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Poring over the Wikipedia stats, I can tell you that as a rural county that shares part of its land with a Native American reservation and has less than 8000 people, these stats should not come as a surprise. Some people might end up retiring there anyways, but of course, it is absolutely not a place to try and start a family unless you want to homeschool or something.

Great to visit though.

As for "worst counties", there are many other subjective measures, as those in Spokane would tell you "King County". But if we're talking overall misery, I think it's also fair to compare Ferry to those with larger populations.

I highly recommend the glass museum in Tacoma

May not be able to get up there this time of year.

I live in snoqualmie. There is snow on both Mt. Si and rattlesnake right now. I wouldn't try Mt. Si without micro spikes until at least april/may, as the final bit and the top of the trail can be very slippery. Snoqualmie falls and the train depot are always lovely and downtown snoqualmie has cute shops and restaurants for a day trip. This is a long haul from Port Angeles unless you're staying the night in Seattle. I also recommend Bainbridge Island for a relaxing day trip with some fun parks.

Right? Like you can lay out how horrible ferry county is statistically speaking (I grew up in Republic, WA for reference) but it’s not like we can really improve poverty and wage gaps, ferry county has no major city (except maybe Colville?) so of course your going to see much different data for a poverty stricken, rural county compared to the many counties of WA that at least have ready access so opportunities that a city center affords people.

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Winters are so mild here compared to a lot of the country, though. To me, a Midwest winter is harsh.

Progressive(I'm dumb, I know). Raised my rates quite a bit on my last reup, so I am currently in the process of buying a new car

That explains how the property we bought in Ferry County was so inexpensive! Seriously though, while all of the stats you gave are undoubtedly true, it's really a beautiful county.

We made an assumption the whole town would be deep red, unfriendly and ignorant and, thankfully, that hasn't been the case.

Having said that, I'm not sure what the point of your post is - if others don't move and try to lift up the county, or spotlight all the inadequacies, how will it ever improve? Do we just wipe it from the map and pretend it doesn't exist?

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Oh nice! I didn’t get to go down there as much as I would’ve liked. I spent two years in the Jackson area before moving here

2012 Sonata…I’m with GEICO

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The Gulf Coast.

What part of Mississippi? I moved here from Mississippi in August

Aurora activity has nothing to do with the year or seasons on earth (although longer nights and clear skies help us see them). It's dependent on solar storm activity. We have satelites that monitor the Sun and it's weather. We even have solar weather forecasts that can predict aurora activity and locations.

Olympic National Park in April

This is a few years old but it might give you some ideas.

Companies get away with a ton of crap like this. It’s disgusting

Always easier with a pooch

Yes!!!! That is fun but I give it my best smile plus my husky is really friendly they have no choice

We lived here a few decades ago and then moved away. As soon as we retired, we moved back and love it still. Several of our kids who were raised in Washington and also moved away are now living here too. So glad we moved back!

If you want to see the beaches or the rainforest, than it will likely be very wet in April. If you want to go up to Hurricane Ridge or some of the other higher elevations, there will likely still be a lot of snow on the ground.

It's still a very nice time to visit, and the crowds aren't nearly as bad, but if you don't want to get wet, I'd advise trying for Jul-Sep.

Kinda want to move there and see how it is, so curious to know everyone’s opinion