All of this has made me more and more rural. I'm already in like a fringe sub-suburb and I'm looking to build on some land I have in the next few years.

I hope they continue to hate and look down on small town life myself, so they will stay away. I like the boring little places just called Cafe or Diner where I can grab a meal, the butcher shop attached to the gas station, a little bit of space around my house, etc. I don't want to be crammed into a tiny apartment and have to walk to some place named like "Avocado + Kale" where I can't actually park a car, just to not be able to order a cup of coffee without understanding all the pretentious BS they write on the menu.

It's coming out that way too. Kenmore / Juanita has been shit for a while Kirkland is rapidly becoming the same. Seeing the diversity riff raff hanging around Redmond and Woodinville in the evening now. Won't be to long. With the light rail almost done in Redmond the homeless will migrate over and take over Marymore park. Mark my words. They're already camping out off the trails in the bush along the river.

I would love to flee East, but the majority of my family is in the Pacific Northwest states. I love the Midwest and Appalachian mountain region though.

Fuck off, we're full.