"We love the INW but really don't like Washington state politics."
Very much understand. With our children born there and some remaining, my beloved wants us to go back. Me? Good grief, it has changed so much, from a political perspective ...
We lived out near the Idaho border, so we were sorta equidistant between Spokane and Couer d'Alene. Loved it, during that chapter of our lives. Many, many fond memories!
We had moved up from Tucson, Arizona. And we decided very quickly we much, much preferred living ~ 100 miles from Canada, than ~ 100 miles from Mexico. Hahaha ... 😉