Originally Posted by A10

Yup, to all of the above. If being in a Class III state was important you'd want Oregon, though Washington has been moving closer to being an NFA state over the last couple legislative sessions. The Oregon coast is beautiful in the summer, cold and wet in the winter. I've lived east of Vancouver WA, its a nice area and its about a 90 minute drive to the ocean. Sequim is real nice, kind of economically depressed, and it is a LONG drive to the city if you want to do city stuff. You might consider Whidbey Island, though the property values are kinda high. It is a bit of a banana belt there, nothing to stop the clouds going overhead so it is dryer than Seattle or the Cascade foothills.