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This has been my experience too. Been here about a year and a half now. I feel like I'm finally making headway on making friends, and most of them are other transplants. Not because I'm actively seeking out other transplants...it just kinda happened that way.

Grand coulee dam is worth seeing, though you'd have to go after memorial day to be able to go on the tour and see the laser show

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The Tri-Cities area is roughly 32.4% Hispanic. Sorry for not looking up census data for a quick road trip recommendation. 🙄

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pascocitywashington,richlandcitywashington,kennewickcitywashington/POP815221

That's really impressive. The canyon walls are wild. Great pic!

Welcome to the Seattle freeze as it is called. Grew up here and other than some years in my 20s I've always lived here. Western WA is one of the most difficult areas to make friends I've lived. Easy to meet people talk but make friends outside of established relationships difficult.

I moved here in 2019, so I had 1/2 friends before the government shut downs, and if we don’t count 2020 it’s say it took about 2 years to get connected to hobbies & organizations, but I had to seek those opportunities out. Spent time on meetup & eventbrite looking fir stuff to do too

https://ofm.wa.gov/washington-data-research/statewide-data/washington-trends/population-changes/hispanic-population-percent-total-population

Compared to central WA, we are at barely 6% Hispanic population

I couldn't decide on how to crop this. I know it's not a perfect composition, but it's the best I got of the river on this day.

The Palouse area beyond the falls. They have been called America's Tuscany.

If you're going to go south a bit, I'd stop at Mt. Rainier, Snoqualmie Falls, and the Columbia River gorge near Hood River, which is packed with waterfalls.

> Ethan Michael Asbach, 20, of Tenino and a 17-year-old female from Rochester were both recommended for charges of first-degree manslaughter and animal cruelty. Officials said the two told police they heard what they thought was a wild animal and fired a single shot, later finding a man and his dog dead, before continuing their hike and leaving the woods the next day.

I’m no police detective but this seems pretty straight forward. Get the gun from this kid and test it to see if it is a match to the bullet found in Aaron. What am I missing here?

My husband is Asian and we have lived on the east side for almost two years and he has not had a problem yet.

Also I work in the medical system, and not a whole lot of Hispanics come through

You mean central WA has a high population of Hispanics. Lived here for 4 years and the only Hispanics I met are my neighbors. That’s it. Taco trucks are not an indicative of populations

All true. It’s a pretty cool yet overlooked part of the state. And a gorgeous drive as well no matter where you drive from.

How have you made friends in your current state?

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Any pointers for a semi introvert on how to make friends in a new state?

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I am really sorry to see there's been no progress on this case......wtf are the investigators even doing?

That’s a good point, technology really changed the game..I always thought about moving to WA for a bit but the thought of not knowing anyone and the potential difficulty to make new friends and relationships scare me off

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If you have the chance Douglas Creek. In a car drive as far as you can to the parking spot and then hike the switch back to the cavern below.