Farm lands, desert, isolation, 100 degrees summers, freezing winters, not a lot of good jobs, fishing in 'waste ways' and 'seepages', tired salmon and steelhead, ticks, rattlers,...
Actually if I were to retire and become a hermit - just intested in hunting and fishing - then this side may get my vote...
or
green trees and grass (yes, from ALL the rain), puguet sound, olympic peninsula, pacific ocean, countless natural and clean rivers, streams and lakes, more employment options, crowded cities and clogged freeways
Hmmmmmm