Oh believe me, if my scene collapsed utterly here I'd go back to the West coast. Used to be if you were completely down on your luck you could pull it back together easier here in the Northeast, but that's not true anymore.

Whereas the Oly area was always good to me when I was jobless, and between scenes. I lived behind a mall about 2 miles into the woods until I was able to find an affordable rental, and no one bugged me. I could camp out, eat berries and be kinda feral, or I could go into the mall to wash up and use real bathrooms, buy at the food court, etc. It was like the best of both worlds.

The only thing scaring me off right now is the fear of radiation. Not just the waves of it slowly wafting in from Japan since the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown, but also that nuclear facility up near Montesano isn't in good shape either. Imagine if Rainier actually DID erupt! It wouldn't just be volcanic damage to worry about then....