Washington.

I was born in Wyoming and moved here in 5th grade. Since then, I’ve moved away to: Austin TX for 1 year. Came back. Portland OR for 5 years, came back. Denver CO for 4 years, came back.

Also spent lots of time for work in many East Coast cities, including Boston.

Washington is home. It’s where I feel the most comfortable and the most at home. Did all of those places have awesome qualities? Hell yeah. But home is home. And I hope you’re living where you feel at home :)

not from MA but from another northeast state. One thing I miss about being on the east coast is proximity to other big cities. Climate-wise I am totally ok with the rain and cloud. And I love all the snowcapped mountains and lakes.

Well, there’s coastal WA and eastern WA, which are two different beasts. Like coastal mass and non-coastal mass.

I prefer saltwater, so I’ll compare the two coastals. Now, I love New England and pre-pandemic, visited at least once if not more times a year, but East Coast vs PNW, I find east coast is a bit flatter and of course with different trees. I like having mountains, forests and ocean all within the same 360 view.

Coastal mass winters are more brutal.

Seafood is equivocal, though I like lobster just a bit more than crab, but spot prawns give WA the edge. We both have delicious fish. WA coast has arguably more types of clams, and I like our oysters more. Razor clams and geoduck give WA a big edge.

No state income tax, but y’all have pseudo- socialized medicine, so edge to MA if you don’t make a ton of money.

I'm from the east coast and I prefer WA...the natural beauty is incredible, pace of life seems less hectic, everyone is a bit more relaxed in general too. However, people are more passive-aggressive and indirect. I'm sometimes bad at social cues so I have had some weird interactions before. Also the restaurants are better out east in general but the produce here and seafood are so good.

Ooh this is a thread I’m oddly qualified to comment.

I grew up in the greater Boston area and lived in Cambridge as an adult.

I moved to Washington almost two years ago.

I prefer Washington. I like the weather, the nature, the sound, I like my proximity to Seattle and Portland, I find the people are friendlier. I also prefer the time zone for sports.

I have a sentimental attachment to Boston, but I don’t think I’d live there again. Too expensive and difficult to get around. (Although my cousin and I call 5 our 128). Don’t miss the T breaking down all the time. Too much snow.

I grew up in MA and left for WA at 19. I've lived in WA for 7 years, before moving back to MA over the summer of 2022. I left very shortly after to navigate my way back to the PNW. You can't beat the access you have to the mountains, the ocean, the rainforest, all the national parks. To me its the only place that's ever felt like home-- its not claustrophobic like Massachusetts out here, sometimes, it feels like driving along the coast, or through the Cascades up north or even along the Columbia Gorge on the Western side of the state, that the sky will go on forever, and you'll never run out of room to breathe. I dig the city vibes of Tacoma and Seattle, I love how accessible other gloriously beautiful parts of the west coast are. A 2 day drive to the Redwoods, A 2ish day drive to Glacier NP in Montana, 2 days to Moab, UT.

I'm also wildly into overlanding and 4x4 adventuring and you don't get that out on the east coast.

Also-- no state income tax or vehicle inspection process is a godsend.

However-- I desperately miss good Chinese food and diner food lol.

Washington without a doubt. I've lived up and down the west coast and there's nowhere else I'd rather live. It's a shame we're headed further down the anti-gun toilet though, really ruining the state.

Subsidized health care, marriage equality, no income tax, and legal weed. What's not to love?

North Cascades NP, Olympic NP, Mount Rainer, the Columbia River, the Palouse, the Nisqually wildlife refuge, Cycling on the San Juan islands, the tulips in the Skagit Valley, the rhododendrons that bloom in my yard, skiing at Mission Ridge, and the low key western people. I left out cross country skiing in Winthrop/Mazama. Also up there the chance for profoundly dark skies and the profound quiet!

From the Boston area, have been living in western washington for 3.5 years. Prefer Washington for the weather for sure, people are friendlier. Boston has much better food, can't compare seafood because it's not even close.. New England has the best seafood hands down. Washington has much better landscape. Overall I have 0 desire to go back to Boston. I much prefer west coast living.

I lived in both Washington and Massachusetts, and I prefer Washington.

Lived in Washington for 5 years, moved to New York for two years, missed Washington and moved back. I’m here now and I sort of hate it. I feel like a lot changed in the time I was gone. I feel like I missed certain aspects of it and maybe missed the nostalgia of it but that was about it. Now that I’m back I just don’t feel at home here anymore. Moving to Colorado this time next year.

Formerly from close enough to MA to hate your drivers on a regular basis, but I miss the warm ocean waters and beaches of the east coast. Ocean beaches out here are certainly different.

I haven't been to Massachusetts, but I did live in Ithaca, NY for two years and I couldn't wait to move back to Washington. I didn't like the climate, especially the hot, humid, sunless, stormy summers (don't get me started with the umbrellas everywhere). It felt like I was living in a jungle and I sorely missed the dry, sunny summers in the rain shadows of the Olympics and the Cascades.

On that note, the so-called mountains of the east were not very impressive, to say the least. There's more to it, and I know what I mentioned applies mainly to the Finger Lakes Region and not Massachusetts, but those were some of my major gripes.

I’m sure if you go to the MA sub they will say MA…. Like not sure what you expect lol

My friend from chicago visited wa. State as i have lived here for 35 yrs he said" beautifull country, to bad the locals don't do it justice". I was born and raised in mass.

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I'm a native Californian but moved to WA almost 18 years ago. I'm in the greater Seattle Area, close to the Cascades. I have not been to MA, but have spent time on the East Coast and had inlaws from NY, so I was in that state at different times of the year and lived in VA for four months during the late spring/summer.

I would choose WA or anywhere on the West Coast over the East Coast. The cold and the humidity are huge NO's. I can't eat seafood so that doesn't matter to me for either location. And for the most part, I prefer people from the Western half of the US.

Now, as far as WA goes, it also depends on what part, Eastern or Western. But depending on what kind of weather you prefer, you'll be able to find it in WA.

Didn’t really like the people in MA. also no skiing.

washington, MA has my boyfriends abusive ex