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kevbayer t1_itadw03 wrote

In addition to what others have said about the area: blackberry bushes everywhere.

Even in the larger cities there's green everywhere. Lots of parks big and small. Lots of lakes large and small.

The sound is salt water, and when you're near it you can smell the sea. Lots of islands inhabited and not.

The cascade mountains are a "short" drive from the larger cities. You can sometimes go from summer weather to the higher elevations and see snow in just a couple hours. And the desert on the other side of the mountains.

From the description of your setting, it sounds like the Olympic peninsula might better match your needs. Just a day trip from the Seattle area by car and ferry.

I'm also from the Midwest. If you can ever make it out here, you won't want to go back to the Midwest.

There's also a podcast called paraNW that discusses paranormal things in the pnw.

You can go to tourism websites and they'll send you brochures of the area for free. Those could give you lots of info, pics, etc for reference.

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Zealousideal-Iron-51 OP t1_itafqgq wrote

Thanks a lot!

Not entirely why I decided to set this game there (but definitely contributed to it) but from how I’d seen it depicted in various media, I’d always thought the pacific north west might be a nice place to live someday. My family is thinking of taking a vacation/road trip along some of the west coast someday so who knows, maybe that’ll be what convinces me to move out to this area

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