Retiring in the Pacific Northwest

[SAJ-99]

This is part of the question presented in their briefing by the appellants in this Supreme Court case. Please take a closer look at the law. It's pretty outrageous.

"Viewing parents as the problem, Washington passed laws that deliberately target certain parents by supplanting them with the state in the context of gender-confused runaway minors: Whenever a child runs away, so long as he or she asks for “genderaffirming treatment,” a cascade of events is triggered. First, the child is referred for “gender-affirming treatment” without parental notice or consent. Second, parents can be kept in the dark as to the child’s location and condition. And third, reunification can be significantly delayed, with conditions for that reunification uncertain and entirely up to the state."

I read the appellate court decision and dissent. It isn’t a question of if I think it is outrageous or not. Or even if agree or disagree with a side. The core dispute is about a longstanding law letting a kid 13 determine their medical care independently. If it gets to that point, I have failed as a parent.

The law was also in response to Idaho banning the care. So the pattern seems to be Idaho goes crazy right and Washington goes crazy left.

 

[Matthew57]

I read the appellate court decision and dissent. It isn’t a question of if I think it is outrageous or not. Or even if agree or disagree with a side. The core dispute is about a longstanding law letting a kid 13 determine their medical care independently. If it gets to that point, I have failed as a parent.

The law was also in response to Idaho banning the care. So the pattern seems to be Idaho goes crazy right and Washington goes crazy left.

It’s a longstanding law but also a reaction to Idaho?

 

[Salmonchaser]

I could tell you horror stories about the bat shit crazy stuff that goes on around Seattle. However I am reminded that evil triumphs when good men do nothing. Good people still live in Washington. To a large extent you can just shake your head at the crazyiness and go on with life. Idaho is a little crazy as well. I really didn’t think it rained that much in Stevenson but if it’s gas prices you worry about buy your gas in Oregon. The OP wants to live near his kids. Southern Washington would work and it’s full of “normal” people. Both states had long histories of being relatively conservative or rationally progressive. Low voter turnout, “that’s stupid that will never pass” attitude has been prevalent for years. The rational people need to vote to fix Oregon and Washington. The OP has quite a few options that will provide a decent experience with his family.
I’ll send him a listing from just up the road tonight.

 

[brymoore]

It’s a longstanding law but also a reaction to Idaho?

Hey, keep Idaho out of this

 

[WyoCoalMiner]

I find it odd that banning something as significant and life changing as gender modification for minors is viewed as "crazy right".

Best of luck Greybeard in your search for a place to settle. Spent some time in both Oregon and Washington. Worked in Portland in the 2010's. Found it enjoyable. Different that Wyo for sure but I enjoyed my time there. All I can say now is what I see and read on the news so not sure how accurate it is but it does not paint a pleasant picture. Wife has an aunt that lives in Portland and she is crazier than a shithouse rat, so there is that.

Almost took a job in Centralia, WA. Liked the area very much at the time. I could have easily seen myself working there but went to CO instead. Lots of great areas in the PNW to live, also sounds like a few to avoid.