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SoCal resident here. Cost of living is much, much higher than many less-desirable places, so as others have said, it's absolutely necessary to have a job to move to before moving here.
Also, the WC states are not homogenous. "Red state California/Oregon/Washington" are as red as Tennessee. There's a big chunk of extreme northern CA that wants to secede. Same with eastern WA/OR.
Coastal communities are, on the whole, not occupied by narrow-minded DeSantis fans, but that's not an absolute. The more rural a place, the redder it is.
Sites like Coos Bay are fairly cheap by coastal standards, but there aren't really any jobs around there, and it isn't exactly West Hollywood for community life and things to do.
My God yeah. It's not like what fox news says. Really you have the city which leans liberal but is pretty moderate. The rest of the state is just as rural and red as Oklahoma.
The reverse is also true. Larger cities in red states can be very liberal. Nashville, Columbus, Atlanta.