free_casc

Welcome home, comrade!

• 22/hr is fine if you're cool with a lower end apartment or roommate(s). Seattle is more expensive.
• Cities are full of liberals with some leftist presence. Seattle has had Sawant for several years, Portland just got a bunch of DSAers on their newly chartered council. Most young-ish progressive people are like "let's join Canada!". There is a growing movement for a statewide Universal Healthcare plan (some potential good news, for once).
• The nature is excellent, no matter what type you prefer (except warm tropical beaches ofc). From Eugene you're an hour or two from the scenic McKenzie River, or the coast (Oregon Dunes where Frank Herbert was inspired while writing Dune). Big trees everywhere.
• It's white af. Plenty of racist history to get into against the Inidigenous, Chinese, black people, etc....
• Rural areas are often still very racist. Passing through most places shouldn't be a problem for PoC, but Baker City (and other places that are basically idaho), and small towns should have their guard up. Ashland, Eugene, Silverton, and Bend are all liberal for their size. Corvallis maybe too, it's a college town so tis fine, just maybe not as disproportionate as the others.
• Portland is a world class food city if that's something you're into. Seattle has more sights if you manage to make the trip up there. Vancouver feels like an actual first world city, too bad you can afford to live there, but it's a nice weekend visit as well. Probably more of an after-college trip though.

Not much to say about relocating, but can talk about the PNW if you have any lingering questions

If you leave the United States and just walk away, none of that shit is your problem..... Cause you're no longer part of the United States.... (Theoretically) Who cares about their problems?? The whole point is that they're fucking it up so it's time to leave.

I guess on the west coast it's easy cause DC is "over there", if you're in Vermont or something it's more right at your doorstep.

This is all just chatter anyway, in practical terms the US wouldn't just let that happen. in other practical terms though, we need to recognize that the US federal government is where progress goes to die, as they've demonstrated over and over again. If you want a better future for your community, and the next generation (on a global scale, really) I'm sure your "blue state, USA" will have better intentions than the stagnant gerentocracy located in Washington DC.

The people of Cascadia support the liberation of our Californian comrades from the regressive United States empire.