to California (our loss -- very sad).